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This is a problem I came across recently as a client who’s an artist explained that she wanted to grow her online presence. However, when I explained that we needed to present a consistent image of her work, she expressed concern.
I’ve often wished I was more mathematically talented, particularly when I sat my ‘A’ levels. My frankly mediocre performance isn’t due to disinterest, I’ve always found mathematics to be fascinating. But it wasn’t until I watched the BBC series “Story of Maths” presented by Marcus du Sautoy that I realised why.
From a historical perspective the Conservative Party has always been out on it’s own, first opposite the Liberals and later the Labour Party. Is it any wonder they’re less than keen on Proportional Representation (PR) when they’ve never polled more than 49.7% of the vote?
What is the meaning of “strong government”? I’ve heard the term bandied about by many people over the last couple of days, but no one’s tried to define it for me. It appears that it’s just one of those things we must want without knowing what it actually means.
I’m trying to renovate my bathroom at the moment, it’s looking and feeling a bit run down. I don’t want to replace everything, just those parts that are beyond repair, so that I’m not needlessly adding to landfill. Who’d have thought it would be so hard on my wallet and my time?
The huge cloud of volcanic ash that’s sweeping over Europe from Iceland has had a devastating effect on air travel. Personally when I saw the story on the news last night it struck me as wonderful. It’s true that I’m a little strange, but it really is an event full of wonder.
The terms ‘Carbon Neutral’ and ‘Sustainable’ are often found invoked in the same context, but they’re not necessarily compatible: carbon neutrality can be achieved without, or even at the expense of sustainability.
I attempted to describe what being a Professional actually means to me in a recent conversation with my brother. I have to admit it started me examining the concept more closely.
I understand that if your working life depends on effective transportation all the snow chaos around the Country isn’t fun. But what if modern life wasn’t so dependent upon travelling, could life become more relaxed? Travel could be something of choice, not obligation, and our lifestyle might be a little more robust at times like this.
Further to my shock revelation about the Government and climate change — OK I realise it’s been obvious all along — I’ve come up with another idea to focus our personal efforts.
I’m not normally given to naivety and unrealistic bouts of optimism, but last week I discovered to my surprise that I genuinely expected some positive agreement on climate change from the Copenhagen summit. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those campaigners on the TV, or that pour forth tweets, and I haven’t been glued to the news from Denmark, but at the end of the conference I have to admit to feeling a little deflated.
We evolved to be adaptable as a response to environmental uncertainty. Have we created a social structure that neutralises this attribute for avoiding extinction?
Very little in science and engineering is as precise as we’d like to believe, and climate change is no exception. What’s more, we have no right to expect that it’ll become more clear cut at any point in the near future, so we have to make our decisions based on what’s on offer now.
A couple of months ago I came to the decision that my fragmented approach to web hosting needed a little reorganisation. I like to use UK hosts and I’m passionate about minimise my carbon footprint. On this basis Brightbox and Memset are both good choices, but with new projects on the horizon, the lure of cheaper US hosting is hard to resist. Can UK providers do even better?
I know that a good developer should choose the best tool for the job in hand, but their own productivity and inspiration must inform the decision in selecting the best tool.
It seems that our perception of individual rights can be misleading, we often feel our rights have been violated when something seems unfair, but these are not the same concept.
I wonder what type of national structure and system of government is best for managing extreme change? Climate and social changes are going to ask some serious questions during the coming decades.
I do my best to reduce my carbon footprint through changes to my lifestyle, but there’s only so far I can go. So I’ve been reviewing personal carbon offsetting schemes to see if they can take me closer to carbon neutrality.
Yesterday I read a few comments about global temperatures dropping since 2000, could it be true? Is Global Warming a false alarm? Do you know what global average temperature represents, or what the overall trend really looks like? It occurred to me that I didn’t, so I decided to take a look.
A hard drive failure is always a heart stopping moment, especially when it contains your partner’s huge photograph library and all those personal records.
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