Twitter watch

Finally got the chance to try out Twitter recently and I can see why some people find it addictive! Useful too... a story made the news last week about someone managing to alert his friends and family after getting wrongfully arrested.

Anyway, I like sites that have an api for users to make their own mashups so I've made Twitter Watch. It came up with some interesting stuff - like there being a fairly big earthquake in Taiwan today... Oh, and feel free to add me to your Twitter list.

Tags: Twitter, mashup

Greek and double dutch

It's all greek to me, but greek and dutch versions of this multilingual blog can now be found via the links at the top of the page.

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Quantum of Solace

... for the poor stunt driver that crashed James Bond's Aston Martin into Lake Garda last week? I wonder if this might be a publicity stunt... I remember when Casino Royale was being filmed the film set caught fire and they grabbed the headlines.

Anyway, Quantum of Solace comes out in cinemas later this year and, if it's anything like Casino Royale, will definitely be worth watching.

Cheaper train tickets

rip off If you like getting ripped off then you'll love buying your train tickets via theTrainLine.com. Unlike the alternatives such as the South West Trains website or the First Great Western site (RailEasy etc...), they add "Columbus Travel Insurance" by default, a £2.50 charge for using a credit card and £1 for posting your tickets first class - more if you want faster delivery.

theTrainLine.com wasn't always like this but I noticed the difference having had to book various tickets recently. I know Exponent Private Equity acquired them in July 2006 for £168 million. Sounds a bit pricey to me - maybe that's the reason for this behaviour? Don't let them get away with it!

Tags: cheap, train, ticket, money

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Mixed outdoor volleyball in London

There's a mixed outdoor volleyball meetup organised for this Saturday (19th) afternoon in Surbiton. Get in touch if you want to come along!

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Wii Mario Kart

...had its UK release today! And for once the US release date is after the UK's. The game is getting rave reviews, partly because it's always been great, and partly because of its innovative wireless steering wheel, not to mention the added feature of being able to race online with anyone in the world!

Polaris World STILL selling houses

This advert has been running on UK tv for a while now... Are the alarm bells ringing?

Tags: house, advert

Let's get our money back

British taxpayers have spent over £10 million in the Princess Diana inquest that today returned the verdict that she was unlawfully killed. Something we all already knew. So let's get our money back. What's stopping Al Fayed from getting sued? He brought about this pointless exercise and he was the employer of the grossly negligent driver Henri Paul.

I can't imagine the governement doing anything, after all they're now more interested in taxing poor people more than before. The royal family can't sue people. So does Al Fayed just get away with it?

Related: Princess Diana, Al Fayed, tax

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