Monthly Archives: January 2009
links for 2009-01-27
Prepay or Travelcard Interesting – despite commuting from Clapham to the City every day except holiday/sick days, I only just save money by buying an annual travelcard. If you've got flexible hours, it's worth considering switching to PAYG. (tags: travel … Continue reading
links for 2009-01-26
A rare peek at Homeland Security's files on travelers – This Just In – Budget Travel (tags: foi security travel us government data) Off-shore wind could power every home in the UK by end next decade, says government (tags: environment … Continue reading
Good Customer Service?
I bought my 3G iPhone the day it came out, about six months ago. It was my second. I managed to rationalise the guilt of yet another gadget purchase because it was effectively a free upgrade. I already owned a … Continue reading
Sun IdM & Virtual Desktop demo
WordPress taunts me every time I log in with the draft of a post I’ve been meaning to complete for quite some time that explains the general concepts around Identity Management, provisioning, role mining and so on. It’s intended to … Continue reading
links for 2009-01-24
How to travel by train London to Morocco | Train travel in Morocco Noticed Tom Taylor (no relation) bookmark this, but wouldn't mind giving it a go – perhaps stopping for a couple of days in each place along the … Continue reading
Just Read: Next
I started reading Next by Michael Crichton just after Christmas, and have been reading bits of it since. In some ways it’s typical Crichton – taking a scientific theme and writing a novel around it. In this case, the subject … Continue reading
links for 2009-01-20
The Arab royal who's going off oil (tags: environment green oil energy abudhabi) Text of President Barack Obama's inaugural address – Yahoo! News (tags: politics obama us)
links for 2009-01-16
Powering ahead: How the Tories have stolen a march on Labour with new energy policy | Environment | guardian.co.uk Monbiot on the Tories plans. Great stuff, if only a better party came up with stuff like this. (tags: environment green … Continue reading
Energy efficiency as a game
I came across a great post at ecogeek.org (hmm, that makes me sound even more nerdy than I am) today on a topic we discussed at Home Camp. It talks of encouraging people to cut home energy consumption by turning … Continue reading
Kiva
For a while now I’ve been putting a little money here and there into Kiva. They’re a non-profit organisation who lend money out to individuals and small co-operatives in many of the poorer regions of the world. You put some … Continue reading