It’s time for the Evening Standard‘s annual “outrage at the transport fare increases” issue. This year’s issue must have been particularly difficult to write as for most people the fares will have actually gone down. Let’s explain this simply so that even Standard journalists can understand. Transport for London want everyone to use their Oyster… Continue reading New London Transport Fares
Author: Dave Cross
Beyond Java
Is Java dead? Or dying? O’Reilly have just published a book called Beyond Java and the blurb includes this: If you are agree with the book’s premise–that Java’s reign is coming to an end–then this book will help you start to build your skills accordingly I don’t follow the Java community at all, so I’m… Continue reading Beyond Java
Software Upgrade
Last night I upgraded this site so it’s now running on Movable Type version 3.2. Everything seemed to go fine, but if you see anything weird on the site over the next couple of weeks please let me know.
Glasses
It seems that 2005 will go down in history as the year that my body officially gave up the ghost. Not only was there all the sarcoidosis stuff, but this morning I had an eye test as was told that I should start to use glasses for reading and computer work. This didn’t come as… Continue reading Glasses
Taxing
We’ll no doubt here a lot about the Tory flat tax proposals during their conference next week. Here are a few alternative suggestions. A Fat Tax Your rate of tax is the percentage that you are over the average weight for your height. I’m still debating whether that should really be both over or under.… Continue reading Taxing
Proof Reading – A Lost Art?
Robert saw this poster and uploaded a photo of it to Flickr. It contains an incredible number of grammatical errors.
Religion Harms Society
Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today. According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems. Also It compares the social peformance of… Continue reading Religion Harms Society
University
The reason for this weekend’s trip to Brighton was to move my stepdaughter into Sussex University. She loaded up all of her stuff into her boyfriend’s car on Saturday lunchtime and they drove down together[1]. We followed on the train and by a sheer fluke managed to arrive just as they had finished the unloading.… Continue reading University
Who’s On Brighton Pier
I was in Brighton over the weekend (for reasons I’ll write more about later) and whilst I was there I took the opportunity to visit the new Doctor Who exhibition. It was a bit over-priced for what it was (£6 each!) but it was nice to see a number of the props from the new… Continue reading Who’s On Brighton Pier
London Highwalks
Slowly organising all of my old photos on Flickr. I’ve just created a photo set for a crisps walk we did in November 2002 around the highwalks of the City of London. Must be time for another crisps walk. I suspect I volunteered to organise one…