Whenever I’ve ordered a brandy from a bar, I’ve always been disappointed, after a long wait while the barperson looks for the long-lost bottle and dusts it off, to have it served in a tumbler or even a half-pint glass.…
Swedish cow guts power train
The crazy Swedes have introduced a train powered by methane produced from cow guts, or biogas as it appears to be known. Apparently, one cow would get you about 2.5 miles on the train. As Sandy is 60 miles from…
Quick response from HearFromYourMP
On Thursday, I signed up to HearFromYourMP who will add you to a queue of other people in your constituency. When enough have signed up, your MP will get sent an email. It’ll say ’20 of your constituents would like…
Lisjobnet revamp
CILIP recently revamped Lisjobnet, its job advertisement site. You can now search by keyword, location, or secor, which is welcome if overdue. It would be nice to have definitions of their geographical areas. I live in Bedfordshire, for which it…
CURL RSS feed
CURL has introduced an RSS feed for its news.
Ireland out
Ireland are out of the World Cup. And thank the Lord. Don’t get me wrong: I have absolutely nothing against Ireland I welcome European and Irish political, cultural, and economic cooperation My family is of Irish descent (isn’t everyone’s?) and…
Library standards
This is something I’ve been to write about for ages, but someone else has provoked me into at least a brief version of it: Priscilla Caplan, writing in Library Journal, has proposed a single standards body for libraries (via Catalogablog).…
Bedford-Cambridge rail link resurfaces
Although not a new idea, the BBC reports on the renewed efforts of the Bedfordshire Railway & Transport Association (BRTA) to get some action on the Bedford-Sandy-Cambridge railway ultimately linking Oxford, Bedford, Cambridge, and the east coast via Sandy. The…
Gilby’s, Pete’s, and Diversity
It seems that Gilby’s on Sandy High Street is to close and turn into a restaurant (via planning notice on a lampost opposite Gilby’s). This is a shame. Although a bizarre and mildly rubbish shop, I will sadly miss it.…
Hatfield and blame
Following on from what JediMoose says about blame culture, I was a little concerned recently about the corporate conviction of Network Rail for the Hatfield disaster. It’s good in many ways that someone is being held responsible for these crashes…