UK Free Wifi Map

I’m trying to put together a map of free/cheap wifi sites in the UK. Current progress is here.
Cheap might include getting wi-fi when you buy a coffee or something. In other words, you don’t have to pay for a £5 credit card fee.
So far, I’ve only got a few sites in Wiltshire, but if people […]

Microcredit

I love the idea of microcredit. The idea that you can lend money to a person, or a small group of people who can create or expand a business in certain parts of the world, giving them more stability and freedom, and also creating more economic activity in their country.
With kiva.org, you can do this […]

Subdomain Hosting

I recently had to set up some domains, and they had to have subdomains.
I normally use 1and1 for my domains, and they’re fine, but they have a weird rule about subdomains. It doesn’t matter how many domains you have on your account, you only get 5 subdomains. 5 per domain I can understand, but 5, […]

Blogger Freebies

There’s been quite some discussion around the decision by Microsoft to send out some very nice top-of-the-range Acer Ferrari laptops preloaded with Windows Vista to a number of high ranking bloggers.
I’ve had a little think on the subject, and I’ve decided that it doesn’t do any favours to accept such gifts. Even as "review products". […]

Data and Information

I had a comment on a post from Ellee Seymour, uber blogger from Cambridgeshire, which I thought I’d post a reply as it’s a subject that I wanted to do something wider on…
I love data too, it’s great for basing stories around. But how willing will the Government be to share their data with us? […]