Tagged: Angus Shaw

March 29, 2023

Algorithm mystery solved, or is it?

An algorithm is a formula that solves problems: x+y = z. Got it? No, the formula goes so much further than that. Heaven forbid, it can now be called “a...

To be woke or not to be woke, that is the question

Thinking about things “woke.” It certainly has nothing to do with rising from a good night’s sleep. Definitions of the word are, at best, unclear. Wikipedia says it derives from...

Algorithm mystery solved, or is it?

An algorithm is a formula that solves problems: x+y = z. Got it? No, the formula goes so much further...

What’s the verdict on them there wigs?

Our justice system is considering whether to rid our judges of bleached horsehair wigs, a vestige of colonialism. As Zimbabwe...

Corruption and the gold mafia

Zimbabweans, and hopefully the world, are trying to get their heads around last night’s first Al Jazeera broadcast on our...

The getaway car broke down …

What a bummer, man! That is what we would have said in the old hippy days about a disappointing experience....

A dead giveaway …

Sometimes I am accused, even in retirement, of being irresponsible or reckless with the little money I’ve got from a...

To be woke or not to be woke, that is the question

Thinking about things “woke.” It certainly has nothing to do with rising from a good night’s sleep. Definitions of the...

The Oscars and me

Jamie Lee Curtis just won an Oscar. I knew her old man. It’s probably fairer to say Tony Curtis knew...

Never too old

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Tough times

Times are getting tougher. It means we’ve got to squeeze the most out of everything. Not just the toothpaste, but...

Got to get a word in edgeways on Harry and Megs

The brouhaha over Harry and Meghan ever continues. I just love the ‘vomiting man’ emojis I got when I last...