Ah goody. It’s been snowing pretty much all day and everyone and their mother has either trodden or driven the snow into a nice icy mess. Nearly fell on my arse 20 times on the way from work to the train station (about a 5 minute walk) yet the trains are still running. This is [...]
Archive for November, 2010
Snow vs Public transport
Posted: 30th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: snow, trains
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The ultimate bike theft deterrent?
Posted: 30th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: bike, lock
A bike that can climb poles? Now that’s a pretty cool theft deterrent if ever I saw one. Zee Germans are a clever bunch, that’s for sure. Not only will this wonder bike device stop thieves but the local council will probably have trouble doing anything about you locking your bike to a random street-light as well. [...]
Flushtracker – Track your poop on its journey
Posted: 30th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: Domestos, Flushtracker.com, http://www.worldtoilet.org/wtd/, World Toilet Day
Yes, the world internet is full of weird and wonderful things. Did you know for instance that the 19th of November is World Toilet Day? Sorry, you just missed it. One thing you don’t need to miss though is your own poop! Through ingenious use of technology and mapping systems Domestos is helping people track [...]
Iranians blame CIA for death of nuclear scientist
Posted: 30th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: http://wikileaks.org/, iran, nuclear programme, scientist, Spies, wikileaks
Yesterday I wrote about how Wikileaks had revealed other Countries pleading with the US to do something about the Iranian nuclear programme before it was too late. Today, news reports show Iran claiming the CIA killed one of its nuclear scientist in what can only be described as a “drive by car bombing”. Masked men [...]
Wikileaks is causing a spot of bother
Posted: 29th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: wikileaks
Wikileaks is a Wikipedia styled site which is dedicated to a new freedom of speech which might be quite dangerous. They basically publish secret information which has been passed to them from official “leaks”. As an example, the homepage states: At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in [...]
It’s that time of year again #UKSnow
Posted: 29th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in Interesting DiscoveriesTags: #UKSnow, snow, twitter
It’s that time of year again. Stepped outside my house this morning and nearly fell on my arse. There’s a lovely coating of crisp white snow. The first to fall around our way, but we’re not the first place hit. Of course, this snowfall means #UKSnow is up again. People all over Britain are tweeting [...]
Ice does have its uses
Posted: 27th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: car, crash, crunch, ice, WTF?!
Last night my brother came to visit. He decided (despite being a nervous driver) that it was a good idea to reverse into my (steep) drive way, in the dark, despite the fact he could see my car was not parked up against the garage… CRUNCH. He reversed straight into the car at an angle. [...]
Finding fulfilment in others
Posted: 26th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RamblingsTags: fulfilment, motivation, others
I’m a giving person. It’s always been my nature. I love to help others. It gives me a sense of achievement and makes me feel positive. If I know something you don’t or my knowledge and experience can help you in some way then I’ll happily spend my free time trying to help you. My [...]
Smile and you’ll be more productive
Posted: 26th November 2010 by By Adrian Willings in RantsTags: meetings, smile, stupid motivational practices
Yesterday I attended what can only be described as the worst team meeting I’ve ever had the misfortune to be a part of. That’s saying something when you consider I used to work for the council. Now, I’m not saying I’m not a good team member. I’m always helping others, in fact I go out [...]