Le Monde has an interview with Jacques Delors on the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome.
Month: March 2007
Euromyths exploded
Happy birthday for tomorrow to the European Union – 50 years old. In celebration, the BBC explodes some famous mythical European regulations, including the straight bananas, the Mumbai mix, and the end of the pint.
What do we need to do to get your attention?
WIRED blogs reports a great new advertising campaign by the Red Cross to get the people of the Bay Area to prepare for an earthquake. The best stunt was parking a two-sided advertising trailer in front of the Ferry Building. From one side, it shows the Ferry Building on fire. From the other, Market Street with half its buildings collapsed. Pictures on the blog.
Dreadful news
Chris Lightfoot, MySociety’s first developer and all-round e-polymath, has died unexpectedly. He was 29. R.I.P.
Two examples of how useless Internet debate is
Exhibit A: the comments on an Observer article claiming that climate change exists. All in agreement with the Channel 4 lunacy about climate change being a big hoax, plus personal invective at the author and RANDOM capitalisations to SHOW that there is GREAT CONSPIRACY afoot. Thank you, representative sample.
Exhibit B: A poll on the website of the Sussex Express, whose question is “Do you think the Council tax has gone up too much?”. Amazingly 88% of people think it has.