If you learn one useless thing every day, in a week you’ll learn 7 useless things.
Some opinions, in no particular order
 
We live in a foolish world! I can’t stand it! I must speak out!
- Announcing …
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The Journal of Financial Technology. Hurrah; the first dedicated academic venue for all your fintech-related research. And it’s free and open-access.
 - I’m a fraud, get me out of here!
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Insecure? Feel stupid? Read this.
 - Notes on academic writing
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Your ideas are immortal—if anybody can understand them. Not just a "how to", but personal notes on technical writing based on my own experience so far.
 - Love; habit; a plan: three elements of successful undergraduate study
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Can’t get out of bed? Can’t concentrate? Can’t study? Love, habit, or a plan might help!
 - The private citizen and the database state
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Databases can be bad! Jamie specifically identifies a dangerous case, with some attempt at justification!
 - Yoghurt (joghurt, yogurt, jogurt) and how to make it
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I love yoghurt. It’s such nice, friendly stuff. I can’t resist telling you about it.
 - Stop the Clock
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I like clocks, but not for telling the correct time. A Scotsman tells me that I’m not the only one.
 - Speed cameras: the greatest scam on earth
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Pay a fine, encourage the downfall of Civilization As We Know It!
 - Stroking: sandwich critisism between two compliments
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Stroke a colleague at work. Two tales of what went wrong when this was forgotten.
 - Student Overwork
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Students forced to pay for own food! Read why this concerns me.
 - Splatman
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A slice of undergraduate life.
 - Guns 'n ammo
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There’s nothing wrong with a gun — if you’re sure it won’t get pointed at you.
 - On fish, and the soul of the Liberal Democrats
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About the May 3 elections.
 - Jamie the terror threat
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I’m a dangerous man. Find out why.
 - Hoods and Gadgets
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Complaint at a long-standing injustice done to yours truly.
 - Interrogated
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Pulled in for questioning by the police.
 - Training and Education
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The importance of University Education — with a capital ‘U’ and a capital ‘E’.