I have been quite interested over the past few weeks on the on-going press interest into multinationals that have been trading in the UK and dodging UK tax payments. Well that is…
Land Rover demonstrates what is possible
One of the benefits of owning a Land Rover is knowing that it has a pedigree for being able to climb any mountain or forge any stream. However as my own car…
Electric has a future
While in Santa Monica, California I got an opportunity to visit TESLA‘s high street showroom which was showcasing their new four door saloon the Model S. The car looks like any other…
Is the High Street dead?
With news last week that Comet has had to call in the administrators and the week before that over 30 stores a day on the high street are closing their doors the…
The next generation isn’t necessarily better
With today being the day that Everything Everywhere has launched their 4G services in the UK (albeit it a handful of cities) I have decided to break my media silence. I hadn’t…
Life’s a Beach
I have spent the last few weeks enjoying the Californian sunshine on a driving holiday taking in the sights in LA, Las Vegas, Sequoia National Forest and Santa Monica. Having booked flights…
Data to take over Voice
Interesting piece in the FT today on the future of the mobile network operators and how over the next five years it is expected that data traffic over the airwaves will grow…
IPv4 hanging in there
After many false starts it looks like IPv4 is finally exhausting with RIPE today issuing notice that they now have 1 months’ worth of IPv4 space left before they have to start…
What about Gatwick and Stanstead?
I find it interesting that the debate about Heathrow and a third potential runway continues to rumble on. I was pretty sure when ministers put their heads in the sand and said…
The new garage
One of the reasons for my lack of blog posts recently has been my preoccupation with upgrading my garage over the past few weekends. What started as just putting garage doors onto…
End of the line for Virgin
I was interested in last week’s announcement that Virgin Trains would no longer have the West Coast mainline franchise as it has now been awarded to the First group. Ironically I was…
Cynicism turns to Optimism
With the Olympics truly underway we can see that while we have experienced overall growth of traffic over our network as people tune in using the Internet, it hasn’t been anywhere near…
Proof that I am not the only weirdo cleaning my car
Ever since I have been into cars I have had a desire to keep them looking super clean and shiny. I assume it comes back to my aspiration to have everything looking…
So far so normal
With the Olympics in full swing everything seems to be rather normal. This of course is a good thing but with months of meetings and contingency planning on how staff would get…
Sweden rules with an iron fist
Ever since I was little I have always had an admiring view of one of our quieter European cousins, Sweden. It had a focus on the environment even before it was fashionable,…