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I'm Rob Minto, and this is my personal website or blog.
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Best of this blog
- The internet of 1901
- The lazy journalism of citing Facebook and Twitter
- The gender timebomb of India and China: a stab at the numbers
- Changing the clocks – how the numbers (don’t always) stack up
- The X-factor flaw: the new demographics of pop
- Zuckerberg vs Hirst
- What Sarah Palin has in common with Ludwig Wittgenstein
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Just don’t be yourself
Why The trip has taken the spirit of Curb and flushed down the postmodern loo. Continue reading
The young centenarians – but is there still a limit on longevity?
TweetNever has 100 years old looked so good. The two ladies (left) from Wales who are the world’s oldest living twins hardly look their age – certainly my grandmothers were in similar nick in their 80s. For comparison, below is … Continue reading
The X-factor flaw: the new demographics of pop
TweetAs the X-factor’s dominance of the TV (and therefore our lives) continues unabated, plenty is being written about the contestants, and the cult-like figure of Simon Cowell. The Observer portrayed him as a bond villain on their magazine cover, but … Continue reading
Multibasking
Why my definition of multibasking should catch on Continue reading
Name your princess
TweetOne of the remarks I often hear when a new personality joins the celebsphere is that lots of babies will be named after them. We assume that the public are easily swayed. Happily, the stats certainly show that when it … Continue reading
Changing the clocks – how the numbers (don’t always) stack up
Why the arguments about not changing the clocks in winter don’t stack up Continue reading