Entries Categorized as 'Technology'

Thoughts about my travel business

Date February 1, 2008

I’m really pleased to receive the positive feedbacks on the website for my small travel business venture to Malaysia. They mean a lot to me, as I have spent just so much time on the website. I don’t claim to have created the website from scratch, but it is so much work to get the [...]

Travel photos to Seville

Date November 9, 2007

Plaza de Espana

Originally uploaded by arctanck

It does take some time to resize, organise and upload photos online. Not the most exciting trip, but looking back now at the photos taken, the trip was not that bad actually. I guess it’s just that we have been [...]

Seville here we come

Date November 2, 2007

Currently on the train to Gatwick airport. Seems to take forever. Ok, arrived at the airport. Not at all easy to blog using my wife’s blackberry. But seems very fun, to be able to blog while on the move. Better stop now. About to check in soon.

Limit to Royal Mail Postcode Address Finder service?

Date August 12, 2007

It seems that the way Royal Mail limit the number of searches you can invoke to the Postcode Address Finder service is via the use of cookies. What a loose way to impose the limit. Basically, as soon as users have used up all their 12 searches a day, they just need to clear the [...]

McDonald’s to run UK delivery fleet on its own used cooking oil

Date July 21, 2007

This makes very good sense, if it’s practical to recycle the used cooking oil. It’s greener to use bio-diesel than petroleum-based diesel a fuel source, as burning bio-diesel apparently produces less net carbon dioxide. It’s definitely an option as an alternative fuel source. However once the production of bio-diesel involves clearing more land, particularly the [...]