Posts Tagged as ‘Britain’

June 20, 2008

Get Down To Cycle Town

Image by David_Reverchon via Flickr

Forgive me if the announcement of Britain’s first 11 cycling towns leaves me a little nonplussed as I know that most of those towns picked will have got on the list as they will have presented themselves asĀ  most able to meet certain criteria. I am disappointed that mostly it will [...]

June 14, 2008

iPlayer Unification Imminent

The BBC’s iPlayer is to soon incorporate its radio player content in a unification of its TV & radio catch up on-line services.In addition the ability to personalise the player to your own tastes will be possible & the player will be able to recommend upcoming programmes based on your preferences (which sounds almost Tivo-esque).
The [...]

June 10, 2008

Love Hearts And Whatevers

My other half really fancied a packet of love hearts (the confectionery with messages of love etched onto them) and asked me to look out for them when I popped to the local supermarket. The best I could do was these in store chav-esque equivalents that are sadly devoid of sweet messages of love and [...]

June 10, 2008

Washing Clothes Without Water

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As household budgets get squeezed and environmental concerns play a bigger part in our future purchases an increasing focus is being thrown on our daily carbon footprint and resource consumption.
Water is increasingly supplied via a water meter in the UK and so many are charged in direct relation to usage (In Australia water [...]

May 31, 2008

Scaring Stupid People

It would be nice to see the Daily Mail focus on something sensible rather than have a different horseman of the apocalypse charging across the front page each day…I really can’t be bothered with being forced to face the imminent collapse of Western civilization every single day.
The poor b*******s who believe all this crap are [...]