Monthly Archives: April 2008

Snowed

April 14, 2008 – 9:30 pm

Figuratively, not literally – I’m trying to lay a kitchen floor before the gas man cometh tomorrow, we’re getting a dog tomorrow so have enjoyed a trip to the pet shop working out why there are more varieties of dog food than human food, and we’re two weeks away from shipping at work. So now [...]

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Wal-Mart Growth

April 10, 2008 – 5:46 am

Here’s an interesting video showing the growth of Wal-Mart since it’s founding in 1962. It’s interesting to see the population distribution of the US (roughly) reflected in retail.

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Evernote

April 8, 2008 – 9:10 pm

I’ve been using a newish (at least for the latest beta) note taking and crap collecting app called Evernote recently. Among its cool features are a decent Mac client (or a Windows one if you must), syncing to an online client, OCR for pictures you insert, various mobile clients, and publishing of any items you [...]

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Oh Sweet, Sweet Irony

April 7, 2008 – 7:34 am

Apparently the American Mortgage Bankers Association is having problems paying its mortgage. I’d been thinking that I was a potential future victim of the crisis. The mortgage we have cost £195 to set up, and gets us 1.5% off the standard rate for the life of the mortgage. The current equivalent deal costs £795, and [...]

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