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Surrey Aerial Photos

Surrey Aerial Photos available Guildford Cathedral http://opengeodata.org/surrey-county-air-survey

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Some Ordnance Survey & Royal Mail data is freed

Ordnance Survey have released some data for wider freer use. Streetview (raster data) which could already see on Where is the Path? website which used OS Open Space API but would often run out of allowed hits so won’t now … Continue reading

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Ordnance Survey Consultation

Last December 2009 the UK Department for the Communities and Local Government (DCLG) announced proposals for the provision of free data from the Ordnance Survey. The consultation closes on the 17th March 2010. The consultation document is titled: Policy options … Continue reading

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Bio Gas?

A few weeks ago I was looking at presentation notes on adding bio-gas to the domestic gas mix with the fossil fuel natural gas. http://www.sbgi.org.uk/ContentFiles/UN/Event%20Presentations/Gas%202009/3.%20Janine%20Freeman%20Presentation.pdf Also see: http://www.nationalgrid.com/NR/rdonlyres/9122AEBA-5E50-43CA-81E5-8FD98C2CA4EC/32182/renewablegasWPfinal1.pdf And recently spotted offer Ecotricity: http://www.ecotricity.co.uk/news/green-gas-from-ecotricity-is-go! While I think bio-gas may only … Continue reading

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switched from Kubuntu to OpenSuse

I have switch the GNU/Linux distro I am using after the graphics died after a update to the X server under Kunbuntu. I could have fixed it, but I used the opportunity to switch to OpenSUSE. I had intended to … Continue reading

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Energy Choices

Links related to future energy debate: General: “Sustainable Energy – Without The Hotair” by David MacKay. David Mackay has recently become adviser to govt on energy matters. I bought his book a few months ago and thought it was really … Continue reading

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end of Summer

After windy day yesterday it is calm today and also sunny but cool as summer as come to an end, but I should get out after posting this. I am still cycling to and from work but not sure for … Continue reading

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Summer Reading

Deep Simplicity – Chaos, Complexity and the Emergence of Life by John Gribbin Physics of the impossible by Michio Kaku Sustainable Energy – without the hot air by David MacKay FRS Waste by Tristram Stuart Surviving and Thriving on the … Continue reading

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More May Reading

Just finished Grand Scuttle – The Sinking of The German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919 by Dan Van Der Vat which was a good read. I am also in process of reading ‘Copy, Rip, Burn – The Politics of … Continue reading

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Read ‘Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed’ by Paul Mason

I just finished reading ‘Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed’ by Paul Mason. It was a good read and I recommend it. I had heard recently Paul Mason had just been interviewed by Doug Henwood on his radio … Continue reading

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