Posts from:
March 2010
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31st March 2010Scottish Money: Follow-upAfter writing my previous post, called "Legal Tender", I got a reply from a slightly upset George ((It started with the line "WILFRED WILSON, you have misquoted me massively!")). I confess, my memory was faultly, and I prepended an explanatory paragraph to the post to make George's arguments clear. He was not arguing that Scottish bank notes are legal tender; rather, he was more concerned that the English refusing to accept Scottish money constitutes discrimination. It's an issue that I didn't explore in my first post, but I shall do so here, in response to George's email: I did maintain that it ...
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31st March 2010Legal TenderUPDATE: George informed me that I "have misquoted me massively", and on further remembrance, I think he's right. George was not arguing that Scottish bank notes were legal tender, although he does maintain that the rejection of Scottish notes in England is (unfair) discrimination. However, I'm going to leave this article as it is, because its purpose isn't to point and laugh at George, instead it is an explanation of the term 'legal tender'. The story just serves as a bit of fun. Now let's return to the original article. The topic of legal tender came up when I was talking ...
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20th March 2010Is The Internet The Antichrist? (Hint: No)I've had some thoughts about technology and change bouncing around my head for quite a while now. I think it started when I read one of Scott Simpson's posts, "That Essay Would Have Been Terrible Anyway": "A friend is going through a tough time right now. Last night I consoled him and offered advice, while simultaneously browsing for a new camera case on my iPhone. It occured to me to write a long essay about how that scenario points to the increasing fragmentation of our attention and the threat that technology poses to real-world relationships. But really it just ...
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14th March 2010Walkies!My Aunt and Uncle are away on holiday, so I'm going to help walk their dogs over the next few mornings. It's means I've got to catch an early bus, but apart from that I'm looking forward to exploring somewhere new. I've spent time out there before, though almost always with someone else, and always with something to get back for. But tomorrow, and Tuesday and Wednesday, I can take the dogs out in whatever direction I please, for however long I want and at whatever pace I choose. It'll just be Milly and Nina, and me and my thoughts. And my ...
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12th March 2010GOP GobblersFrom Balloon Juice: I don’t care if you have to “ram it down their throats,” as the Republicans are fond of saying. Although none of the stuff going on at the moment is going to affect me, I still think that the Republicans are fucking scum. That anything can be accomplished against such dishonest people is amazing.
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About Wilf's Blog
I'm a mathematician, but apart from that, I'm a fairly normal guy. I used to write a blog - this blog. I write (wrote) about whatever is on my mind. It can get quite personal sometimes.
