Steve Hooker's Radio Weblog: A Welsh boy stuck in the wrong country, struggling to get home

New Scientist: It's not love, affection or even blatant self-interest that binds human societies together - it's anger, according to Swiss researchers. They made the unsettling discovery while trying to fathom what makes people cooperate.

Now that's interesting. I was a little bit worried, about this for our blogging colony, we've all got to pull our weight, and watch out for the free loaders. When we spot them we punish, if necessary, of course we all do a bit of it, but if we could mark down a blog, even if it cost us a little, then maybe the fear of being branded a free loader keeps us cooperating?

Amazon.com Posts First-Ever Profit - Amazon.com, the pioneering Internet retailer that has symbolized for many the potential and the pitfalls of dot-com commerce, posted its first net profit ever in the fourth quarter, beating its own forecasts and Wall Street's expectations.

For the quarter ended Dec. 31, the world's largest Internet retailer said it earned $5 million, or 1 cent a share, compared with a net loss of $545 million, or $1.53 per share, in the year-ago period.

Well, well. It did it! Now the whole idea of selling something over the web, may as well go to Amazon. Why bother with anything else, and not just books. They are also selling:
Electronics
Toys & Games
Music
Health & Beauty
DVD
Software
Kitchen & Housewares
Tools & Hardware
Computers
Camera & Photo
In Theaters
Computer & Video Games
Baby & Baby Registry
Cell Phones & Service
Video
Magazine Subscriptions
Outdoor Living
Travel
Cars
Gifts & Gift Certificates

And the same report... - The report highlights the fact that there are very few European players actively investing in this area of SME finance, leaving it to banks and venture investors, and claims that one of the reasons for this is the lack of network economies in terms of shared knowledge and specialised support services for financiers.

Do they mean blogging colonies? I wonder if we'd dare to build a blogging colony for the likes of the Goldsmith's of this world?

Report recommends public sector sponsorship to support innovative SMEs - 22 Jan 2002: "A report prepared for the European Commission has examined the needs of European SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) with regard to access to finance, and recommended the introduction of public sector sponsorship to help close the venture gap as well as a greater role for the European Investment Fund."

Testing again, did I get my password right this time?

Testing to BIS, will it get there?

Right now Esme's dippping her beef and onion crisps into Ribena... She says it's "nice."

Kids! Who'd have them? Grrr. One the one hand you want to throttle them by the throat, saying in a zombie like voice, "no more Tweenies, no more Tweenies." OTH you want to kiss and hug them, particularly as Bradley isn't well again.

Puking during the night, coughing, he looks so bleary eyed, so out of it. We suspect a stomach bug, sure he'll get over it in a day or two.

another war?

test to warblog

just a steve test

Just a war test

once more, my friends, unto the breach

once again a test post everywhere