Blogs Posts on "General Hilarity"

The Hockey Stick Illusion by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 21, 2009This cover's just a placeholder...Although Bishop Hill and I have been chatting about this project for a few months*, your humble Devil has kept it under his hat until His Ecclesiastical Eminence was ready to announce his new book about the climate c...

Some more good news by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 20, 2009In amongst all of the fun that is the destruction of the CRU's credibility, there have been some other frabjous stories this week—even so, how could I not have covered the fact that Harpy Harperson is to be prosecuted for her little prang?Labour de...

CRU emails #7: Harrabin leads the BBC fightback... by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 20, 2009Unfortunately, English graduate Roger Harrabin—who is well-known to regular readers of The Kitchen for the lack of rigour in his research—is on very thin ice.That doesn't stop him struggling manfully on though—for lo! Roger has a source at CRU...

CRU Emails #6: follow the money by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 20, 2009Now that the general hilarity engendered by the email has simmered down a little, people are starting to look at the (vast numbers of) documents—many of which are very revealing.Your humble Devil has constantly pointed out that climate scientists m...

Drinking is good for you again! For the moment… by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 18, 2009Oh look, it seems that doctors may have got it wrong. Again. Apparently, heavy drinking—amongst men, anyway—can stave off heart disease.Do you ignore safe drinking limits and consume far more alcohol than official health advice recommends? If so,...

I'll believe it when I see it by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 18, 2009On the first day of Christmas (ish), my true love gave to me: six thieving bastards, six prosecutions and siiiiiiiiix prison sentences. Six massive fines, six chastened crooks and a drink to celebrate each.Oh, clockwise from top left: Lord Clarke of...

The fundamental problem with Open Source... by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 18, 2009... is that—all too often—you end up with multiple platforms, multiple versions of the code, etc., as Fake Steve points out.According to Gadget Lab, app writers have somehow just realized that the reason open source fails in customer-facing use c...

Look on the bright side by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 17, 2009Via Iain Dale, I see that Quaequam Blog! has found an upside to the idea that the Press Complaints Commission should regulate blogs.But wait: a thought occurs. If bloggers are to be brought under the PCC, surely we should have seats on the PCC board?

This really is one of those situations... by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 15, 2009... when one would like to ensure that they both lose.Nick Griffin launched the “Battle for Barking” yesterday, declaring that he will stand against the culture minister Margaret Hodge at the next election.Fuck me: what a choice for the people of...

And now for some levity... by Devil's Kitchen on Nov 14, 2009... from this evening's Impressionists starring the brilliant Jon Culshaw...Excellent!