Quite a match I must say! I am sure those few people present did not expect this
Saturday 29 March 2008
Malta versus Liechtenstein
Michael Mifsud manages to score five goals in a record breaking match where Malta beat Liechtenstein 7-1
Quite a match I must say! I am sure those few people present did not expect this
Quite a match I must say! I am sure those few people present did not expect this
Friday 28 March 2008
Surprise party pics
Pictures taken during my surprise birthday party (25th year on this blue planet) can be viewed online here:
Thursday 27 March 2008
Massive Antarctic ice sheet collapses with global warming
The Wilkins ice shelf disintegrates and loses large chunks of ice into the sea.
A sign of anthropogenic global warming? Scientists think so...
See all the article on The Guardian
A sign of anthropogenic global warming? Scientists think so...
See all the article on The Guardian
25...
It's official.
Three cheers for living a quarter of century on planet Earth.
Thank you all (including Earth) for sustaining and sharing with me your lives.
Three cheers for living a quarter of century on planet Earth.
Thank you all (including Earth) for sustaining and sharing with me your lives.
Sunday 23 March 2008
Dumbfounded
Tuesday I received a call from the dentist, telling me that my appointment on Thursday (for tooth extraction) had to be changed...
My dad told me that on Saturday we were having a barbecue at my dad's farmhouse at 9pm...
Organised and paid for by English friends of ours...
The time was chosen so that my aunt could go for the Easter Saturday mass and we meet afterwards...
That meant missing the Inter vs Juventus match (which ended 1-2 for Juventus)...
On Friday, my friend told me he had not seen my sister for quite a while...
On Saturday, mum went to help my aunt with the food preparation (for the barbecue)...
My sister came early home (she was away for Easter weekend), we saw Lost and then she left to to talk to a friend of hers...
At around 8.55 Baanisuu and I were walking to the farm...
I noticed a parked car similar to that of the drummer...
Baanisuu notices that there are quite a few clouds and it could rain...
We enter the farmhouse, I notice the outdoor barbecue is unlit...
My dad told me that on Saturday we were having a barbecue at my dad's farmhouse at 9pm...
Organised and paid for by English friends of ours...
The time was chosen so that my aunt could go for the Easter Saturday mass and we meet afterwards...
That meant missing the Inter vs Juventus match (which ended 1-2 for Juventus)...
On Friday, my friend told me he had not seen my sister for quite a while...
On Saturday, mum went to help my aunt with the food preparation (for the barbecue)...
My sister came early home (she was away for Easter weekend), we saw Lost and then she left to to talk to a friend of hers...
At around 8.55 Baanisuu and I were walking to the farm...
I noticed a parked car similar to that of the drummer...
Baanisuu notices that there are quite a few clouds and it could rain...
We enter the farmhouse, I notice the outdoor barbecue is unlit...
Saturday 22 March 2008
Chooseday and Shut the Door!
This week I have read about two community initiatives taken in the UK that try to do simple things that help reduce CO2 emissions and improve our environmental footprint.
The first I read about was Chooseday (sounds like Tuesday). The aim of this initiatives is for people to decide a day of the week in which they will leave their car at home and travel to work by bus or carpooling. The obvious aim is to reduce the number of cars on the road (http://www.chooseday.org/). This is being carried out in Bristol.
An interesting thing I noted is that bus lanes (yes, they caused significant controversy when they were introduced for a few hundred metres in Marsa) can also be used by cars that car pool. So instead of here where bus lanes are used by buses, mini vans and taxis (even if carrying no passengers), this could be extended to allow cars that have more than two passengers. I do not know how many fines were dished or how it is monitored.
The second community initiative I read about was Close the Door. It speaks for itself: Leave doors shut and is targeted at the business community. A lot of energy is wasted by leaving the doors of shops and restaurants open. Huge losses result from lost hot / cool air. Why not close them and save this energy. It was calculated this may bring a 20-25% reduction in electricity bills. The initiative offers stickers to be fixed on doors to explain why the shop is leaving its doors closed. Good one!
I would extend this to offices too. We took a similar initiative at work to keep room doors shut when the air conditioner is on. It may go against what many cry out for the 'open door' attitude (mainly to bridge the physical divide between management and staff). I do not have records of the achievement from our initiates, but electricity consumption did fall.
So try it yourself: carpool and close that door!
The first I read about was Chooseday (sounds like Tuesday). The aim of this initiatives is for people to decide a day of the week in which they will leave their car at home and travel to work by bus or carpooling. The obvious aim is to reduce the number of cars on the road (http://www.chooseday.org/). This is being carried out in Bristol.
An interesting thing I noted is that bus lanes (yes, they caused significant controversy when they were introduced for a few hundred metres in Marsa) can also be used by cars that car pool. So instead of here where bus lanes are used by buses, mini vans and taxis (even if carrying no passengers), this could be extended to allow cars that have more than two passengers. I do not know how many fines were dished or how it is monitored.
