Archive from April, 2010
Environment, Sustainability and the Food Supply Challenge
18 Apr 2010: Yeah, snappy title, huh? This extraordinary document crashed out of my Sunday Times today, and I’d love to know more about it, not least because I can’t see any commercial credits and I therefore have a sneaking suspicion that I’ve paid for it. The only credits seem to be a string of logos on the front, including the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and various international agencies. The publication is 96 – yes, 96 – pages long, and has just three or four obvious advertisers, which wouldn’t have made a dent in its massive production cost, unless money means nothing to the marketing departments at NTR, BP and Monsanto (always possible, I suppose). And my goodness, although I’d [...]Oh no. I’m going to miss the Doncaster match.
17 Apr 2010: BBC News website picture of Ipswich fan stuck at airport thanks to the Icelanders making a big bonfire of all the evidence. Or perhaps just burning money, who knows? (Clicky for full size)These ones got people talking
What else is new?
- iTunes Match – what happened when I tried it
- Cineworld: run by robots who just don’t care
- My Top Ten Movies of 2011
- Why you shouldn’t leave your passwords in your Will
- Our Experience of Moving House in Cambridge
- Virgin Media “Customer Service” lives up to its reputation
- In Defence of the Olympic Tickets System
- Brit Floyd, Cambridge Corn Exchange, April 2011
- The Unthanks, Cambridge Junction 2, April 2011
- TV Comedy Spin-off Books From The Eighties!
- Spamalot: my favourite scene
- Big upload speed increase from Virgin Media cable internet
- Album of the Year so far
- My Favourite Apps of 2010
- My Favourite Sporting Moments of 2010 (Part 2)
- My Favourite Sporting Moments of 2010 (Part 1)
- My Favourite Gadgets of 2010
- My Favourite Online Videos of 2010
- My Favourite Websites of 2010
- My Favourite TV Programmes of 2010 (Part 2)
- My Favourite Blogs of 2010 (Part 3)
- My Favourite Live Performances of 2010
- My Favourite Radio Programmes of 2010
- My Favourite Movies of 2010
- My Favourite Blogs of 2010 (Part 2)
Me Tweet quite a bit
- .@Stuart_Watson Hmm, it appears the #itfc customer charter ("best in league" says press release) is one of those not mentioning abandonments 1 hour ago
- http://t.co/DwSbxqVY Blimey, even the Telegraph thinks our council's crap. 5 hours ago
- Being joined at the football this afternoon by @tonyrand - 'twill be just like the old days. Although we were mostly crap then too. #itfc 5 hours ago
- Wha-hey! If anyone was in any doubt, Suarez IS a complete git. 7 hours ago
- Can I say that the ground staff at #itfc must be absolute miracle workers? 8 hours ago



