November 2008 - Live to Work

Chip-in-Bin nonsense

I don't understand people's resistance to the Chip-in-Bin scheme being developed as an idea to control landfill, reduce the throw-away society and increase propensity of households to recycle. The tabloid papers say it is a "spy in your bin"...

Published 11-26-2008 8:15 by Nathan J Pledger
New XBox 360 Experience - Avatars networking on the cloud

The third post in as many days. I'm not on a roll, there's just a lot happening. Microsoft's successful XBox 360 console received a bit of a makeover last night, in the form of the much anticipated " New XBox Experience ". Previously...

Published 11-20-2008 7:48 by Nathan J Pledger

Filed under: Social Networking, XBox 360
Mental Illness - how can you tell?

Tonight, I watched a sobering, but thought provoking investigation into how one defines the line between sanity and mental illness. "How Mad Are You?" was a two-part programme as part of the Horizon series on BBC 2 and tonight saw the concluding...

Published 11-19-2008 0:01 by Nathan J Pledger

Filed under: Work-Life, Health and Wellbeing
New host, new software

Unfortunately, due to a compromised SQL Server, my site has been down for a few days. This is most frustrating for me, it's hard enough finding the time, topics and tantalising writing style without my server having to be taken off-line. As a result...

Published 11-18-2008 14:29 by Nathan J Pledger

Filed under: 1&1, Hosting, Community Server, Sitecore