Archive for April, 2006
Tuesday, April 11th, 2006
Elections in Peru and Italy- so what's happening? Most of the focus is what's going on with Berlusconi -who's apparently not admitting defeat yet. the latest news indicates that Romano Prodi, the centre-left opposition leader has won by a slim majority, but nothing will be confirmed till the expat votes ...
Posted in Latin America, News & info, Politics, World Affairs: politics and news, berlusconi, italy, peru, romano prodi | 14 Comments »
Monday, April 10th, 2006
Or rather, a look at some of the amusing items posted on last Friday’s Guardian News Blog ( now closed for comments) on the ‘Plame Game’– some of these really tickle me, some for their snide sarcasm, the irony, some for their outright stupidity etc. etc. Some of these threads ...
Posted in Guardian, News & info | 3 Comments »
Friday, April 7th, 2006
GMTV and The People's Millions - Vote now to have your say in how Lottery funding gets spent.
Groundwork- one of the 3 projects competing - aims to aid 25 neighbourhoods if they win the £1.5 million, as featured on gm.tv:
Groundwork's bid aims to help change the fortunes of 25 neighbourhoods ...
Posted in News & info, UK | No Comments »
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
the open food coop project is currently being developed. you can follow the development process here on the Open Food Coop DevBlog.
Posted in News & info, Technology, open food coop | No Comments »
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
Excellent news.
"the OED Online (along with a range of other Oxford Online resources) will soon be available in almost all public libraries in England as a result of a landmark agreement between Oxford University Press and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council"
Brilliant - now i don't have to fork out ...
Posted in Encyclopaedia, London, News & info, dictionary and meaning, oxford english dictionary | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 5th, 2006
dear royal mail - a rant:
why are your lines so busy all the time?
oh i get it...not much mail is ever delivered so i guess everyone's ringing ALL AT ONCE eh?
right. well im not traipsing all the way to Mandela Way again thanks very much..so pick up the phone please
now ...
Posted in London, UK, royal mail | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, April 4th, 2006
last night's Newsnight was hilarious, just superb: a look at what's happening in Latin America, with the upcoming elections in Peru, and discussions related to whether there is such a thing as a 'continental drift to the left'. ( and if so, what could the US administration's reaction possibly be..)
Gavin ...
Posted in Globalization, International Relations, Latin America, News & info, Newsnight, Politics | No Comments »
Monday, April 3rd, 2006
Has been added to the Book section. Check this space: over the next few weeks i will be adding more content. Also, i will be moving some content across from the Saki and Satire blog to this section - why? well just because the end of the Blogger experiment has ...
Posted in Blog software, Books and Literary Things, News & info | No Comments »