Is Gordon Brown a mirage in the desert? The more I hear of him the more anxious I get that it’ll all go horribly wrong.
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When writing this week’s (late!) DomSez, I considered doing something about petrol. The fact is, however, that there isn’t a lot to say. If there’s high demand, and low supply, the price will be high. Just like anything else. It may be ‘ridiculous’ to you that you have to pay £1 a litre, or whatever, but that’s the price the market will reach.
“But what about petrol duty?”
Yes – of course that’s true. But the underlying problem is that the cost of oil is rising because we’re going to run out of oil. And there’s nothing anyone can do about that in the long term. Apart from maybe buying a bicycle. We’ve got it easy at the moment, the government can reduce duty as a temporary reprieve. See you in 30 years…
(Oh, and hoarding petrol is, of course, counter productive. But if anyone is hoarding a perpetual motion generator, that’d be very nice to have.)
Edit – does road charging, instead of fuel duty, look so stupid now?
Does this bug affect everyone? Try installing said pathetic excuse for a media player, and then in ‘Player Preferences’ untick ‘Show Content Guide at startup’. Exit and reopen the program, then try to maximise or resize it. If you’re getting the same result as me, you’ll know instantly that Apple have screwed this one up pretty badly.
As Katie mentioned it was Queen’s Park Day today – which is my annual excuse to eat a bag of candy floss. (I did feel a bit sugary and nasty afterwards though.) The stalls and events are not particularly interesting themselves, especially since I missed the QPCS Jazz Band, but it’s more of a chance to wander round and see people you don’t run into very often.
Oh, and Tasha and Alex (Trafford) are both in big trouble for leaving their litter on the grass 
Right – tomorrow I’m planning to actually buy the Guardian for once instead of reading it all for free online. It’s their big relaunch with the new Berliner-size format which I can say from experience on holiday is far easier to hold and read. I wonder if the Telegraph and the FT will remain the last stand of broadsheet bulkiness for long…?
Incidentally, for anyone interested in software user-interface design I found a great blog today. Check out flow|state. I’ve always found this kind of stuff fascinating for some reason, despite not being a designer at all.
It’s 1996. You’re the world’s largest software company and you’ve got a groovy new product fit for the information superhighway: MSN. It’s hip, it’s cool and it’s like, totally radical dude. So how will you get this across to the restless sport-obsessed youth of the day?
MSN Advert
Enter these two! That’s right – it’s marketing, 1996 style. Download and enjoy for your viewing pleasure! You’ll never look at MSN the same way again.
And remember kids… Get on the ball, get MSN!
Helen on It’s (waiting) time.: “Fabulous news, congratulations to you both! X” Jun 8, 21:51
