Blog Action Day – thinking (or not) about food #BAD2011
I have about an hour before the end of Blog Action Day, to write post about food… So…here goes a bit of a stream of thoughts…don’t expect too much structure! Earlier today I was listening to BBC Radio 4 and heard a programme mentioning diamond Shreddies. A quick YouTube search later and I found this: …
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Facebook Tips: Updating by email, and turn off auto-replies
You may be aware that you can update your personal Facebook profile by email. Log in to Facebook, then visit http://www.facebook.com/mobile/ and you can find your own personal “update Facebook” email address. Anything sent to that email address (from any account) will be posted on your wall – you can even add pictures to the …
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Tonights journey home…
If you follow my twitter stream (or know me personally) you will know my journey home is a bit of a nightmare. I catch a train from Guildford to Woking, then change for Weybridge where I watch my train pull out of the other side of the platform as the train I am on pulls …
How do I hate t.co…let me count the ways
Twitter recently rolled out their own url shortener t.co. Any link over 13 characters gets shortened (or if it is between 13 and 16 characters lengthened!) using a t.co domain. Their eventual aim is to shorten every URL with t.co. If you are using the Twitter website, the implementation is OK – because (I think) …
Marketing to cyclists
Two quick ideas for marketing to cyclists…
Electric Vehicles – why I think we need a battery standard
I have just written to my MP (who also happens to be the Minister for Transport) after I read the governments plans for an Electric Vehicle Infrastructure. While some have characterised the move away from “a chargepoint on every corner” as being a green U turn, I think the Government is missing a far bigger …
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10 thoughts about QR codes
It seems 2011 might be the year the QR code goes mainstream (though I read similar predictions for 2008, 2009 and 2010..) so here are my top 10 tips on using them (in no particular order).
Moving images hosted on a bicycle wheel
Briefly surfing Vimeo earlier I came across this awesome video. The Cyclotrope from tim Wheatley on Vimeo. As far as I can tell, the video is shot live, but the spin rate is the same as the frame rate – so it looks like it is animated. It just blew me away – reminding me …