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How do you quantify “information overload”?
January 18th, 2015 by Roger Darlington
“We really are living in an age of information overload. Google estimates that there are 300 exabytes (300 followed by 18 zeros) of human-made information in the world today. Only four years ago there were just 30 exabytes. We’ve created more information in the past few years than in all of human history before us. […]
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All I wanted for Christmas
December 25th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
I have received books totalling 2,000 pages and DVDs adding up to 8 hours. Perhaps I need to give up my portfolio career and start that much-postponed retirement …
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Trouble at the manger
December 13th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
At my granddaughter’s nursery, casting is now complete for the nativity play. She has been cast as an innkeeper but she wants to be an angel (figures). Her best friend has been cast as a donkey but she wants to be Mary (diva). I feel another religious war coming on …
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It’s World Toilet Day – and that’s no joke
November 19th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
Did you know? 2.5 billion people – around one in three of the world’s population – don’t have a safe, clean, private toilet. Around 500,000 children die every year from diarrhoea caused by unsafe water and poor sanitation – that’s almost 1,400 children a day. Every year, around 60 million children are born into homes […]
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A review of last year’s movie “Her”
September 14th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
How much do you love your technology? Could you actually fall in love with it one day? After all, even Eve went for the Apple. In the movie “Her”, a guy has a deep relationship with his operating system. You can read my review here.
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Nicolas Cage losing his s**t
July 29th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
I’ve just been to see the latest movie starring Nicolas Cage who is rather noted for his histrionic performances. In background reading about his new film, I found a reference to this YouTube compilation of some of his most over-the-top thespian scenes. Enjoy
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Could Kurdistan be the next new country on world maps?
July 15th, 2014 by Roger Darlington
We’ve had the break-up of the Soviet Union, the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the bifurcation of Czechoslovakia and Sudan. The number of nation states seems to be growing fast in modern times. It has long been the hope of the Kurds that they too will have a nation of their own. The Kurds are spread […]
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The 50th anniversary of Doctor Who
November 19th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
As a teenager in the 1960s, I watched the very first episodes of the BBC television series “Doctor Who”. I loved the Daleks and the Cybermen. I haven’t been following the revived Doctor Who of recent years but I could not avoid the attention and praise it received. Equally I’ve not missed the hype around […]
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A five-minute video to raise your spirits – with thanks to the performers and Beethoven
October 15th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
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The top 10 jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe 2013
August 21st, 2013 by Roger Darlington
One-liners to make you laugh here
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