George Monbiot, a journalist and activist, has proposed a 10 point plan to help us limit climate change by rapidly reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. While this will involve some changes in lifestyle, it will not be as radical as those changes that will be required if we don’t act now.
The general ideas can be [...]
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Posted on Friday 10th November 2006 in Engineering, Politics tagged climate change, construction, energy, Engineering, environmental, future, Politics, technology, transport, UK, with no comments.
I wish I had found this earlier, but I will be reading back though all the previous entries on Anousheh Ansari Space Blog which offers a unique and incredibly interesting insight into the journey of a Space Tourist. The posts are of a really interesting nature, and written in a lucid and enjoyable format.
Two quotes [...]
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Posted on Tuesday 26th September 2006 in Science tagged ISS, Links, space, technology, with no comments.
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation Microsoft’s so called “iPod Killer” is turning out to be rather suicidal:
Microsoft’s Zune will not play protected Windows Media Audio and Video purchased or “rented” from Napster 2.0, Rhapsody, Yahoo! Unlimited, Movielink, Cinemanow, or any other online media service. That’s right—the media that Microsoft promised would Play For Sure™ [...]
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Posted on Monday 18th September 2006 in Blog, Computers, Music tagged Computers, EFF, ipod, Links, microsoft, Music, technology, WMA, with no comments.
After living with a HTC Himalaya (otherwise known as an Orange SPV m1000, or the O2 xda) for a bit over 18 months, i decided it was time for a new phone.
It was going to be a Nokia.
From what I have heard, and from people I know, Nokia phones seem to be more reliable and [...]
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Posted on Saturday 15th July 2006 in Blog, Computers tagged Computers, mobile-phones, technology, with no comments.
“Mobile phone users in the UK sent a record 3.3 billion text messages in May, figures show.” BBC NEWS | Technology | Texting levels reach record high
That’s an average of over 100,000,000 text messages per day or about 1,200 per second! Or a lot of people with repetitive strain injury on their thumbs.
As for me, [...]
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Posted on Monday 26th June 2006 in Blog tagged Links, mobile-phones, technology, with one comment.
