Monthly Archives: January 2005

I wonder what effect this will have on the way we buy houses

Posted on 31 January 2005 by Nic Price

The UK Land Registry have made all Land Register and Title Plan information since 2001 available on the internet. For £2 you can find out how much your neighbour paid for their gaff. You can’t search by someone’s name, but … Continue reading →

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Ivan Noble – “not defeated”

Posted on 29 January 2005 by Nic Price

Ivan Noble has posted his final “tumour diary” entry. Ivan is a technology journalist at the BBC. He was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in 2002 and has kept an online diary of his life since. He has become … Continue reading →

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Minor diversion

Posted on 27 January 2005 by Nic Price

We were talking earlier about a radio programme I wish I’d heard yesterday. Apparently someone has been researching in to whether our association of minor keys in music with melancholy or sadness is innate or caused by conditioning. Their conclusion … Continue reading →

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Localism

Posted on 25 January 2005 by Nic Price

I’m interested in learning more about localism. I want to find out what it means, and how its meaning varies from context to context. In economics, politics, food and agriculture, broadcasting and religion both here in the UK and elsewhere … Continue reading →

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One or two things that interest me

Posted on 23 January 2005 by Nic Price

In no particular order… London Learning to cook Cycling Design (of anything and everything) Windsurfing The history of communication How things work Running The development of language

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Setting up a WordPress blog on PlusNet

Posted on 22 January 2005 by Nic Price

I’ve been getting around to setting up a blog for ages… One of the things that’s put me off is making a decision on what software to go with, what account type to buy etc. etc. I was pointed towards … Continue reading →

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Where to begin?

Posted on 22 January 2005 by Nic Price

So I’ve finally taken the plunge…

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