Jobs go down the tube at big drugs firms — Times Online
“But for senior executives, the move from a large company into a smaller one is often a shock and results in a lot of frustration, as Phil Gould discovered. He questioned his decision to leave Glaxo to become the chief executive of a biotech [...]
JILL DANIELS “HITS OF THE BLITZ” BRITAINS NO.1 WARTIME WWII 1940s SHOW
Don’t ask how I came to be looking at this page. I’m linking it because I need to design a new website shortly and I think there may be some useful pointers here.
The belief that genes cannot be changed is now outdated
Deeply dispirited to discover that Nature is still debating the merits of studying how race affects intelligence. [...]
Designer Babies: A Right to Choose?
Great entry at Wired Science, currently one of the best science blogs out there. I have very definite opinions on this issue, especially the part about selecting for deafness, but it’s good to see contributions from both sides. [...]
I need to wear my glasses when I’m using the computer. I keep misreading that Gene Wilder has been refused entry to Britain.
Just turned on the TV at the very second when Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen were saying “And the BAFTA goes to…” “…Danny Boyle” for directing Slumdog Squarepants. Well, no need to watch the other two and a half hours of the broadcast, then.
I saw The Spirit yesterday. I like to think I’m pretty good at separating the art from the artist — I happen to believe it’s much more important to support good writing than nice writers — but sometimes that is just not possible. I sat through the entire film wondering about Frank Miller. What did [...]
Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode’s movie reviews podcast is one of my favourites. It’s like listening to 45 minutes of good cop/bad cop. Kermode is a shouty ball of exciteability and Mayo is the drilled and skilled professional broadcaster who’s there to keep him in line.
Still, even though I love a good pop culture rant [...]
The day after Christmas. And I am typing this on my new laptop, which means that for the first time I have become a Vista user. I’ve avoided it until now, mostly because I didn’t want to be able to fix people’s broken Vista machines, but actually I haven’t noticed much difference from XP besides [...]