Great history time lines and maps
Dear Reader, Making information available is one of the core benefits of the internet. The following is yet another example, how multimedia and the internet can make learning and teaching a greater...
View ArticleWhy I am not Charlie
Dear Reader, We did not say anything about the hype around “Je Suis Charlie” so far. Here is why. Anyone who murders other people is an asshole. Whether it is an American cop shooting an unarmed...
View Articlekeep out – not for the women…
Dear diablog, To quote a banner at the Emirates ‘over and over again’ (which apparently refers to Smiles’ team), every time I start to develop a post on topic a) I stumble across something that...
View ArticleLaughing tears
Dear Reader, In general I do not watch TV. The rare exceptions are, whenever someone points me to something worth watching. Mostly the program in question is online, somewhere, somehow. The following...
View Articlethe camera never lies…
Dear diablog, So here I am in sunny Wales by, for the fisherman amongst you, the banks of the River Usk near the positively delightful village of Crickhowell actually, much to Smiles’ disgust, working!...
View Articleborn again…
Dear diablog, Just a week ago these three were, thanks to The Coalition, employed – and thanks to you, the voter, they have new jobs! Can’t wait. Yours, diablog, in series Glynsky
View Articlethe end…
Dear diablog, The whole Top Gear fiasco has but left a hole in our lives as both Mme and I revelled in the crazy antics of the Three Loonies. Many of my friends have insisted that I apply for a job on...
View ArticleAP Archive
Dear Reader, Diablog loves archives. Whether it is Glynsky’s relative, who provides inside into the days after WWII, see treasure chest, or Asian art, or the NYC Dept. of records, movies, culture, we...
View ArticleReal Time with Bill Maher
Dear Reader, It is Sunday, do you have time for a slightly longer post? Recently, to my big surprise, Glynsky posted on diablog a piece with a video from Real Time by Bill Maher. Side note, Bill...
View Articleif music be the food….
Dear diablog, Whilst searching for the stuff I needed for the real point of this post I stumbled upon a typical Top Gear bit of nonsense – excellent! which gives you a clue what I was searching for –...
View ArticleNightshift
Dear Reader, Usually it is Glynsky, who writes about TV on diablog. But this year, the US lost two gentlemen, who have been entertaining us for decades. In May David Letterman retired from The Tonight...
View Articlemaybe, just maybe, ER has a point…
Dear diablog, I cannot believe how time flies by and how much of my time has been taken up in recent weeks rushing around all over the place. Things are not likely to get any better for the next 10...
View Articlekeeping time…
Dear diablog, You may consider this as irrelevant and a quick way to get over the problem of too little time to post regularly at the moment – but you are wrong. Mme. and I are unashamedly addicted to...
View ArticleOld Media killing itself
Dear Reader, A couple of times I wrote about how old media does not understand the internet. Here now comes another prime example. The old media business is quite simple. They create or buy some...
View ArticleWho is terrorizing us really?
Dear Reader, During recent discussions with friends in Europe the terrorist acts in France came up all the time. And to some extent I understand. After 9/11 it took me a while to get over it. Sort of....
View Articlewonderful, how do they find the time to do it…
Dear diablog, The more observant of you may well have noticed that I have not, this year, subjected you to the worst in music which has been my habit in recent years. This is mainly ‘cos I didn’t want...
View ArticleIs Data going the Oil way?
Dear Reader, Two separate news reports reached me last week. And when connecting the dots, it lead me to the question in the headline. Which is a reference to a quote from Mr. Getty, former owner of...
View Articlethis is excellent…
Dear diablog, Just to alert you to an excellent series that has just started on BBC1 – The Night Manager. Episode 1 was screened on Sunday (I only caught up last night) and continues at the end of this...
View ArticleHoC Season Four
Dear Reader, Two years ago I recommended you watch House of Cards. Then, the second season was out, and both season one and two were very good. Last year I did not say anything, because season three...
View ArticleOpen Science
Dear Reader, The internet is supposed to make information available. Everywhere, to everybody, and at the lowest possible cost. Naturally, there are people and companies, who and which used to profit...
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