The wood for the trees By Nic Price on 5 May 2005 — 1 min read In the park the other day with my son when he asked if we could walk to the swings through the forest. So I was just wondering… What’s the difference between a wood and a forest? And when does a copse become a wood? A quick straw poll amongst friends says size matters, though whether... More
Who should you vote for? By Nic Price on 22 April 2005 — 1 min read Your expected outcome: Liberal Democrat Your actual outcome: Lab -22 Con -53 Lib Dem 88 UKIP -3 Green 52 You should vote: Liberal Democrat The LibDems take a strong stand against tax cuts and a strong one in favour of public services: they would make long-term residential care for the elderly free across the UK,... More
High on possibility By Nic Price on 22 April 2005 — 1 min read My life is full of uncertainty at the moment. I’ve heard people describe similar situations as like standing at the edge of a precipice. But I don’t feel like that. I feel like I’m standing on my favourite beach looking out across the ocean towards the horizon – a world of possibility. Anything can happen. More
They work for you By Nic Price on 22 April 2005 — 1 min read Now that the election has been called, you can use this site to find out what your ex-MP did throughout the last parliament. We have performance stats, speeches, voting records and more… theyworkforyou.com More
Good luck Paula! By Nic Price on 17 April 2005 — 1 min read Good luck London! Links: Paula Radcliffe London Marathon London 2012 More
Good to pub By Nic Price on 16 April 2005 — 1 min read Adaptonyms (also known as textonyms and cellodromes) are words that can be typed with the same sequence of keys on a cell phone using predictive text. For example the sequence “2-3-3” can produce “bed”, “add”, or “bee”. Source: Wikipedia Yesterday I texted a friend to let him know we’d “good to pub”. What I meant... More
Back up (and running) By Nic Price on 16 April 2005 — 1 min read My ISP (PlusNet) just had a major hiccup whilst upgrading their free web-hosting service which resulted in everyone’s files going up in smoke on Thursday morning. As a result my blog was down for the day and there was much chatter on PlusNet’s message boards. Luckily I’ve been backing up my files and data for... More
£3,800 per minute profit By Nic Price on 10 April 2005 — 1 min read That’s how much Tesco makes according to this article by James Robinson in today’s Observer newspaper. That’s not far off a quarter of a million pounds an hour, or £6million per day. Nice work if you can get it. The statistic that really startled me though is that Tesco takes £1 of every £8 we... More
More on East Dulwich By Nic Price on 2 April 2005 — 1 min read East Dulwich came about when four local land owners sold up their estates to building prospectors in the final years of Queen Victoria’s reign. The largest of the four was the Friern Manor Farm estate. On the East Dulwich section of the curiously named Ideal homes: suburbia in focus (complete with garden gnomes in the... More
Change the world for a fiver By Nic Price on 2 April 2005 — 2 mins read This week a hugely important UN-backed report, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was published about how rapidly we’re destroying our planet. It’s four main findings are: Humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively in the last 50 years than in any other period. This was done largely to meet rapidly growing demands for food, fresh... More