Finding the nearest public toilet using SMS

February 26, 2008 By 1 Comment

I guess it had to come – I’ve tried out SMS systems for locating hotels, petrol stations and hotspots.  Now, one of the London Boroughs has started a system to help mobile phone users to locate the nearest public toilet.

Actually the area covered would appear to be still rather small, but if the rest of the capital joins in then it could be a useful resource.

But will it be any good in rural areas, where public toilets are often locked – the key being kept in local shops?

I’d like to suggest extending the system – to allow such toilets to be unlocked using the same SMS system.  Any vandalism would be easily traced back to the mobile phone owner that unlocked the toilet.

Does anyone else think that this is a good idea?

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Why Global Warming may be good for us

February 26, 2008 By 4 Comments

I couldn’t believe this piece of news when I read it – Global Warming?  Good for us???   There’s me trying to do my bit to save the planet, and then a government department goes and writes a report saying that it’s not all that bad.

Any why?  Because warmer winters are less of a threat to us, ie. less people die.  It even considers that the increases in the summer temperatures (did I miss something last year?) are not so serious because less people suffer from things such as skin cancer than those that suffer in colder winters.

Am I the only person that thinks that this is the wrong way to tackle the problem?  We should be trying to find ways to stop the Global Warming, not trying to find arguments for keeping it.

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Pizza cones

February 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Do you remember in the film “There’s Something About Mary” the scene, where Ted and Mary are eating meat out of a cone, and agree that you don’t get enough meat in cones?
Well, I’ve discovered something else that comes as a cone – pizza!
I think the best way to imagine it, is like a calzone that’s open at one end.   I read about them here.  The idea seems simple enough – the pizza is not flat, but shaped like a cone, with the filling inside.  You can then hold it in one hand, and eat it outside, eg. whilst walking.
In my opinion, this is a really great idea and I look forward to someone in Germany taking on the idea so that I can try it!

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