If you want to truly experience Silicon Valley, you need to drive from San Jose to San Francisco at 330pm on workday. You - along with hundreds of thousands of Googlers, Appleites, Facebookers, Netfl… (View Post)

Well, definitely better than being under Belgian rule. France is more nuanced: they had their moments, both positively and negatively. You can argue that their making their remaining imperial possess… (View Post)

There's a lot of ruin in a nation. (View Post)

I think the problem is that the British Empire spanned hundreds of years, and tens of places that were administered with various degrees of competence at various points. One also has to note that our… (View Post)

The new Pulp album is perfectly decent. Much better than Blur's most recent two. Is it up there with their 1990s heyday? Nope. But it's good fun. (View Post)