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I'm cruising the Internets trying to figure-out if Romney is the stupidest politician in modern US political history or the most inept politician in modern US political history.

The only upside I see for having Ryan as his Veep is to excite the Conservative Base.  Which were going to vote for him anyway.  

Meanwhile the Romney campaign is trying to run away from Ryan's policies ... the very things that excite the Conservative Base.

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Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere

Britain to be treated to meteor shower - Telegraph

Britain is to be treated to a spectacular display of meteors on Saturday night with up to two visible every minute at the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower.

With clear skies forecast over much of the south and central England and in the north of Scotland, amateur astronomers should be able to see the meteors streak across the night's sky.

A waning crescent moon, however, may produce some glare that will interfere with viewing and light pollution in large cities will make spotting the meteors difficult.

I have survived my first week of teaching at the new uni. It's been a learning experience, and has taught me how spoiled I was were I taught earlier. At my old school, every class room had both a computer and a projector. So you could do powerpoint presentations.  Not at the place I'm at now. It's all chalk and blackboard, which has been a huge adjustment.  What's been gratifying is that although the school doesn't have much money, the students are a very different bunch.  

Often in the past I felt like the whole system was a charade to give the children of wealth parents the credentials that explained why they ended up in the elite. There was plenty of money, so there were nice buildings, and computers in classrooms, etc.  But in the end there was an emptiness to it.  Where I'm at now, it's a constant struggle to get the resources I need to teach. (I had to bring in my own chalk) But the students come from a humble background (which I can relate to) and they really want to learn.

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

Juts going to Innbsruck for the afternoon tomorrow. Was going to return with the last train, but's it's been rerouted via Tarvisio to Venice, so I'll have to spend the night there and take the SEV from Innsbruck to Brennero on Monday.

Berlin for me; lousy journey with a stop start queue for 60 km on the way in. But I'm here now, had a quick trip into the centre to sort out what's what and more investigation tomorrow

keep to the Fen Causeway

happy birthday sven!

It's a fine line between homage, parody, and consumer opportunism. Jess Walter

First day in ages doing nothing particular.

You can't be me, I'm taken

Went to visit the grandson (baby) and also saw a new town I hadn't seen before, Deggendorf. Will have vistors for Monday-Wednesday so probably do a good deal of hiking around Berchtesgaden.

THEN we'll be awaiting the arrival of Helen.

'tis strange I should be old and neither wise nor valiant. From "The Maid's Tragedy" by Beaumont & Fletcher

A pleasant afternoon spent drinking with nanne, for those who remember him. He says hi, but has employment that makes blogging problematic

keep to the Fen Causeway

Brit from DKos Book (peterjukes as a user here) is apparently in the shops (Appendix 1 in it is based on my stuff on forgetfulness) waiting for my copy to arrive :-)

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Cellphone tracking: What happens when our smartphones can predict our every move?

Your cellphone knows where you've been. And new research shows it can take a pretty good guess at where you're going next.

A team of British researchers has developed an algorithm that uses tracking data on people's phones to predict where they'll be in 24 hours. The average error: just 20 meters.

That's far more accurate than past studies that have tried to predict people's movements. Studies have shown that most people follow fairly consistent patterns over time, but traditional prediction algorithms have no way of accounting for breaks in the routine.

The researchers solved that problem by combining tracking data from individual participants' phones with tracking data from their friends--i.e., other people in their mobile phonebooks. By looking at how an individual's movements correlate with those of people they know, the team's algorithm is able to guess when she might be headed, say, downtown for a show on a Sunday afternoon rather than staying uptown for lunch as usual.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Are there any Flickr users (or otherwise knowledgeable about Flickr) who can throw (flickering) light on why Mentatmark's photos are not being displayed?