Author: Keith

To continue the “throwing away my tax money” theme, today the Grauniad brings the news that, in addition to subsidising inept computer companies, I’m also funding arms deals, or at least underwriting them. Fantastic – now I have to demonstrate against myself. It seems our pals in Whitehall have made guarantees to step in and… Continue reading More money wasted

I want to provide IT services and solutions to the British Government. It sounds like the most brilliant job in the world – there can be few better. You enter a bid. Its accepted. You trouser the cash, and sit on your arse for a few years. Then, after citing “technical difficulties” or whatever was… Continue reading I want to be a government contractor

They’re quite similar you know. Well they’re both red. Sometimes. And they do say that there’s none for ages then three come at once. Or in Lou’s case, five come along at once – weblog entries that is.

For the Harrogatonians…in case she hadn’t told you, thanks to Anne, Gayle barfed last weekend. Disgusting behaviour, don’t you think?

I’m rather concerned by some news I read this morning in Wired Magazine’s daily newsletter. In today’s email, there was a link to an article about the US military’s plans to design and produce a hypersonic missile – about which the Lexington Institute rather casually states “When Osama’s bad brother Larry shows up suddenly in… Continue reading Stupidity at four times the speed of sound