What’s in a name? By Nic Price on 8 May 2007 — 1 min read A gem from the East Dulwich Forum… A friend once met an American called Randy who complained about “you Brits always sniggering at my name”, stifling his own giggles my friend politely reassured him though it had certain connotations in the UK, Randy was a fine name and that not all British people were that... More
links for 2007-05-06 By delicious on 7 May 2007 — 1 min read Epicenter – Wired Blogs David Weinberger in conversation with Cory Doctorow. “‘plan pilot’ or ‘notbook’ because not a lot of people are going to be finding those.” (tags: corydoctorow davidweinberger wired metacrap metadata explicit implicit tagging) More
Cycling charter from the Evening Standard By Nic Price on 2 May 2007 — 1 min read I saw that David Cameron fellow riding his bike to work down Constitution Hill this morning on my cycle commute to White City. He appeared to have a bit of an entourage and wasn’t wearing a cycle helmet. When I mentioned this to a friend at work he suggested he didn’t need a cycle helmet... More
links for 2007-05-01 By delicious on 2 May 2007 — 1 min read Report a Hazard – FillThatHole.org.uk Brilliant website where you can use Google maps to report and pinpoint the exact location of a hole in the road or any other hazard that should be fixed. (tags: cycling hazards mashup googlemaps roads safety potholes holes) More
links for 2007-04-22 By delicious on 23 April 2007 — 1 min read The Friends of Peckham Rye Park The Friends of Peckham Rye Park website includes history and a link through to the Yahoo! Group which you can join. (tags: peckhamrye peckhamryepark SE22 eastdulwich London parklife) More
Intranet vibes By Nic Price on 20 April 2007 — 1 min read I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Netvibes is quite simply everything an intranet (homepage) needs to be. As well as being a great way of managing all my stuff on the internet of course. More
links for 2007-04-19 By delicious on 20 April 2007 — 1 min read The Future Of Learning Is Informal And Mobile: A Video Interview With Teemu Arina – Robin Good’s Latest News Thanks to Euan for pointing to this gem. The superbly articulate Teemu Arina talks about why we’re here. Reminded me of how I’d been inspired by the Demos report People Make Places about the use of... More
Grand Designs comes to East Dulwich By Nic Price on 19 April 2007 — 1 min read There’s talk over in the East Dulwich Forum that Channel Four’s Grand Designs has been filming in Landells Road in East Dulwich. The episode is scheduled to go out on Wednesday 16th May. And last night saw Kevin McCloud revisiting Peckham. More
My Dad’s photos from the top of Kilimanjaro By Nic Price on 19 April 2007 — 1 min read In 2005 my Dad walked up Mount Kilimanjaro. Here’s a spectacular picture he took from the summit. It’s difficult to get a true sense of scale. And having watched An Inconvenient Truth, it’s a moment in time that may never be recaptured. More
What do I do to keep fit? By Nic Price on 19 April 2007 — 1 min read Nigel tagged me a wee while ago and I’ve finally had a moment to respond. Here are a few things I do to keep fit: Running – it’s my Dad’s fault, and it’s his Dad’s fault! There’s nothing quite like it for clearing my mind. The more undulating the better… the Yorkshire Dales and the... More