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We seem to have trashed the student flat. But never mind, the course will be finished soon and we can just walk away from it.
Commented Sep 10, 2016 on Life In Outer Space Fantasies at Decline of the Empire
Life In Outer Space Fantasies
Some of what I'm going to say here is speculative, but I want to talk about a pattern I've noticed recently. Let's start with Human trials on Earth are the key to how we will survive on Mars (The Conversation, September 1, 2016). Here's the part I'm interested in. Why Mars? Still, critics compl...
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Commented Apr 16, 2009 on Westminster Council scraps parking meters at ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog
Westminster Council scraps parking meters
Conservative-run Westminster Council is abolishing parking meters after more than 50 years. The remaining five machines will be removed from Warwick Square on May 11. Instead you pay for parking using a mobile phone or text message. When you are running out of time a text message warning is sent...
Thank you, Mark, for a well written article.
I'm very glad that Camden, The City, Kensington and Chelsea and all the other boroughs use their rates income to subsidise free parking for M/C. And for my own borough outside London, I'd happily pay a little more on Council tax if it meant that most short stay[1] parking was made free again.
Unfortunately councils have become addicted to parking charge and parking fine income. Despite the fact that it's hurting local businesses. It's no longer about demand management, it's about raising money pure and simple.
[1]I do recognise that long stay car parking particularly for commuters is a problem. It has a lot of side effects in congestion and use of limited curb space but almost none of these side effects apply to M/C
Commented Mar 30, 2009 on Mark Wallace: Westminster council has abandoned its common sense, low tax principles and even good manners in introducing a bike parking tax at ConservativeHome's Local Government Blog
Mark Wallace: Westminster council has abandoned its common sense, low tax principles and even good manners in introducing a bike parking tax
Mark Wallace of the TaxPayers' Alliance highlights the campaign against Westminster Council's £1.50 per day tax on motorbikes and scooters. It is stating the obvious to say that people are unhappy and angry about the local tax burden. Council tax is officially the nation’s most hated tax, bil...
I've been banging on about this for a while now. I don't want a great "MyPortal" page. I want a great "AboutMe 2.0" page that is indexed by Google. It should have links to everything I belong to and ideally links to everything I post on the net, anywhere. opinity.com are going in this direction.
Commented Oct 9, 2006 on I want one of these now at The Obvious?
I want one of these now
Ton has posted about the amount of work it takes post conference to not only add people's details to your address book but also to connect with them on the many social networking tools we use. He lists the following: Possible blogs of that person Possible Flickr Feed, or 23 feed Possible Skype...
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