Jun

20

Baarle Nassau and Baarle Hertog

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Baarle Nassau and Baarle Hertog
The Story of Baarle
(with thanks to K. A. H. W. Leenders and Brendan Whyte)
History has left a territory composed of two municipalities, whose shape is unique, belonging partly to the Netherlands and partly to Belgium. Earlier both parts belonged to the former Duchy of Brabant, a territory that is now split [...]

Jun

6

The point of summer

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I know very little of the other teams playing in Germany, I take great exception to every company under the sun jumping on the World cup band wagon (and “supporting” every country they advertise in) The abundance of st Georges flags being flown by people who don’t even know when St Georges day falls annoys [...]

Jun

5

Sony Alpha lens line-up revealed

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Over on SonyStyle.com, the Alpha, its lens line-up and other accessories can be seen along with the launch price (in the US) of the ?100 which will be $999. This is identical to the current retail price of the DSC-R1.
Bearing in mind that the R1 is currently on sale with Warehouse Express for £559, I [...]

Jun

3

Sony to unveil its first DSLR camera next week

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Rumour is beginning to abound about this camera. Indeed, if the specs found here are to be believed, this is going to be one heck of a camera.
Macworld: News: Sony to unveil its first DSLR camera next week
Sony will unveil its first, long-awaited digital single lens reflex (DSLR) camera next week, the company said [...]

Jun

3

Schwieb » Blog Archive » Predicting the future. Or not.

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2) The fact that Office builds under Xcode not a very good predictor of when we’ll ship. We’re doing a heck of a lot more in this release than just ‘making it Universal.’ Remember, we were already more than a year into the product development cycle when Steve & Co. announced the Intel switch, with [...]

Jun

1

Toy Soldier

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Chartered Institute of Environmental Health : Spirit changes pub management after £22k hygiene prosecution
A Preston pub managed by the Spirit Group has been fined after environmental health officers found 5cm of grease on the kitchen floor and mouse droppings in a children’s play area.
The Toy Soldier Pub, in the town’s Deepdale Retail Park, was ordered [...]