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The “Grim” in “Grimspound”

So far, I’ve seen only praise for Big Big Train’s new album Grimspound. I’m afraid I’m going to strike a dischordant note here, and I…

May 5, 2017

The “Grim” in “Grimspound”

May 5, 2017

Jon Green

Democracy…when it’s convenient

So let me get this right, if I can.

Mar 14, 2017

Mar 14, 2017

Jon Green

My 1980s Music Challenge

A friend tagged me for the 1980s Music Challenge. Every day for a week, the musically challenged (well, it is the 1980s, after all) picks…

Sep 3, 2016

Sep 3, 2016

Jon Green

#PokemonGone, or “How Niantic Broke All The Things”

I’m going to preface this by saying I’m in the UK. Perhaps things are better elsewhere. But this is the story of how Niantic messed up…

Jul 20, 2016

#PokemonGone, or “How Niantic Broke All The Things”

Jul 20, 2016

Jon Green

Kepler Emergency-Mode Update

In my last article, I explained how a spacecraft like the Kepler Space Telescope can go into a “safe mode” to remain stable whilst…

Apr 11, 2016

Kepler Emergency-Mode Update

Apr 11, 2016

Jon Green

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is in Emergency Mode — and it may be OK.

Interesting. Kepler’s on the blink. About three days ago, NASA mission scientists discovered that it had dropped into Emergency Mode. Now…

Apr 10, 2016

NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope is in Emergency Mode — and it may be OK.

Apr 10, 2016

Jon Green

The Well-Stretched Chicken

I want to talk to you today about soup. Chicken soup. To be precise, Heinz Cream of Chicken and Mushroom Soup.

Dec 1, 2015

The Well-Stretched Chicken

Dec 1, 2015

Jon Green

Osborne’s Autum Statement: Disaster Averted?

In Osborne’s Autumn Statement: Disaster For Contractors?, I raised a flag about plans, published in a couple of the UK’s national…

Nov 28, 2015

Nov 28, 2015

Jon Green

Osborne’s Autumn Statement: Disaster For Contractors?

Articles in the Mail and The Guardian have suggested that George Osborne is planning to raise £400m by introducing radical changes to how…

Nov 10, 2015

Nov 10, 2015

Jon Green

Jon Green

Entrepreneur, businessman, techie, flyer, writer, star-gazer, rocket scientist. 'To write a profile: / One hundred and forty chars? / Only haiku works.'

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