Judas: still on for Friday? Jesus: Friday? Judas: yeah, the last supper Jesus: the what? Judas: supper. Normal supper with the fellas — David Hughes (@david8hughes) January 5, 2015 *teehee*
According to the latest Snowden documents, it seems that GCHQ have stolen the master encryption keys for a large chunk of the world’s SIM cards. This essentially means that they can decrypt more or less any phone call content, text message etc. Your phone is not private. AMERICAN AND BRITISH spies hacked into the internal […]
Interesting report on TheJournal that just under one in five shoppers arrive by car in Dublin city centre. The figures show that less than one if five shoppers heading into Dublin’s main shopping areas Grafton Street and Henry Street arrive by car. Instead a far higher number opt to walk in or to use public […]
Penn State have released a study on hot sauce and gender: In the study, the researchers conclude that women are more likely to seek sensation from spicy food, while men are more likely to see other extrinsic rewards like praise and admiration. The authors write, "It is possible that the cultural association of consuming spicy […]
No need for pills, no mad sessions at the gym, no personal trainers required, no fad diets, just go and do some regular exercise says the Guardian. The report, entitled “The miracle cure and the role of the doctor in promoting it”, points to evidence that exercise prevents a whole range of diseases. “Regular exercise […]
Instructive piece on the BBC about the demise of some Tesco stores in the UK and the effect that has on the towns and villages they were built (or going to be built) in. It’s a lesson in the wisdom of allowing large, distorting enterprises to be built. On arrival, they tend to destroy by […]
Paul Krugman could be on to something when he points out that small country politicians can have an incentive to go along with what the Davos Set (think troika) want, as once you are seen as a good member of the club, there’s no end of interesting jobs in the EU, IMF, etc that you […]
It takes some inner strength to battle against both social pressure not to cycle due to your sex and against a cycle-unfriendly environment: Yasmine Mahmoud cuts a defiant figure as she weaves her bicycle through the chaotic streets of Cairo, a place where few women dare to pedal. Every day, like for the past four […]
