The Future of the Conservative Party

From The Telegraph:-
As one senior MP put it: “We need a core message. No one has the slightest idea what we stand for any more. The message at the moment that Brown cannot be the change doesn’t work any more, because he has […]

Heroes

Just seen 2 episodes on TV. Could be my new favourite show.

Archers Brewery is Saved

From The Adver
New owner Mr Williams said: "We have acquired the business because of the high reputation Archers holds within the marketplace. I am delighted to own an excellent range of beers, backed by a dedicated team at the brewery in Swindon."

Drag and Drop the Blue Line

Somewhere in the depths of the Googleplex, an AJAX developer of near seems to have been at work on a very cool bit of technology for Google Maps, which allows you to pick up the route of your journey and just move it elsewhere.
No more having to work out a number of points that will […]

Ben Bradshaw on GP Salaries

via the Daily Mail 
Health Minister Ben Bradshaw said: "We invested significant extra funding in GP services both to improve services and reward GPs.
"We expect a certain level of these profits to be invested back into their businesses, to bring about further improvements in services for patients, such as longer opening hours or widening the […]

Museum of Computing

It was interesting to read this piece from Skuds and this piece from The Guardian lamenting the lack of a museum devoted to computer games.
It wouldn’t have taken a Guardian journalist much more than typing in "Museum of Computing" or "Computer Games Museum" into Google to find at least a couple of results for the […]

Buying Computers…

I was going to post something about Jane Galt’s customer service with Sony, but as I was reading through the comments, I noticed that there was someone saying "I told you so". So, a little digging around, and I found Jane’s post asking for advice about what laptop to buy. Here’s a brief summary of […]

John Lewis

There are 2 reasons that I shop at John Lewis. 1) Service. 2) Price. It’s interesting how often I talk to people who assume that the upmarket department store chain is somehow expensive. Which isn’t to say that they don’t have some items that are really expensive (like the full-size ice cream maker that I’m […]