30 Days Hath November - What I love about my job

What I love about my job is that it requires me to spend all day, every day, online. Talking about, writing about, researching about consumers, digital, media, social networks, blogs etc. I can indulge my inner geek. I don't think there can be a better job than that...



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The Beauty of Online Recipes

Today I decided to cook Jersualem Artichokes... fancy eh? Problem was, I have never cooked them before. Where do I turn - the magic of the interweb of course. I never tire of looking at cooking and recipes online where I can find a recipes for any ingredient, to match any style of cooking and other ingredients.

The BBC recipe site is pretty good for this as you can narrow down recipes from the ingredients that you have to hand.

It is amazing how many sites, blogs and forums there are dedicated to the pleasure of eating. Everyone has an opinion on the best way to cook everything, from the humble spud, to the fanciest ingredient. Ironically, all the celeb chef sites are never that handy, as they don't want to give up their precious recipies without you buying the book.

So, I have found a delicious recipe for my artichokes on Abel and Cole - the veggie delivery folk and I shall be sauteeing them in stock, garlic and rosemary with a dot of sour cream. To go with it, there is a delicious shoulder of slow cooked lamb, fresh gravy made from scratch and some kale - all seasonal, all organic and all as local as possible...

And it's all made possible by the sharing, posting and viewing of recipes on the interweb!

e-borders... What's the issue?

The government plans to retain all travel data for everyone entering and leaving the country in a centralised database for 10 years, and is in the process of updating a centre near Manchester to process the data, the Home Office said on Monday.

"Our hi-tech electronic borders system will allow us to count all passengers in and out of the UK and targets those who aren't willing to play by our rules," said UK border and immigration minister Phil Woolas in a statement.

Personally I don't see the problem - there are so many ways for people to follow where you are nowadays, especially online that most people could find me in a heartbeat...

Between Facebook, twitter, blogs, comments etc, people could suss out pretty fast where I am going to be...

I know that the civil liberties people will be jumping up and down on this idea but is it really so bad - why is there always so much to hide....?