Archive for March, 2009

London’s burning

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Today was my last day at LexisNexis and as I was wrapping up project work and writing final emails we were evacuated from the building because the building next door was on fire.

This is a photo I took from my office window before we left.

Fire at Chancery Lane, London

The weather in Cape Town looks great

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Tomorrow a group of us are heading out to Cape town for Matt and Bronwen’s wedding.

While checking the likely forecast I came across this cool tool from the BBC that lets you embed the forecast in your own website.

What’s the difference between Bernard Madoff and Gordon Brown?

Friday, March 13th, 2009

One has drained fortunes from gullible victims, plundering their income and savings to create an illusion of prosperity. The other is going to jail.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/4981299/Gordon-Brown-and-Bernard-Madoff-are-separated-by-a-single-detail—Bernies-pleading-guilty.html