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Tim O'Reilly outlines a glum proposition that the world may be heading for disaster as the oil runs out. Maybe, without oil, man will be unable to build the technologies which would lead to spacetravel he argues. And maybe this is a general, universe-wide kind…

There was an interesting dinner conversation last night. It was sparked by a senior music industry exec (who I will call M - for "music" and not because it is his first, or last, initial). Was it not possible, he asked P (a leading British…

There is something disturbing about extreme dog lovers. Today in the park I witnessed a typical incident. Man runs by jogging, dog chases man, dog owner says, in wheedling, ineffective voice " oh Teddy, what are you doing?", dog takes little notice but eventually gives…

There has been quite a stir in certain quarters caused by this account of my PPA panel appearance on Tuesday. The main thrust of the furore (if I may call it that - storm in a teacup may be more accurate) is that paying journalists…

Google Reader has added a shared notes feature. Simply drag the Note in Reader bookmarklet to the browser bar and then drag anything you want to share to the bookmarklet - either complete pages on just selected text. You can also add a note to…