Why a tiny rural town is going to host Western Europe's tallest skyscraper
Posted 3rd Apr 2019 @ 12:13
Moving past social media addiction
For me, relegating apps on my phone has been enough to curb my usage of Facebook so that I now only use it on my desktop for a few minutes a week. Even moving Instagram back a page, I might check in daily, but not hourly.
Twitter is my biggest vice but I use it to follow general news and web development conversations so I feel like it's worth the time I give it.
Casey's experience is different to mine where he had to delete the apps completely and for someone who's built their brand around social media I can get why that is the case.
Posted 2nd Apr 2019 @ 15:20
Boom - Supersonic Passenger Airplanes
Virgin will be one of the first operators for these new supersonic aircrafts, reminding me of their original bid to purchase Concorde from British Airways.
The Overture by Boom looks very similar to Concorde and will bring supersonic flight. Their FAQs are full of great questions and answers.
Posted 2nd Apr 2019 @ 12:20
U.K. Parliament rejects every alternative Brexit option for 2nd time
With just 12 votes in it, a 2nd referendum is the closest we have to a clear way to sort out this mess.
The first was never legally binding and given how close it was should never have been used to put party ahead of country. But it was.
I would rather the government grew some balls and told any 'leavers' the truth, that this is setting the country back.
David Lammy from January 15th, something I'd only stumbled across this weekend:
View on twitter
Posted 2nd Apr 2019 @ 09:20
Wireless cassette speaker
Almost certainly an April Fool's product, it actually looks really cool.
Price: £25
Posted 1st Apr 2019 @ 15:45
He was wrongfully convicted for 17 years, now he's helping others be heard
Posted 1st Apr 2019 @ 11:38
Revoke Article 50 petition calling for Brexit to be cancelled hits 6 million signatures
I covered the petition while it climbed from around 600,000 to 5 million signatures. Now it sits at 6 million and will be debated in Parliament tomorrow. April 1st. What an apt date. Given the original response to the petition I doubt much will change but with 10% of the country now having signed, it's about time the conversation evolved from 'delivering' the impossible to doing what's best for the country and its citizens. Austerity hasn't worked and neither will Brexit. You don't need to be particularly clever to see that.
Posted 31st Mar 2019 @ 15:03