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Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in comment, trends | No Comments »
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The chancellor's announcement last year that there would be a a flat rate of 18% for captial gains tax was pretty stupid. Heralded (by the government) as a poke in the ... Read more..Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in aproposofnothing | No Comments »
The Times online is carrying an article on plans by a company called H2O networks, a Welsh firm, to lay fibre in the sewerage network - the Times reports that ... Read more..Thursday, January 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized, aproposofnothing | 4 Comments »
I ordered something from an on-line retailer on Boxing day, the item was shown as "in stock" and I received an "order confirmation" on the same day. They debited my ... Read more..Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I'm in Orlando Florida at IBM's Lotusphere conference, an event that is crammed with announcements and news from IBM and its partners. It's, frankly, too soon to say anything particularly ... Read more..Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in aproposofnothing | No Comments »
I've been trying to figure out what it "is" about staying at a disney resort in Florida... I haven't been able to shake the sensation that it feels a little ... Read more..Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in comment, m&a | No Comments »
As we've now had a little more time to mull.. there are a few more considered reactions to the Oracle / BEA and Sun/MySQL news. Read more..Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in aproposofnothing | No Comments »
Having seen it mentioned in passing by Governor I thought I'd take a peek at Flock. And here I am - blogging from it already Blogged with FlockTags: flock Read more..Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in aproposofnothing | No Comments »
Just filled up my car... with 50.53 litres of Petrol or "Gas" as my American buddies say. That's 11.12 imperial gallons of petrol. Or 13.35 of those slightly inferior "American Gallons". The cost... ... Read more..Friday, January 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized, aproposofnothing | 1 Comment »
I confess that I've been a Maco-phobe for years, I thought it was funny to mock Mac-users, I used to disparage the Mac an then hurriedly insist that "one of ... Read more..