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Full story: Worry-free congestion charging
One of the realities today of driving into a city like London is the congestion charge, a tax on vehicles entering a specified zone the boundaries of which are clearly marked by signs like the one here. It’s probably largely similar to other cities which operate congestion charging schemes as a means aimed at reducing […]
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Full story: How to automate your copyright year
The other day, I noticed that the copyright notice I display in the footer of this blog still said ‘2010.’ So I dived into the code in the footer template in the WordPress theme I use and made the change so that the copyright year now correctly states ‘2011.’ Then I tweeted it as I’ve […]
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Full story: Top 20 UK tech blogs for January 2011
The start of a new month as well as a new year, and time for a preview look at the latest monthly ranking of technology blogs in the UK. As usual, my friends at European search engine and news portal Wikio have given me a sneak peek at the top 20 tech blogs from the […]
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Full story: FIR Cut: Travel and Twitter
Overflow from FIR #580 on January 3, 2010. SocialTimes: Airlines & Politicians: Wintry Weather Creates A New Use For Social Media Twitter mashup: #uksnow Map The European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation: @eurocontrol Download this podcast (MP3, 4.16Mb; length 10:19) If you want to automatically receive FIR Cuts as they’re published, subscribe to […]
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #580: January 3, 2011
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; this is the sixth anniversary show: a retrospective on show #1 from Jan 3, 2005; first FIR Book Review from Bob LeDrew is up; FIR Interview with Joseph Jaffe posted; listener comments discussion; News That Fits: Pew study on paying for content, Chris Brogan charging for blog […]