Archive for October, 2007

The Amazon is Burning

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

Fire in the Amazon as seen from Google Earth. Google Earth link
The Amazon, often described as ‘the lungs of the Earth’ is burning. The UK’s The Independent has this story; South America chokes as Amazon burns.
From Santa Cruz in the east of Bolivia, where flights have been grounded, to the Brazilian frontier city of [...]

I’ve turned comments back on

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

We used to allow people to comment on stories but I got utterly overwhelmed with comment and trackback spam so I turned comments back off after a month or so. Since then plenty of people have emailed me to suggest solutions to the spam problem. So we recently updated the blog software and [...]

AISO.net unveils fully solar data centre

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

We’ve done quite a bit of work with large scale data centres over the last year so this article in CNN Money, Server farm goes solar, is opportune. Server farm, AISO.net has unveiled a fully solar powered data centre, powered by 120 solar panels located on two large sets of arrays on either side of [...]

October 5 is International Walk to Work Day

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Walking is great! We love it. It’s free, healthy and helps you get to know your neighbourhood better. If more people walked there’d be more incentive for shops to move closer to your home. So it’s exciting that tomorrow, October 5, is International Walk to Work Day.
It’s easy to participate, just [...]

Can you change the world in 5 minutes?

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

Australian broadcaster SBS Television has launched their Change The World in 5 Minutes short film and photo programme.
Changing the world isn’t just about governments and corporations (though they have their own role to play). It’s about the small things you can do at home, and the changes you can make to your lifestyle. Like replacing [...]