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Category Archives: Rants and Opinion
Jessica Hagy – How to be more interesting
From Jessica Hagy – Forbes: How To Be More Interesting (In 10 Simple Steps) 1. Go exploring. 2. Share what you discover. 3. Do something. Anything. 4. Embrace your innate weirdness. 5. Have a cause. 6. Minimize the swagger. 7. … Continue reading
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Washington Post, Car theft and Rainy lunchtimes in the 80s
The Washington Post has an article about how technology has changed the rate of car thefts. On rainy lunchtimes at junior school in the early 80s, I used to sit next to the Simon Hurr who is quoted in the … Continue reading
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John Autin – A.J. Burnett: A studied and subjective non-appreciation
John Autin writes about A.J. Burnett at Baseball-Reference.com who, like anyone, is entitled to his opinion. A.J. Burnett is one of my favourite Yankees players and like any sportsman, he has his good days and his bad days (see this … Continue reading
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The Heeltap. And chilling Tawny Port.
Last night, much to the detriment of my day off today, I went to the Boot and Flogger with some friends. The Boot and Flogger is one of the favourite places to go for wine. It shuts at 8pm which … Continue reading
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2010
2010 was not much different to 2009 for me except it was more tiring. My travel was affected by the BA strike and also by the volcano in Iceland. The volcano eruption meant I was stuck at work which put … Continue reading
That was a long year
This year has been a year of travelling. In brief: Been to Prague 39 times and built a software development team there. Been to Germany 3 times including a stop in Aachen and a trip to Oktoberfest. The Oktoberfest trip … Continue reading
Competition on the UK railways
It is very hard for railways to compete in the way normal businesses do. For a rail company to compete with another rail company, they need to be able to provide comparable routes. This is very difficult without running on … Continue reading
Oyster card readers are making an appearance at BR stations
Oyster card reader Originally uploaded by drchrispinnock At long last, the Oyster readers are appearing at mainline stations. Since I took this photograph, the readers have been covered up with a black cover. Hopefully we can start using our Oyster … Continue reading
I’m confused and so was the lady at the Post Office
The Post Office (or Royal Mail) has a fantastic web site with facilities to print postage online so that one can print labels for all one’s postage. In addition to this, Paypal have integrated their web site with the Royal … Continue reading
Lewisham queue
One of the exits at Lewisham has been shut for at least 6 months so that a lift can be constructed. The result is a big queue to get off the platform in the morning. You can see in the … Continue reading