http://david815.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:06:29 +0100 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/stung-by-the-congestion-charge.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/stung-by-the-congestion-charge.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/stung-by-the-congestion-charge.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:06:29 +0100 Today I discovered that the capital of Malta, Valletta, has a congestion charging scheme. I learned the hard way - I received a bill for having driven there in November. It wasn't a terribly hard way though - I owe them a total of 0.83 euros - abo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/stung-by-the-congestion-charge.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00f30f5c1d260001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> malta congestion charge http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-no-hunger-diet.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-no-hunger-diet.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-no-hunger-diet.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:17:01 +0100 This morning marked the glorious success of my new diet. I've been on a 'No Hunger' diet of my own invention. It's based on the theory that if you put yourself through a lot of hunger then your body will react by thinking it needs to store more fa... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-no-hunger-diet.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398dbdfca0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> dieting http://david815.vox.com/library/post/church-of-st-paul-the-hermit.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/church-of-st-paul-the-hermit.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/church-of-st-paul-the-hermit.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:38:27 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d6b9f80004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d6b9f80004-50si" alt="Church of St Paul the Hermit" /></a> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d6c3dd0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d6c3dd0003-50si" alt="Church Info" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Even though Malta is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe, there are nevertheless places you can walk that take you into the countryside and you can feel as though you are far from the madding crowd. One such place is a walk down ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/church-of-st-paul-the-hermit.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d6ad5f0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> malta church of st paul the hermit licentious http://david815.vox.com/library/post/january-sunbathers.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/january-sunbathers.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/january-sunbathers.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:17:30 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d6ab6d0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d6ab6d0002-50si" alt="January sunbathers" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I went for a walk around the local bay today and was surprised to see sunbathers on the beach. They were mostly older people - I think that older people don't feel the cold so much - at least my granny didn't. I think it's a bit too cold to be sun... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/january-sunbathers.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d6c2720003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://david815.vox.com/library/post/an-old-joke.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/an-old-joke.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/an-old-joke.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:14:20 +0100 I've been reading a book lately called 'On Food and Cooking' by Harold McGee. It explains the chemistry, in layman's terms fortunately, that underlies cooking. It debunks some received wisdom about cooking techniques, and explains why others are c... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/an-old-joke.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398d2ef9b0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://david815.vox.com/library/post/cable-outage.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/cable-outage.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/cable-outage.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:54:15 +0100 As I rely on having broadband Internet to do my job, I had two suppliers: cable as the main supplier and ADSL as a back-up in case cable went down. But the ADSL one didn't work especially well and in the first 3 months of being here cable worked f... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/cable-outage.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398ca01900001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> m&ms malta seabank hotel http://david815.vox.com/library/post/frank-pharmacists.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/frank-pharmacists.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/frank-pharmacists.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:28:45 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398c47b090002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398c47b090002-50si" alt="On the front" /></a> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398c475050001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398c475050001-50si" alt="On the back" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Malta is a very prudish country; much more so than Britain and America. It has laws that American social conservatives can only dream of: no topless sunbathing, no pornography, no lap dancers, no prostitution, no abortion, no divorce, no gay marri... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/frank-pharmacists.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398c488dd0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> malta prudishness http://david815.vox.com/library/post/maltas-it-exhibition.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/maltas-it-exhibition.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/maltas-it-exhibition.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:43:46 +0100 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398bb46080004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398bb46080004-50si" alt="Smart City" /></a> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/video/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398bb4ceb0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398bb4ceb0005-50si" alt="Kids on the Wii" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A couple of weeks back I went to an IT Exhibition at Malta's main exhibition centre. It was a really impressive event. All Malta's main technology companies were there and I found out the whereabouts of the country's computer shops. There was a m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/maltas-it-exhibition.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398bb4c4d0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> wii malta it exhibition http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-golden-rules-of-maltese-shopkeeping.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-golden-rules-of-maltese-shopkeeping.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-golden-rules-of-maltese-shopkeeping.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:45:37 +0100 There are many really good things about Malta, but its Retail Sector isn't one of them. The apparent reluctance to sell anything at all constantly reminds me of Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch. I have studied the behaviour of shopkeepers and, th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-golden-rules-of-maltese-shopkeeping.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398ba74180001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> malta shops http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-change-wars.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(David) http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-change-wars.html?_c=feed-rss http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-change-wars.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:25:24 +0200 As a young school boy with no bus pass, long before the days of Oyster cards, I was forced to pay for my frequent bus rides in cash. The bus drivers had a large float of small coins to ensure that they would have enough to give change. Rather more... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://david815.vox.com/library/post/the-change-wars.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41430203d3c7f00e398aec7dd0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> maltese buses