Category Archives: Pointless Futurology

Stood on the Precipice

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Carps

When we will fall off? Maybe tomorrow. Events are moving so fast now that my previous blog post – drafted on Monday night but not published ’til just now – is already outdated. People have started pulling their cash out … Continue reading →

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We trading something for nothing.

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Carps

Recently, my Kindle bit the dust. I’d been getting quite into the Kindle thing – reading it in the bath… downloading books on an ad-hoc basis… using it to browse the web. There is a remorseless logic to the digitisation … Continue reading →

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Europe in Flames?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Carps

If, as seems likely, the French and Germans get their way, Papandreou will be history soon. Who will replace him? Someone who is prepared to kowtow to the EU line and sign Greece up to decades of penury. How will … Continue reading →

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Greek Debt Default: Here Comes the Tidal Wave….

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Carps

So Greece is, finally, hitting the buffers. Interest rates on money loaned to the Greeks is now 30%, which basically means no-one will lend to them. The proposed “bailout” (another trifling matter of some tens of billions of Euros) is … Continue reading →

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The endgame cometh: Portugal on the brink of a bailout

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Carps

Gosh. Portugal’s in trouble? Who knew? Well anyone with eyes and brain. Even me – and I’m shit thick – knew this was coming. The now-familiar death dance has begun: “no pressure… no-one’s talking about bailouts… 3 year recovery plan…” … Continue reading →

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The New Twitter vs. Google

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Carps

Google has, for most of us, been the only way to find information on the internet for the best part of a decade. Their model is simple, even if the technology isn’t: Index every page on the internet Determine what … Continue reading →

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