Beetroot a ‘cost option’ at Subway or Extortion?

Beetroot at Subway Update: Caught a message on Twitter from @fang reporting that Beetroot at Subway as an cost option is here to stay. They say it’s ‘market conditions’ – is that code for market pressure? Mike calls it extortion. Either way, for Beetroot lovers, it’s gotta be called a win to have a choice.ContinueContinue reading “Beetroot a ‘cost option’ at Subway or Extortion?”

Broadband Wilderness in the Suburbs

Incase you’d missed it, I moved house over the Christmas/New Year period. That’s why I’ve been so quiet. As it turns out I’ve moved to an area where getting the level of internet access I require, the same as I had previously – 40Gb/month for ~$80/month at ADSL2+ speed – is impossible. This besides myContinueContinue reading “Broadband Wilderness in the Suburbs”

Microcosms, Second Life and the Giant Zero of Distributed Media

a twitter msg sent by me from within sl Second Life offers a grid that is a microcosm of the connectedness that the Internet, operating as a pervasive, worldwide grid, promises. Second Life offers a peek into possibilities of what the world might look and feel like when the internet-as-grid connects all facets of howContinueContinue reading “Microcosms, Second Life and the Giant Zero of Distributed Media”