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Interesting article about the rise of Aldi and Lidl. For me the attraction of Aldi is:-Simplicity – No choice makes for quick shopping.High Quality – because its their only offering the quality has to be good (compare to Tescos Value to Finest ranges).Low price – Easily 1/3 to 1/2 of comparable offerings.Steady pricing – Fast […]
Just love this comment by John Jorsett “Do no evil” seems to mean that they crush you BEFORE you get off the ground. Google, the kinder, gentler Microsoft.” which seems all to true after reading this article at http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2005/12/when_mashups_go.html
For those who wish to buy me Christmas presents, 🙂 Here is my most wanted item. Tom Tom navigator for the Treo 650 available from Expansys for a mere £139.95 For cheaper presents turn to my Amazon wish list Other items to follow……
I think the guys on the irc backchannel at Les Blogs2 are onto something with an alternative name for RSS feeds as ARSE (apparently its the way RSS sounds to native English speakers when pronounced by mainland Europeans) It seems a good name to me as it can be an acronym for Atom / RSS […]
Here is Rend Shakir being interviewed by Nick Lawrence in The Sauce bar on the inaugural day of Cambridge Matrix’s first public wireless mesh node. Could this be the start of free WiFi here in Cambridge UK?. The interview was for the BBC1 InsideOut programme. Rend was, explaining what a wireless hotspot is and the […]
This is just so awesome. The complete BBC catalogue of over 1 million past programmes going online – I wonder how many of programmes you will be able to download! There is a wonderful snippet of what is to come here Showing John Peel’s rise to fame graphically. All very cool indeed. Well done Ben […]
Here is Hugh trying to redeem Budget Rent A Car system. Budget is the victim of one of my person embargoes ever since one of their franchisees took me to court over a broken rear screen in an estate car that I rented. I hotly disputed the case and gained a personal victory when the […]
From Reuters – “Albertsons Inc. has received a preliminary takeover bid from larger grocery store rival Kroger Co. (KR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , while its drug store unit has attracted bids from three pharmacy chains, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday”. So no mention of Tesco at all since Terry squashed the Albertson […]
Here is the first post using the quill pen tool in Flock. The new browser thats in Preview beta!Very clean interface and highly integrated with del.icio.us the online favourites tool, which I’m using more these days.Interestingly their preferred search engine is yahoo rather than google in firefox. Flock also has a nice box for entering […]
Very interesting debate in the House of Commons on 18th October 2005 started by our MP David Howarth on the current state of Mental Health provision here in Cambridge (UK) and a reply by the government spokesperson Caroline Flint. Some points – Cambridge’s population is expanding but payments to trust are based on historical populations. […]