Comments for Micah Bunny's Blog

Comment on Maps: Missing Post Offices by Kriss

Kriss — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:48:02 +0000

Hey there, was thinking about you yesterday and hope life is going well.

Comment on Cycling again / addresses by bunny

bunny — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:29:41 +0000

Interesting interview at:

http://aligned-assets.blogspot.com/2008/06/interview-with-ias-gayle-gander.html

It is interesting how they say the high pricing at the moment has out back a aim they have which seems to come from there being the BS7666 standard of all software storing address in BS7666 with UPRNs. This would certainly help with some of problems at my work we have with addresses. But with how prices are and inertia to continue as have been very unlikely to be used.

The fields the addresses are held in are limiting and not constant due to way implemented, and there is a mismatch between how some templates use fields and how data is transferred from these fields to other systems. This should be changed anyway to ensure accuracy and BS7666 layout would seem as good as any. And I like some aspect of how structured over the way PAF is structured but both beat present, which mangles or truncates many addresses imported from the PAF.

Structure of NPLG

Structure of PAF

Comment on plenty of Books by bunny

bunny — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:33:13 +0000

Been reading:

Toyota Culture: The Heart and Soul of the Toyota Way
by Jeffry K. Liker and Michael Hoseus

and The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox

Comment on Taking on the Banks over bank charges by bunny

bunny — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:13:30 +0000

In response to ‘Refund Bank Charges’ comment pointing to a website where an offer is made to deal with bank on someones behalf in return for fee on payout; I myself just claimed them back myself using template letter from elsewhere, and I would recommend others do the same. It would take longer to investigate if one could trust the person or people behind that site.
The website has only existed since last year. I did not easily see a company behind so can’t check trading history or accounts at companies house. I guess it is just a self trading individual.
I spotted a minor spelling mistake on website but that sort of thing puts me off using someone for services.

Comment on Taking on the Banks over bank charges by Refund Bank Charges

Refund Bank Charges — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:09:41 +0000

We used a good site to reclaim our charges, though it is quite easy to do yourself with the help of the bbc website. They provide all the letters you need to send out

Comment on mapping futures by Andrea Aime

Andrea Aime — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:00:14 +0000

If you’re into collaborative map building you may be interested in our new versioning WFS-T support.
Basically, think this WFS as a version control system, you can access old versions of the map, rollback changes performed by a certain user, have a log of the changes occurred and a map showing you the boundaries affected by each change, view the diff of what occurred at a particular change (or set of changes).
Interested? If you are at FOSS4G 2007 Tim Schaub is going to make an interesting demo about versioning WFS with an OpenLayers front end.
Otherwise, pop up on our user mailing list or IRC channel and let’s talk about this.

Comment on Taking on the Banks over bank charges by Mark Bateman

Mark Bateman — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:23:37 +0000

I saw an interesting article earlier where a man had enough and sent in the bailif to his local branch to seize up to the funds he is owed. Good on him!

Comment on Taking on the Banks over bank charges by sally

sally — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:02:34 +0000

I have managed to reclaim £4300 in bank charges with the help of http://WWW.CONSUMERCORNER.CO.UK
Another member has just managed to get over £17,000 from Abbey in small claims thanks to Shaun. Its a great website without them i would not have known where to start.
Isnt it about time the banks stopped wasting peoples time though and the courts and just pay up. The OFT are just a waste of time on this subject and leaving it to customers to do the dirty work when they could stop it straight away.
well done to http://www.consumercorner.co.uk
and the other forums that are helping people.

Comment on Taking on the Banks over bank charges by sally

sally — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:02:00 +0000

I have managed to reclaim £4300 in bank charges with the help of http://WWW.CONSUMERCORNER.CO.UK;
Another member has just managed to get over £17,000 from Abbey in small claims thanks to Shaun. Its a great website without them i would not have known where to start.
Isn’t it about time the banks stopped wasting peoples time though and the courts and just pay up. The OFT are just a waste of time on this subject and leaving it to customers to do the dirty work when they could stop it straight away.
well done to http://www.consumercorner.co.uk
and the other forums that are helping people.

Comment on Phone Call Costs by Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:50:39 +0000

you could also check http://www.loiol.co.uk and http://www.cheapestinternationalcalls.com for international call comparison - niftylist, martin lewis and these 2 a great! just need to pick one that you like most so let everyone to know the full choise.