Carrying my laptop on an Aeroplane (in its carry bag) but minus both the power unit and the battery still adds up to 5 kilos and after a while, one has to wonder if it was a good idea taking it at all. To save my carry-on weight the battery and power unit are in [read more]

A friend of mine was having a persistent computer error message and so I absent mindedly said “send me a screen shot” not really thinking that it was anything difficult but breaking my own rule that is “not to presume anything” when it comes to jargon as I hate it when it’s done to me! [read more]

Vestas dispute: Red and green coalition forms to fight wind plant closure
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jul/23/vestas-wind-turbine-plant-closure
Police keep watch as staff members stage a sit-in the Vestas Wind Systems factory in Newport, Isle of Wight following the company’s announcement to close the wind turbine manufacturing plant. Photograph: Chris Ison/PA
A unique “red and green” army of trade union and environmental campaigners [read more]

I know that I am a cynic. I wonder why that is?
Now then – About Britain’s plans to become a world leading low carbon economy – Now that is a brilliant idea, right?
That means we can just dispose of our failing manufacturing industries (carbon producing) as a part of our carbon reduction plans and we [read more]

For anyone who has tried to stop smoking knows that it can be difficult because the addiction is very powerful. If you have smoked for many years it will even have become a way of life and everything you do will be dictated by cigarettes. It’s only when you realize that you are a complete prisoner to the habit that you start thinking that you need to try and break free once and for all.

If you are a British expat living in Spain and needing to go back to the UK for work, in the type of employment that requires you to get a CRB report from the Spanish authorities, then the whole process can be quite quick and painless if you know where to go.

In some countries we know that the sun can be relentless in its reliability but are we making full use of this resource. It seems not, and this is possibly due to the perceived cost of utilizing the suns energy for our own use.  In the near future having a solar energy systems will probably [read more]