The second community initiative I read about was Close the Door. It speaks for itself: Leave doors shut and is targeted at the business community. A lot of energy is wasted by leaving the doors of shops and restaurants open. Huge losses result from lost hot / cool air. Why not close them and save this energy. It was calculated this may bring a 20-25% reduction in electricity bills. The initiative offers stickers to be fixed on doors to explain why the shop is leaving its doors closed. Good one!
I would extend this to offices too. We took a similar initiative at work to keep room doors shut when the air conditioner is on. It may go against what many cry out for the 'open door' attitude (mainly to bridge the physical divide between management and staff). I do not have records of the achievement from our initiates, but electricity consumption did fall.
So try it yourself: carpool and close that door!
Sunday 16 March 2008
Firefox crop circle
It is Sunday morning, and I came across this crop circle in Google Earth / Maps ... Foxy Aliens?
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Friday 14 March 2008
Six Revisions
One of my hobbies, or rather addictions, is browsing through countless pages on the web, also looking for information that interests me. This covers a wide range of activities from football, Formula One, to climate change, energy and current news.
One of my hobbies and things I enjoy doing is building websites. I started by doing the typical personal website that were quite popular some five years ago. However, that project was abandoned (with all the stuff on it lost) while I was studying Geography for a semester at Hope University, Liverpool. Nonetheless, I worked on two projects, mainly related to my dad's travel agency business.
When I joined my current employer after finishing my final year at the University of Malta, I was given the task to develop the company website. I was also involved in building two project-related websites (that have been taken offline after the project was completed) and some others. Furthermore, I am currently working on an online questionnaire for my MIRM dissertation.
Therefore, when I encountered the blog 'Six Revisions' I could not have been more than pleased. Six Revisions is a web development and design blog. The posts are quite varied and include many tips, ideas and resources. What's best is that the language and jargon used is too my likeness,ie neither beginner nor too advanced jargon. No wonder I added the blog feed to Google Reader.
Finally, it is very useful to me since it helps to stay updated on the current trends and developments in both design and development.
One of my hobbies and things I enjoy doing is building websites. I started by doing the typical personal website that were quite popular some five years ago. However, that project was abandoned (with all the stuff on it lost) while I was studying Geography for a semester at Hope University, Liverpool. Nonetheless, I worked on two projects, mainly related to my dad's travel agency business.
When I joined my current employer after finishing my final year at the University of Malta, I was given the task to develop the company website. I was also involved in building two project-related websites (that have been taken offline after the project was completed) and some others. Furthermore, I am currently working on an online questionnaire for my MIRM dissertation.
Therefore, when I encountered the blog 'Six Revisions' I could not have been more than pleased. Six Revisions is a web development and design blog. The posts are quite varied and include many tips, ideas and resources. What's best is that the language and jargon used is too my likeness,ie neither beginner nor too advanced jargon. No wonder I added the blog feed to Google Reader.
Finally, it is very useful to me since it helps to stay updated on the current trends and developments in both design and development.
Wednesday 12 March 2008
Wednesday morning
It is Wednesday morning, the day after Inter's elimination from the Champions League against Liverpool. The game did not go as all expected. I had a glimmer of hope after the first half, but when Burdisso was sent off and Ibrahimovic lost that easy chance up front I knew that all hope was lost.
Now imagine my mood right now.
I enter the offices at work and my colleague tells me that Mancini is to step down at the end of the season. No, not this one too!
It is going to be a long Wednesday...
Now imagine my mood right now.
I enter the offices at work and my colleague tells me that Mancini is to step down at the end of the season. No, not this one too!
It is going to be a long Wednesday...
Tuesday 4 March 2008
Saturday 1 March 2008
As usual, money goes to the wrong priorities
The US Air Force has just announced that it awarded a multi-billion dollar contract to a company called Northrop Grumman to replace its aging air refuelling tankers. The deal is first to replace 179 tankers and eventually the whole 500 of them.
The cost?
$40 billion dollars for replacing 179 expanding to over $100 billion dollars for the whole fleet.
Also, the US military has recently awarded the largest ever contract in history for a $200 billion Future Combat System programme.
The Pentagon is furthermore expected to award a contract of over $200 billion to the future F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
And then they accuse Iran, Russia and all the guys on the 'Axis of Evil' of rearmament. What is that they are spending the money for?
AND THEN the US finds it hard to sign an international treaty to curb CO2 emissions because it will hurt its economy BUT, it is ready to pay those billions of taypayer dollars to enhance its military fleet. Not to mention of the poor of course. This my friend, is the real unjust world.
The cost?
$40 billion dollars for replacing 179 expanding to over $100 billion dollars for the whole fleet.
Also, the US military has recently awarded the largest ever contract in history for a $200 billion Future Combat System programme.
The Pentagon is furthermore expected to award a contract of over $200 billion to the future F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
And then they accuse Iran, Russia and all the guys on the 'Axis of Evil' of rearmament. What is that they are spending the money for?
AND THEN the US finds it hard to sign an international treaty to curb CO2 emissions because it will hurt its economy BUT, it is ready to pay those billions of taypayer dollars to enhance its military fleet. Not to mention of the poor of course. This my friend, is the real unjust world.
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