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A Malaysian View on London Buses

I found this article on a Malaysian newspaper website.

It is of an interview of the Chief Executive of the Malaysian Land Public Transport Commission, where they talk about improving bus services over all of Malaysia.

What is interesting, is that they are talking about using a London model, where different private companies tender for specific routes. I won’t comment yet, but make sure you read the article.

February 26, 2012 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , , | Leave a comment

Do Some Phone Apps Invade Privacy?

This question is asked in an article in The Sunday Times today.

I can’t say I’m bothered as my Nokia 6310i can’t run apps.

However, if you search the Internet with the title of this post or something like it, you’ll find a lot of people are worried, that your privacy is being invaded.

But not mine!

February 26, 2012 Posted by | News | , | Leave a comment

Donald Trump, Alex Salmond and Wind Turbines

There’s an interesting article in Friday’s Guardian, called Donald Trump wind turbine fiasco could be defining for Scotland. The first part is about Donald Trump opposition to several large offshore wind turbines by his new golf course near Aberdeen and how he is going to fund the opponents of wind power in Scotland.

By the way the Birther Movement mentioned in the Guardian article, as part-funded by Trump,  are a group of conspiracy theorists, who believe President Obama was not born in Hawaii. So Trump has form, when it comes to funding opposition groups that might help his personal ambitions or business interests.  There’s more on the movement here.

There is one statement after Trump and that is this.

But the idea of Trump as good business versus loony-greens hellbent on no-jobs is nonsense. Bloomberg New Energy Finance recently suggested onshore wind will be cost competitive with gas and coal generation by 2016.

I hope Bloomberg is right, as the waters around these island certainly have a lot of wind.

In some ways, the second part of the Guardian article is in some ways the more significant. It talks about how a wind turbine is being built at Portobello in Edinburgh. I wonder what the good burghers of Scotland’s capital think of the project?

 

February 26, 2012 Posted by | News | , , , , , | 2 Comments

Liverpool in Trouble Again

But this time, it’s not their players or fans, it’s just that an engineering train has got derailed at Winsford, preventing their fans from getting to the Carling Cup Final at Wembley today.

The information has not been released as to the team that the driver supports.

 

February 26, 2012 Posted by | Transport/Travel | , | Leave a comment