Archive for June, 2009
Who is doing the Twittering?
June 8th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
As I explained in this posting, I first tried Twitter two years ago. I soon decided that it was not for me. Frankly, I’ve been surprised that two years later so many people – and much of the media – seem to have suddenly discovered Twitter and decided that it’s a powerful communications tool. For […]
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Who invented the banoffee pie?
June 7th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
Those who know me appreciate my love of desserts. Now one of my great favorites is banoffee pie. Earlier this week, I was in a restaurant with some friends visiting from New Zealand and I chose banoffee pie as my last course. My Kiwi friends thought that the pie was American but I assured them […]
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That was the week that was
June 6th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
In the early 1960s, there was a BBC television programme called “That Was The Week That Was” which was a bitingly funny piece of political satire. Boy, if it was around today, what material this week would have given them. I did a blog posting a week ago which anticipated some of the excitement, but […]
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What is your Myers-Briggs classification?
June 5th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
People sometimes ask me what classification I obtained from the Myers-Briggs personality test. The test assigns people to one of 16 personality types. Now I recall doing the test on a training course many years ago but I’d long forgotten the result. However, this week I was sorting out some old papers to make some […]
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The joy of voting
June 4th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
OK – so I’ve voted. Here in London, we don’t have local elections, only European elections. The electoral system is a regional list system so we vote for a political party and not for one or more candidates. In London, there are 19 choices so it was the longest ballot paper that I can remember. […]
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What happened in Tiananmen Square?
June 4th, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I have visited Tiananmen Square in Beijing on two occasions – once in 2000 and again in 2001. You can read about my first visit here. Of course, today we remember what happened in the square and surrounding streets on 4 June 1989 – exactly 20 years ago. One woman who was there in the […]
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Ten days that shook my world (4)
June 3rd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’ve used this blog to give a detailed account of my recent experience with Pipex whereby I lost my Internet connection for 10 days and only had it restored after around 20 calls to the Pipex first line ‘support’ in The Philippines and regular conversations with the second line ‘support’ in India. My attitude to […]
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Many Green policies make me see red
June 3rd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
I’ll be voting Labour tomorrow as I have done in every election since I gained the right to vote 43 years ago. I feel strongly about the issue of climate change and support measures to protect the environment but, if ever I was tempted to vote for the Green Party, I would pull back because […]
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The magic of radionics
June 2nd, 2009 by Roger Darlington
The “Daily Telegraph” has unquestionably achieved the scoop of the year with its exposure of the excessive and fraudulent expense claims of so many Members of Parliament. A lot of journalists have worked very thoroughly and professionally on this story. So, why does the same newspaper report on so-called radionics without using the same need […]
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