Heathrow Express or Not
From where I live, Heathrow Airport is not the easiest place to get to. If I was going for a week or so, I’d leave my car with the valet parking and drive. C and I once went by bus from Newmarket and that was fine, except that they are every two hours. When will they learn that to get people to use public transport, you need a decent frequency.
I will take the train from Whittlesford and then the Victoria Line into London. But instead of taking the tube to Paddington, I’ll do a cross-platform change to the Piccadilly Line at Finsbury Park and go straight to the airport. London Transport say it is 20 minutes slower than the Heathrow Express, but it won’t involve any humping of baggage up and down steps.
MTR Tickets in Hong Kong
The MTR is Hong Kong’s version of the London Underground. Some things are similar like their Octopus Card and our Oyster.
The reason that I stated the latter, is that I have just bought my Tourist Ticket for Hong Kong on-line. It gives me two airport journeys and three days travel in the territory. I collect it at the Airport and then just use it!
Incidentally, getting an Oyster for use in London, doesn’t appear to be so simple. If it isn’t, then it should be.
My Infuriating Nokia X6
It must be the name X6. It’s the name of much disparaged BMW!
But it really is an infuriating device.
Take today! I’ve just uploaded a few albums from CDs so that I can play them if I get bored on the journey and need some music. But can you do it by just clicking an album. No! You have to create a Playlist. I don’t work that way. I take the CD out of it;s box and put in the player. Where is the equivalent?
As I learn more about this phone, I’ll return to it.
Finger Friendly Packaging
If we want to see how a company in a small country can create a very large high-tech niche for themselves, you need look no further than Logitech, who are based in Switzerland. Their products aren’t very cuckoo clock.
As I’ve bought myself a new laptop for the journey, I felt it would be a good idea to get a new mouse. I hate those pads on laptops which never seem to work for me! So as I’ve got several of their products, I looked no further than Logitech.
The mouse works well and has a very small transmitter, so I can leave it in all the time. And the mouse works on just one battery. In fact I’m using it now.
But what surprised me was the packaging.
Logitech's Finger Friendly Packaging
Note the red arrow at the top. It points to a perforated area in the packaging, which you tear along in the age old fashion and hey presto, you get access to the contents.
No broken nails, knives or scissors.
This type of packaging should be compulsory!
10/10 to Logitech.
The Anonymous Widower 