Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
Is your boss a psychopath?
February 21st, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Apparently there are eight personality traits that will tend to confirm your suspicions. Try the test here.
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It’s John Frum Day
February 15th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Just how easy is it for a new religion to emerge? In his controversial work “The God Delusion” [my review here], Richard Dawkins shows how easy it is by refering to so-called “cargo cults”. According to the Wikipedia explanation: “A cargo cult is any of a group of unorthodox religious movements appearing in tribal societies […]
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How to be healthy
February 13th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
The Life Skills section of my web site is one of the most popular and has become the largest, with today the addition of a 22nd item entitled “How To Be Healthy”. If only I could follow my own advice – but, as family and friends know all too well, I do love my desserts.
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The rise and rise of the cafe
January 28th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
Many of my friends joke because, wherever I am in central London, I have a favourite cafe. Although Starbucks apparently has 166 branches within five miles of Regent Street [check out the store locator here], none of my favourite cafes is a Starbucks, although I’m not averse to calling into one, if I want a […]
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David Icke: Was he right?
January 13th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
I’ve only just got round to watching the television documentary with this title that was broadcast on Boxing Day. You can view the programme here and you can check out Icke’s web site here. Channel Five was immensely kind to Icke giving him lots of time to put without any challenge or analysis views which […]
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The “Ashley Treatment”
January 4th, 2007 by Roger Darlington
You may have heard in the media today about the decision of parents of a severely disabled girl to keep her child-sized in order to give her a better life. The family live in Seattle and the nine-year-old, named Ashley, has the mental ability of a three-month-old baby and cannot walk or talk. Along with […]
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Most popular baby names
December 22nd, 2006 by Roger Darlington
The Office of National Statistics has just published its annual analysis of the most popular names for boys and girls born in England and Wales in the past year. You can check out the details here. There are several patterns in this information. First of all, it is striking how traditional most of the names […]
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What is conjoint analysis?
December 20th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
I spent three hours today at the offices of the postal regulator Postcomm in my capacity as a Council member of Postwatch, the consumer watchdog for postal services. We were hearing the results of a piece of research which we jointly commissioned with Royal Mail. The presenters threw me when they started to use the […]
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Santa’s jigsaw
December 20th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
For a little bit of seasonal fun, click here.
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50 things yule never knew about Xmas
December 18th, 2006 by Roger Darlington
Time for NightHawk to get seasonal, so check out these 50 interesting facts about the celebration of Christmas, past and present, home and abroad.
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