SPIES AND INTIMIDATION
Spies and intimidation do not normally go hand-in-hand, at least in the understanding of most of us. We tend to think of spies as secretive, …
SAILING CARGO SHIPS
I wrote a blog a while ago about sailing cargo ships; the possibility of re-inventing sail as a method of reducing the carbon footprint of …
ULTRA WHITE PAINT
You might think that ultra white paint is white paint. Nothing special, just white paint that has multiple uses in all sorts of situations. However, …
HOME TRUTHS
I thought it was time for a few “home truths”, at least “home truths” from my perspective. I am stretching the meaning of “Home Truth” …
FRED FLINTSTONE DIET
The Fred Flintstone Diet either sounds like a joke, or describes a cholesterol-packed system for those who want to die prematurely. However, a Belgium company …
LEADERSHIP
The dichotomy of leadership is how you lead successfully without embracing autocracy in the process. It seems to be almost impossible for human beings to …
JERSEY
Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands, an archipelago of six inhabited islands (and many more uninhabited ones) scattered over the English Channel, just …
DEMOGRAPHICS
Demographics will always reshape the medium-term future because the change in economically productive populations is already determined. For example, most people who will be alive …
TRIBALISM AND THE MEDIA
Tribalism and the media is a variation on a theme I have returned to several times over the course of my blog-writing career. Tribalism seems …
ROMAN GRAFFITI
Roman graffiti is among the most interesting, lewd and graphic of any graffiti produced by any civilization. It makes the graffiti scratched on the walls …