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  •  Lee Freeman

harnessing wind power

07 Jun 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

I read with interest an article on the BBC website recently regarding new developments in harnessing wind power: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10217289.stm Now most of us I am sure are used to seeing wind turbines in our local environment, even my local school has two on its grounds, but the thought of having a wind farm in the [...]

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Cost cutting – time to bring in the professionals

03 Apr 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

An article I came across recently concerning internal attempts at cost cutting shows that when people do try this themselves their attempts can range from the sublime to the ridiculous http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/31/2010_server_budgets/. The authors comment that “these plans are ill-fated due to a combination of short-term thinking, utter incompetence, and probably a heaping helping of toadying [...]

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The devil is in the detail – April Fool or not

01 Apr 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

As always the devil is in the detail.  An article published in Comms News today, 1 April 2010, details the air traffic chaos that was caused by a mobile phone demonstration when a laser pointer on a mobile phone had been slightly over powered by the engineers!!!  The full article is available at http://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/RSS_News_Articles.cfm?NewsID=10662.  I [...]

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Big Brother is watching you, and turning your washing machine off!

31 Mar 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Apologies for those who read this blog regularly, and you never know there may be some of you out there with nothing better to do, I omitted the link to the “Printer Ink is dearer than blood” story so here it is: http://gizmodo.com/212444/hp-ink-costs-more-than-human-blood-booze So now I have corrected that little area on to a couple [...]

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The road to somewhere – part 3

29 Mar 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Apologies the blog has been quiet for the last 10 days or so.  Not that I have had nothing to write about, just that I have been away on my technical training course and so have had other commitments on my time.  I am now a fully fledged cost management consultant, ready to fly the [...]

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The road to somewhere – part 2

15 Mar 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Well the first week is over!!  I said I would keep you updated as to how I was getting on as a self employed consultant and so here is part2.  I survived!!  Actually that is a little bit unfair on myself not only did I survive but I have thrived.  The freedom self employment gives [...]

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Management consultants – real value for money

11 Mar 2010 | Filed under: Uncategorized

Those of you who read my first entry into the world of blogging will be aware that I have recently taken the plunge into the world of self-employment and joined Auditel as a cost and purchase management consultant.  Have I stepped from the frying pan into the fire I ask myself?  Is there a more [...]

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