Monthly Archives: January 2002

January 27, 2002 | General Geek Culture

On Sexual Subcultures

Back in time you had leg-men and breast-men (and I assume leg- and breast-women as well), but anyone slightly off…

January 27, 2002 | Point Of View

On Monday mornings

Back to work at 06:37 bloody AM… No, wait, we’re an hour behind, so must be… lessee… Monday morning… erm…...

January 27, 2002 | Belgium

On another year rolling over

Yay, it’s 2002! (Although I had to look it up on a calendar, I was sort of under the impression…

January 27, 2002 | Belgium

On Brussels Midi train station

Brussels Midi station is a giant and complex creature, with winding tunnels and shifting exits and shuffling vagrants, a train…

January 27, 2002 | Point Of View

On raising children

I have always thought plying them with alcohol and dangling the threat of terrible monsters hiding behing the furniture would…

January 27, 2002 | Point Of View

On baby pictures

People without children are frequently called upon to feign interest in their friends’ baby pictures, and some of us are…

January 27, 2002 | Point Of View

On subtlety

Subtlety doesn’t work for me. If you criticise something by saying: “Such and such is a wonderful product, but…”, people…

January 27, 2002 | Point Of View

On mysticism and predicting the future

The problem I have with mystics is that they preach a gospel of non-responsibility. Nobody sails your ship but you….

January 27, 2002 | Point Of View, Politics, Science & Technology

On the anti-global movement

I’ll start off with an anti-anti-globalisation rant, which is my bugbear-of-the-moment. Scum and hooligans being passed off as bunny-hugging third-world…

January 27, 2002 | Point Of View

On living life

I feel so sorry for people who simply live to work towards one specific goal, whether it’s to free Tibet…

January 27, 2002 | Politics

On the US war in Afghanistan

What war? The war on drugs? No, wait, poverty, the war on poverty. No no, wait, that’s not the one…

January 25, 2002 | South Africa

Teachers Commit Many S.Africa Child Rapes – Study

A third of all child rapes in South Africa are committed by school teachers, researchers said in a new report…

January 23, 2002 | Science & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Research Project

Ai Research is a project aimed at developing artificial intelligence applications. An excellent example of their work is the chatbot…

January 23, 2002 | South Africa

SA’s report card scores low D

Leading decision-takers and opinion-makers are convinced the government’s ability to provide adequate services has deteriorated as a result of corruption…

January 23, 2002 | South Africa