The Glasgow Effect

Sitting is killing you.

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:04:59 +0100

Sitting is killing you.

Music Hack (Taken with Instagram at The Southern Bar)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 20:57:47 +0100

Music Hack (Taken with Instagram at The Southern Bar)

Music night. (Taken with Instagram)

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:00:45 +0100

Music night. (Taken with Instagram)

Waiting for Ikea to open… (Taken with Instagram at IKEA)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:29:04 +0100

Waiting for Ikea to open… (Taken with Instagram at IKEA)

Big biscuit (Taken with Instagram at Glasgow Botanic Gardens)

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:34:24 +0100

Big biscuit (Taken with Instagram at Glasgow Botanic Gardens)

Father Sculptor - Ember Here’s a brand new track from a...

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:04:41 +0000

Father Sculptor - Ember

Here’s a brand new track from a brand new Glasgow outfit… You heard them here first :)

What were the names of the actors in the “Pea and ham from a chicken” advert

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 13:47:43 +0000

One of them was Phil McCall... Can anyone name the other guy?

Walking Heads - Glasgow Music Tour Check out Walking Heads for...

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:15:41 +0000

Walking Heads - Glasgow Music Tour

Check out Walking Heads for excellent apps & downloads of walking tours of Glasgow & Edinburgh… Their latest release features Scottish music maven Jim Gellatly taking us on a journey of Glasgow’s best music venues…

History of 20th Century Art Featuring Glasgow comic Sandy...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:54:17 +0000

History of 20th Century Art

Featuring Glasgow comic Sandy Nelson. NSFW.

Last Friday night (in Glasgow)

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:12:23 +0000

Last Friday night (in Glasgow)

Birds Eye Steakhouse Grills Advert (1982)

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:02:31 +0100

Birds Eye Steakhouse Grills Advert (1982)

"Hurricane Katia off the east coast of the US could cause stormy weather to hit Scotland on Monday,..."

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:37:00 +0100

“Hurricane Katia off the east coast of the US could cause stormy weather to hit Scotland on Monday, according to forecasters in Miami.”

- BBC News, 9.9.11

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Tue, 09 Aug 2011 08:00:05 +0100

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Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:44:38 +0100

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Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:43:50 +0100

"In Mac OS X 10.7, known as Lion, Apple went with the “shake things up” philosophy. It follows an old..."

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 07:55:16 +0100

“In Mac OS X 10.7, known as Lion, Apple went with the “shake things up” philosophy. It follows an old Apple pattern of embracing what’s cool and progressive, and ruthlessly jettisoning what it considers antiquated. That’s great if you love stuff that’s cool and progressive, and not so great if you hate people moving your cheese.”

- Upgrading to Lion Means Embracing the iPad, David Pogue, NYT, 20 July 2011

I for one welcome our new jellyfish overlords.

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:19:00 +0100

I for one welcome our new jellyfish overlords.

"Remember when civil servants, teachers, nurses, doctors and lollipop ladies crashed the stock..."

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:22:52 +0100

“Remember when civil servants, teachers, nurses, doctors and lollipop ladies crashed the stock market, wiped out banks, took billions in bonuses and paid no tax? No, me neither.”

Flag of the The National Transitional Council of the Libyan...

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:44:00 +0100

Flag of the The National Transitional Council of the Libyan Republic

Spotted in the West End of Glasgow, 26 June 2011

"On an average wage today, half a second of work will pay for an hour of light. In 1950, the average..."

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:15:58 +0100

“On an average wage today, half a second of work will pay for an hour of light. In 1950, the average wage earner worked eight seconds to run a conventional filament lamp; in 1880, 15 seconds of work was needed for a kerosene lamp; and more than six hours of work for an hour of light by tallow candle in the 1800s. In 1750BC, your average ancient Babylonian needed to work more than 50 hours to get an hour of light from a sesame oil lamp. That 43,200-fold improvement…”

- Why rational optimism beats ephemeral happiness, The Australian, 22 June 2011

Janet Albrechtsen summarizes Matt Ridley’s argument. (ht: sully)