Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Cycling in London: it's about time to do something!

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With the congestion charge now at £8, Transport for London clearly signalled that only rich people can afford commuting by car to London. S...
Monday, December 12, 2005

Supermarkets 2: labeling

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Haven't you noticed how sometimes supermarkets try to con you with labeling? The other day I was in Tesco and they were selling goldens ...
Thursday, December 08, 2005

Campaing for suppressing level crossings

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I was this morning at North Sheen's level crossing, waiting 12 minutes behind the barrier (missed my train as the entry from the station...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Susan Kramer's progress on North Sheen Station footbridge

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Susan Kramer 's press officer finally came back to me with the statement below following my previous post ( Time to remind Susan Kramer ...
Monday, November 28, 2005

Time to remind Susan Kramer about the North Sheen Station footbridge

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One of Susan Kramer's (LibDem) electoral pledge was to re-build the South footbridge at North Sheen station. Six month later and nothin...
Wednesday, August 17, 2005

After mad cow: Iraq anthrax traced back to British cow!

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Yet another export produce from good old English farming industry: Anthrax found in Iraq is traced back to a British cow. We are continuousl...
Friday, July 29, 2005

I dreamt about doing this!!!!

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Hats off to Hacan for doing something I wanted to see for a long time: BA boss gets early morning plane blasts (Richmond & Twickenham T...
Monday, July 18, 2005

Cycling in London: it's about time to do something!

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With the congestion charge now at £8, Transport for London clearly signalled that only rich people can afford commuting by car to London. ...
Friday, July 15, 2005

Speed cameras: all for the money, litte for safety

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Here are a few important facts about speed cameras: Accidents on the motorways account for less than 10% of the total. So why diverting re...
Thursday, July 14, 2005

International dates and times

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It's sometimes challenging to work internationally, especially given we all use different paper sizes: letter, A4, etc... We haven't...
Thursday, June 30, 2005

No beer? No lunch, says Belgian parliamentarian (Reuters)

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A lunch meeting between a leading parliamentarian in Belgium and counterparts from Iran has been cancelled because the beer-loving Belgian c...
Saturday, June 25, 2005

Supermarkets 1: parking spaces

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In prevision of my dear wife going back to work, having sorted the childcare, I went to the supermarket this morning to do the weekly shoppi...
Wednesday, June 15, 2005

My de.li.cious bookmarks

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Social bookmarking is great: check this http://del.icio.us/lludovic This allows to pick up new trends quickly through a collaborative filte...
Sunday, May 29, 2005

France says no to EU constitution referendum

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At the time I am writing this, it looks almost certain that French electors are voting NON to the EU referendum. But why? After all, Fr...
Thursday, May 26, 2005

You shoud appeal if you're clocked with a handheld speed camera!

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Interesting article from BBC South: the net net is that handheld laser speed metering devices are not accurate. http://www.bbc.co.uk/insi...
Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Google deletes Europe....

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... the Register accuses W (aka Dubya) to erase non-compliant nations. In fact, in Google's world, there's only US and UK, nothing ...
Friday, April 22, 2005

"Pentecôte"

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The French government is probably one of the most prolific when it comes to creating new taxes. The last trick from those ENA boffins is to...

TGIF: office-humour.com

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Fridays..... A link for my cousin Sté : One for my folks: http://www.office-humour.co.uk/item.cfm?itm=2932 This one for the Brits: htt...
Thursday, April 21, 2005

Spin Bunny

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Can you gag a blog? Well, some have tried, with no luck thankfully! Great attitude Spin Bunny !

Dan Gillmor on Grassroots Journalism, Etc.

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Great blog by Dan Gilmour , a SanFran based journo, aimed at " encourag[ing] and enabl[ing] more citizen-based media ". Links...