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Thanet Life - A Thanet Weblog

Url:	http://www.thanetlife.com
Author(s):	Simon Moores
Language:	English
Tags:	Thanet, Moores, Conservative
Description:	"A popular but besieged" Thanet Weblog with an eye on local politics by Conservative councillor, technologist and pilot Simon Moores
Ratings	(3 Ratings)
Popularity:	5 Followers

Trains and Trains

Having once spent five hours trapped on a Eurostar train between Calais and Paris, I have some sympathy for the passengers stuck for thirteen hours yesterday, who discovered, like I did, that there...more

2009-12-19

Silent Movie

"All anybody wants from technology", wrote Douglas Adams, "is for it to work," and I did rather feel that way at tonight's full council meeting which was scheduled for an inaugural pilot webcast.Co...more

2009-12-17

Boxed In

After almost two weeks away, I see the battery life on my Amazon Kindle reader still shows half charge and that's after wading through Dan Simmons' novel, Ilium, and having started the sequel

2009-12-12

Passing 15,000 Feet

I haven't blogged for almost a week and so I'll start this entry as my Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi, flings itself over the desert coast and climbs away towards Bahrain and London Heathrow, several...more

2009-12-10

A Jolly Affair

Where was I? Between Friday and today I've been nursing a cold, the usual consequence of air travel today. Terminal 3 at Heathrow always seems to be the worst place to catch a virus of any kind an...more

2009-12-06

Splitting Hairs

I didn't get back in from Heathrow and Madrid until close to Midnight yesterday and so hadn't been able to keep up with the Dane Valley by-election progress. However, I now understand from a number...more

2009-12-04

One Box or Two

I've just been down to Sea Road in Westgate with our 'Heritage Champion' Cllr Alasdair Bruce. There's an up and coming planning committee visit to the former old people's home which takes up the pr...more

2009-11-30

An Inside Look

With the prevailing fascination in 'New media', Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and more, for political communication, Brighton & Hove City Council being one good example, I'm interested to se

2009-11-30

Dane and Dale

I'm not certain whether Blogger is playing-up this afternoon or whether it's just my PC. I tried downloading Internet Explorer 8 this week and somewhere along the line my Explorer menu bar disappea...more

2009-11-28

Local Interest Only

Some small items of Westgate news for local readers.This evening, I spoke with Cllr Shirley Tomlinson, who holds the beach huts in her portfolio and she tells me that we are waiting on a response f...more

2009-11-25

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