The Geeky Brit

France has done something I didn’t think they would do. They voted in someone who thinks that working more than 35 hours a week is a good idea, and that the French are a little too “relaxed” (lazy) at the moment. This is the guy that might turn France’s shrinking economy around, and bring France and other parts of Europe back in the real world.

In a way I was actually supporting Segolene Royal, as her manifesto would have probably buried France into economical and historical insignificance. Being English, I enjoy what I shall we call a “healthy competition” with the French.

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The Scottish National Party just made huge gains in the regional elections this week in the UK.

The SNP are the party which wants Scotland secede from the United Kingdom, and gain full independence. Now it appears that they have the support of a majority of the Scottish people for the first time. I doubt that the majority of the Scottish would vote yes on a independence referendum, but I think the SNP’s election results certainly show a wish for more autonomy.

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Wired: Brussels police have begun an investigation into a citizen’s allegations of rape — in Second Life.

Second Life, for those of you who don’t know, is the ultimate geek escapism.  You create a brand new online persona, who is far cooler than the real you, and lacks any the social inadequacies that hamper real life geeks.  You can get a “Second Life Job”, buy a “Second Life” house, marry a “second life” wife.  You get the picture, its like a huge geeky experiment in escapism – basically what everybody thought the internet was when they first heard of it.

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After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said:

“Let me see If I’ve got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning, and I’m supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.

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