For those of you who have not yet met 'smart meters' they are, or at least they are sold as, the energy companies' and the government's way to help you reduce your energy consumption and allow the whole country to become greener and more sustainable. Anyone who has had an energy …
Politics
Dr Briffa on ‘flu vaccines and conflicts of interest
While on the subject of medical newsletters - you can see that this is a Sunday clear-out of my email in-box. Two posts from Dr John Briffa (another oasis of good sense in a sometimes non-sensical medical world). The 'flu vaccine. He had noted, as have I, the 'roll up, roll up …
An alternative to looting….
The epidemic of looting that has taken place across the country this week, with its attendant bevy of talking heads pontificating about the 'disenfranchised 5%', the 'fallout from our consumerist society' etc etc makes a small project I heard about a couple of weeks ago seem an …