WHO CAN LEND ME £16BN?
It was reported on the BBC today that the UK borrowed £16bn last month? Given the current financial situation just who is lending us the money?
US ELECTIONS
So, finally, the day of the US elections is here. The web is full of it, particularly the US sites that I read. One site this morning was urging their readers to go and vote which I thought was very laudable until they added “You get to decide the course of the free world for …
APPLE’S GENIUS IS GENIUS
With iTunes 8 comes Genius – a system to help you find similar music in your collection or a cynical attempt to sell more downloads by Apple, depending on your view. It also works on both the iPhone and the iPod Touch. You simply select a track and press the genius icon and a new …
BIKE, BOAT OR BOARD
So the 2008 Olympic Games are drawing to a close and the British are celebrating a record haul of medals – as I write this we have a pretty amazing total of 39, including 17 gold medals. What has been striking is where the successes have been achieved, in the sailing and, particularly, in the …
DONNINGTON TO REPLACE SILVERSTONE FROM 2010
It has been announced today that from 2010 the British Grand Prix is to move from it’s traditional home at Silverstone to Donnington. While there has been many years of argument between the circuit and Bernie Ecclestone I don’t think anyone really thought that they wouldn’t come to some agreement in the end. I personally …
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Diamond Light Source
I was lucky enough to get an opportunity last night to visit the synchrotron at the Diamond Light Source at Harwell, Oxfordshire. Unfortunately, due to bad weather and an accident on the A34 I was late and missed the start of the presentation. This meant that I missed the why are we here part of …
SAYING GOODBYE TO HUMPH
So we are here to say goodbye to Humphrey Lyttelton long-time chairman to the antidote to panel games I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, who passed away yesterday. It has only a few months ago that all the family went to see him on stage with the rest of the panel and, as I noted …
WORDPRESS WOES
I wrote a while back about my love of WordPress but after my experiences this morning I am feeling a little less charitable. I am currently setting up a new site (spokenlikeageek.com) for which I had intended to use the latest build of WordPress (2.5). As part of this I wanted to transfer some existing …
MINT CREDIT CARD PERSONALISATION
I have spoken about the increasing levels of personalisation in life on a number of occasions before (here and here) and today I found another neat opportunity to make your credit card your own. Mint are offering the card holders the chance to upload any picture they want and have that on their card. So …
NATIONWIDE ONLINE BANKING CARD READER
This little device arrived through the letter box this morning and while it looks like a three year olds first calculator it is, in fact, my banks attempt at improving on line security. Now you might think that I would welcome this but actually I have mixed feelings on its use. It seems that it …