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A series of articles about my job at Sun, some serious, some less so, covering Business, Economics, Management, Technology, Culture & Silliness. These articles are written for grown ups, although the material is mainly professionally relevant, and as such

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  • Tube across europe

    Posted on Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 at 02:15 in travel, Culture, London, barcelona, tube, metro

    Crossing London on the Tube, to get to Kable's "Open Source in the Public Sector" conference reminds me of the weekend in Barcelona, both the prices and experience were better in Spain, although I didn't travel on the Metro during a rush ho...

  • And a surprise on my arrival home

    Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 10:45 in travel, spain, Culture, barcelona, oracle, sunw, m+a

    Travelling home today; the hotel had one internet terminal in the lounge so I have been out of contact during the weekend. We visited the sites and some of my pictures, including this one are uploaded into my barcelona set at flickr. I was in the air...

  • Nice People at Heathrow

    Posted on Thursday April 16th, 2009 at 06:38 in travel, Culture, heathrow

    So off to Barcelona for long weekend via the marvellous Heathrow airport. I have never been so close to missing a plane...I have actually, I have had people on the jump seat pulled off on a journey to Spain before now, but I must thank all those peop...

  • If you're travelling to Bristol

    Posted on Saturday March 14th, 2009 at 12:00 in travel, Culture, bristol

    The 'Hackathon' is at the University of Bristol, on Woodstock Rd., which charges for parking on Saturday, but is free on Sunday. We should have been cuter on that, and I got lost last night on the way in. Better research would have helped. I wonder ...

  • Off to Bristol

    Posted on Friday March 13th, 2009 at 09:30 in travel, Culture, bristol, 2009, osum, hackbristol

    Off to Bristol, for the University of Bristol OSUM 'Hackathon'. I am staying at the Hotel Mercure Brigstow in the city centre. The area seems lively with a large choice of restaurants and pubs, but I was tired so ate in the restaurant. The one in Gre...

  • Trusting the customer in the hospitality trade

    Posted on Monday February 16th, 2009 at 04:44 in travel, Culture, London, berlin, booze

    Or where to get cheap food and drink. The Guardian last week seemed quite keen to publicise some bars and restaurants that offer you the opportunity to pay what you think they're worth, in London and Berlin.tags: culture travel London Berlin ...