Tag Archives: Humour

Mullah Omar and the Gift of Laughter

Posted on April 17, 2015 by eternalidol

A little while ago, I learned via the BBC that the Taliban had published a 5,000 word biography of Mullah Omar on one of their websites. The BBC’s accounts made for moderately interesting reading, but what amazed me was the … Continue reading →

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Trump It – The Real Value of Twitter

Posted on September 29, 2014 by eternalidol

As those of you who know me will be painfully aware, my familiarity with modern communications technology is pretty well summed up by the scene the start of 2001: A Space Odyssey, where our remote, barely-human ancestors were stunned and … Continue reading →

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