October 2008 Archives

This is probably the most significant 24 hours in the global financial crisis of 2008.  When Russia effectively buys Iceland, there's a whole new face to politics and capitalism. 

Brace yourselves folks.  It's going to be a rough ride. 

UPDATE: Thanks to DailyTwitter for his link to the latest from the BBC on the UK's rescue plan for banks.  In some ways I wish the plan would go a lot further, making the banks themselves accountable for this crisis, and calling irresponsible speculators on the sharemarket - cream-skimming from the misfortune of others - to account.  Somehow I doubt it's going to happen though....

I am so proud of the efforts of my fellow Rotarian, John Burkett, in establishing the Daylight Saving for South East Queensland party and I would like to congratulate all who have put in so much effort into forwarding this issue.  I know when I was in Brisbane it was a constant struggle to educate people about how a split time zone could and would work in Queensland, and how differently SEQ experiences light when compared with Mt Isa and FNQ.  And I know just how hard it is to go through all the formal channels to establish a fully operating political party.  All other options have been denied South East Queenslanders, and in spite of 69% support in the region for DLS, the Queensland Government are still unmovable on the issue of introducing daylight saving either in the SEQ corner or across Queensland.  A political party is the only means of applying pressure to state government on the issue, and the DS4SEQ party is a great step toward realising the desires of so many people in Queensland.

I may be based in London now, but my interest in the issue in Queensland is still as strong as ever.  I want to do what I can to keep the issue alive too.  Anyone who is interested in being part of the DS4SEQ party, please let me know and I will happily put you in contact with the people who have done all the ground work in setting up the party.  This is a single issue party, so it doesn't matter what side of politics you support; you are welcome simply to express your wish for DLS without there being any compromise to any other policy issue you hold dear. 

For more information, have a look at recent articles in the Courier Mail and Brisbane Times and to join the party, please contact me and I wil put you in touch with John Burkett. 

I'm currently part of an SEO tagging experiment for my good friend (and the Social Media Mafia Godfather), Chris Hambly.  He is trying to establish whether there are particular ways to change the way organisations and brands can alter the way they are tagged in registries.  So for his mo blog site, I agreed to tag him in such a way as to change the way certain keywords are ranking him.  I'll let everyone know the results of the experiement when I know them myself.  In the meantime, watch this space...