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At last! Some critical thinking. It comes from Brett Arends, who’s the guy who got into trouble with the Cult of Jobs a while back for describing Apple as “the world’s only publicly traded religion.” Long may he prosper.

The view from James’s college room. Wonder why the Fellows thought it necessary to have battlements.

Cambridge, yesterday afternoon.

A demonstration of Dr. Johnson’s definition of ‘network’ as “anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections”.

Lord Wolfson, with unexpected headgear.

Spotted in the Art room of my daughter’s school.

But this one is a more compelling story than most.

Thanks to Brian for spotting it.

David Pogue of the New York Times has made a witty video about it. Many broadcasters would be pleased to have made something as funny.