Solskjaer Sacked – But Was He All That Bad?
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s time as Manchester United manager came to an end over the weekend when he was sacked, and it got me thinking. Just how bad was he as the Manchester United manager? It is a question that is surprisingly difficult to answer, as it is dependent on what constitutes good and bad. Many…
Wales as a deforestation measure
If you were a teenager in the 1990s like me, and you went to school in the UK, there is a fair chance that in at least one geography lesson you were told by your teacher something like this: “Every year globally, an area the size of Wales is deforested”. At the time nobody in…
I’m just nipping out – be back in a bit
How would you define crazy? Would it involve running 570 km in 85 hours? That is what Harvey Lewis did earlier this week in Tennessee, USA, except it is a little more complicated than that. He covered that distance in an ultra event called the “Big’s Backyard Ultra”, which consists of the runners having to…
- Solskjaer Sacked – But Was He All That Bad?
- Wales as a deforestation measure
- I’m just nipping out – be back in a bit
- Collaboration in the music industry
- Fighting Until The Twitter End
Collaboration in the music industry
I am currently writing a book at the moment about 1990s UK Number One records (as you do), and in the course of doing some research a pattern struck me that might explain a bit about globalisation, the world wide web, and smarter marketing. Before you think I am mad, let me explain. What I…
Fighting Until The Twitter End
In the fallout from Donald Trump being given the boot from Twitter, I’ve just come across some great stats for his Twitter account that I had to share. On the world’s favourite open-source encyclopaedia there is a page dedicated to Trump’s social media usage. It seems that as his presidency has progressed, so did the…
Revisting “There’s no place like home”
Back in June I wrote a short post about how a lack of crowds in the Premier League might change the likelihood of their being home wins. The idea behind it is simple: does playing at a ground full of partisan football supporters give home teams an advantage? Because supporters are banned from attending football…
Tesla: worth a fortune
Tesla has become the world’s most valuable carmaker despite never having made a profit.
There’s no place like home… Or is there?
What are the chances of home advantage becoming a thing of the past for the remainder of the Premier League season?
Heavier Drinking in the UK
It would appear that Covid-19 has driven British people to excess drink and drugs. This is according to respondents of the Global Drug Survey Covid-19 special edition. For example, it seems like 46.8% of respondents have reported drinking earlier in the day during the pandemic, the most of the twelve countries include in the survey…
Appraising The Stock Market: Part 2
Over the past week I’ve been doing some number crunching in an effort to find some good stock market investments (you can read here Part 1 of “Appraising The Stock Market”). This means I’ve selected another cliched image for the blog! Also, and more importantly, even though I am only an amateur investor I do…
Appraising The Stock Market: Part 1
As part of my attempt to be the next Warren Buffet, this week I undertook an appraisal of my stock market portfolio. Unfortunately, I am around $72 billion behind Buffett at the moment, although it is worth pointing out that, in truth, I do have my sights set a little lower than that. I have…
Dominic Cummings: Lessons In Bias
Who’d be a politician? Or, even, a politician’s special advisor? Whatever your politics, the reaction to Dominic Cummings and his explanation for driving from London to Durham in March – in spite of Covid-19 regulations and advice that Cummings himself helped draw up – has been eye-opening to say the least. ‘Eye-opening’ might be particularly…
Pac-Man: Looking Good For Your Age
Pac-Man turned 40 this week, even though you wouldn’t know it to look at him. There isn’t a line or wrinkle on his perfectly round face / body / pie chart. When I was a young teenager in the early 1990s, and I would go down to the arcade in town with my friends to…
Just A Numbers Guy 