the only entity to blame is the invisible hand

Andy Grove is famous for once saying that “only the paranoid survive”.  I believed it when I heard it a decade or so ago, and it’s remained true.  In this sober article he explains how putting profit before value in the past thirty years was a hollow victory for the west.  We need more people like him.

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know a bit of it

Given his sterling performance on the TV tonight (and apology to HD viewers) I urge Adrian Chiles fans to watch this.

Watch the rest here.

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Google Classic

Google have recently changed the format of their search results pages.  This is how to configure Google Chrome to use the previous format.  Add a search engine (I gave it the name Google Classic) and use the following URL.

http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=all#hl=all&source=hp&q=%s

The browser replaces %s by the search terms.

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