The Crawley Observer has a story about an application to turn Grade II listed Broadfield House into apartments. Looking at the plans the proposal is to cram 12 apartments into the building, which will mean, I guess, that there is no obligation to include any affordable housing at all.  The publicity came about because a […]
Entries from May 21st, 2008
Broadfield House
May 21st, 2008 · 11 Comments · Politics
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley·Crawley Council·Housing·Local Papers
More Freebies
May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on More Freebies · Life, Music
I like my freebies. I had not had anything from Amazon’s ‘Vine’ scheme for months, mainly because I took forever to get around to writing reviews on the last couple of things I had. One was a 500-page novel that was, although ultimately rewarding, a bit of an uphill struggle to get into at first. […]
Economics: the new rock & roll
May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Economics: the new rock & roll · Life
A long article on economics in the Guardian’s G2 section might be expected to be something to be endured, or avoided rather than enjoyed, but the one in today’s paper was far too brief: just as I was hooked it ended. I liked the idea of a stage invasion at an LSE lecture, and daydreamed […]
A new toy
May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on A new toy · Technology
I started playing with a new toy using a new tool this week – Google Reader. OK, so its not new. Its not even new to me: I had a look at it soon after it started but then put it aside. The real anoraks out there can form an orderly queue while I assume […]
What could possibly go wrong?
May 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
While discussing our various weekends over lunch today a colleague trumped us all with his activity – he went to a surprise birthday party to celebrate somebody’s 70th…
Tags: WTF
Basic computer terms
May 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Basic computer terms · Technology
One of my favourite books is a little thing called ‘Glossary of basic computer terms’, published by ICL Training in 1978. Every now and then I will dip into it to see how much of it is still even remotely relevant, and every time there is less that means anything in contemporary computing. It is […]
Life on Planet Rock
May 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Music
The status of the radio station Planet Rock is that it is still up for sale, with the deadline extended until the end of this month: basically nothing has changed for over a month. Its proving harder to sell than a two-bedroomed house in Letchworth.
Tags: Radio
Spring sprung
May 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Spring sprung · Life
It only seems like a week ago that I was looking out at the trees behind the house and wondering if they were ever going to get leaves this year.  I could still see through the branches to the houses on the other side of Tollgate Hill.   Now they are in full leaf and it […]
Unions: good or bad?
May 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Politics, Work
While yesterday’s meeting was interesting – its always good hear about the plans for the company directly from the man at the top – it was just as illuminating to pick up things from colleagues outside the meeting. I am not directly involved in the European Works Council so a lot of it was new […]
Tags: France·Trade Unions
The longest day
May 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life, Work
It has been a long day today, and it feels even longer.  I was staying overnight in Versailles so I could go to a meeting this morning and I got up extra early so I could go out and take some photos in the town before breakfast.  As it happens I was up before the […]
