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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 […]
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 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 […]
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. […]