There has been a bit of talk recently about abolishing the promotion and relegation system in the English Premier League, mainly coming from the Foreign owners of Premier League clubs. A couple of quotes from this article sum up the argument, which is really about investor certainty: a growing cartel of owners believe the Premier […]
Fascinating article on the New York Times about using deception to make cyclists push themselves past what they thought their limits were in training. It’s a shame I don’t have coach for my road cycling….I’m not really sure if I will be able to “trick myself”, haha.
If you are looking for a way to kill 5 mins at the end of the day, this tool/quiz to help you decide whether you like MMP or FPP is interesting… I must say I felt weird after doing the quiz as I wasn’t sure it accurately represented my feelings. Preconceptions are there to be […]
A very interesting piece in the telegraph today where Rory Smith argues that it is time to abolish the transfer fee. This passage of the article had particular resonance, mainly because it smelled like there was some economics present: In what other sphere do companies have to pay other companies to recruit their staff? There […]
So Google has just bought Mobile handset maker Motorolo Mobility (see announcement on the Google blog), a move that sees Google vertically integrating into phone hardware. My initial reaction to this was a worry that by vertically integrating to compete against Apple, this might discourage non-integrated phone makers (such as Sony, Samsung and HTC) from […]
Those who trawl our site regularly may have noticed the blog has had a visual refresh over the last couple of days. For those who care, the main changes are: Less ugly: Fairly self explanatory… Social media integration: this should make it much easier for you tell all your friends how much you disagree with […]