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    August 18

    The London Portal

    While searching online for some information about London, I came across The London Portal by Wikipedia. It looks one of the most robust information portals about London.

    The portal contains more information than could be summed in a blog post, information that surrounds most of every aspect that concerns the capital.

    Culture | Economy | Geography | Government | History | Infrastructure | Politics | Sport | Tourism

    These are just the head menu items. and I may use Walter Besant's quote:

    Portal:London I've been walking about London for the last thirty years,

    and I find something fresh in it every day.
    Portal:London

    I'd bet new information about London can be found via this portal every day.

    Happy New Weekend!

    August 17

    FSI Language Courses - Learn a Foreign Language for Free!

    fsi-language-courses.com, is the home for language courses developed by the Foreign Service Institute. These courses were developed by the United States government and are in the public domain.

    The site is dedicated to making these language courses freely available in an electronic format. It is an independent effort to foster the learning of worldwide languages.

    Courses currently on site: Cantonese, Chinese (Standard), French (Original), French (Revised), German, Greek, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish Programmatic and Turkish.

    Some of these courses work is still in progress, you can watch their Status.

    Fruitful Learning y'all! 

    Tags: Free, Language, Course

    August 08

    Big Brother is watching where you park!

    CCTV helps spot illegal parking
     
    Parking ticket on windscreen
    Getting a ticket in Westminster can cost up to £100
    Motorists parking illegally in central London could now be caught using hi-tech CCTV cameras.

    Drivers contravening parking laws, in areas like the West End, will be pictured and then sent a fine through the post.

     
     
    Another way of getting money from law-disobeying citizens?
     
    For the time being, Westminster City Council says that parking attendents will retain their role, but one knowest not what a day may bring forth. 
     
    Is this a mere continuation of a the industrial revolution? There is a story in our history where the machine took over people's jobs. At that time it was probably inevitable, is this also the case over here?