If, in the middle of writing a post for AB, I look for a reference, say an online dictionary, or the source of a fact on Internet Explorer, whatever I have already written disappears and I am unable...
I'm thinking of buying a laptop to supplement my PC but I don't fancy using the little fiddly pad thing installed. Is using a mouse an option on all laptops and does anyone have any suggestions for a...
In his new book of this title (Hamish Hamilton), Alain de Botton writes that 'atheism should not hector people about the error of super-natural belief: this is "boring". The real task is to...
Despite millions (billions?) of pounds spent on funding prestigious institutions and mega-projects, ask what these scientific 'breakthroughs' add up to and clear answers seem elusive. By the time...
Urged on by the likes of Richard Dawkins and others, telling the audience to "dare to use its common sense", the modern theologian and layman theist has to ask them to listen to some very...
I have opened an extra googlemail address and wish I hadn't - it is causing confusion with paypal accounts. Can I completely remove it so it is gone and lost please?
I haven't even watched the event for decades let alone vote, but he will certainly get my vote regardless of the song - just for true grit. Will you vote for him?
I'm trying to remember the word used in connecting something or somewhere named after a person, usually the inventor or discoverer, as in Magellan straits, Washington DC or Biro pens. It identifies...
Who are they kidding? of all the great movies I have ever seen, less than half (much less) were produced by Hollywood. Film critic; Barry Norman recently gave his list of "The Hundred Best...
I am selling an illustrated book on ebay and I know that one of the bidders, if she is successful, would break up the book and sell it page by page to maximise profit, which I think would be a pity....
I was walking passed the mental hospital recently, and I heard all the patients were shouting '13...13...13'. The fence was too high for me to see over, but I noticed a knot-hole in one of the planks,...
After Quasimodo's death, the Bishop of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, France sent word through the streets of Paris that a new bell ringer was urgently needed... The Bishop decided that he...
They seen to have a some form of transparent sticky looking stripes across their fronts, I imagine this is to help the ball grip to their chests when running with it. Is this a fact and if so, is it...
Using his Bradshaw's guide, when he arrived in Eccles he discovered that the raisins in the cakes come from Greece, as they have so few exports, would eating more Eccles cakes help their struggling...