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Plant a tree at no cost

Written by Matt B · first published 27/04/2008
I've talked before about how great stumble upon is as a service but here is a chance to use it to improve the world a little bit. Click here to plant a tree.
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OGC "w*nkers" - it's official!

Written by Matt B · first published 25/04/2008
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) recently spent £14,000 of tax payers money on a new logo. Which as you can see looks "very nice" (even if you would not catch me playing with the idea of paying so much money for it).

OCG Logo (new)

The problem is that the Governemnt department "needs to get a grip on itself" for if you turn it sideays it looks like this.

OCG logo sideways looks like a man playing with himself

You can also read the story here
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Saint George's Day?

Written by Matt B · first published 23/04/2008
Saint George - a man that might not have existed but the patron of Aragon, Canada, Catalonia, China, England, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Montenegro, Palestine, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Amersfoort, Beirut, Ferrara, Freiburg, Genoa, Ljubljana, Moscow and a goodly number of institutions. Today is "his day"...

Now from a British point of view today is a British day. So what is your take on the British National Lack of Holiday (BNLoH) and the general celibration of "saints"?

Let's talk.
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Thanet In The Wider World

Written by Matt B · first published 21/04/2008
I have been looking around facebook and discovering that there is quite a Thanet presence there albeit a little decentralised (which is no bad thing as such). There is a very slim showing from the Thanet bloggers (which surprised me) as I have only so far found one or two of you on the site.

There is no rule that says we have to sign up to anything so don't think that you have to (after all we have our own Thanet Social Network). However, if you do it might be worth it just to get your blog listed on the Facebook Thanet blog listing where I seem to be the only one...

Just an idea.
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Written by Matt B · first published 02/03/2008
The you tube video I wanted to show you was removed from you tube. I found this slide show which covers the basics and should work for the foreseeable...

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Thanet Star's Microblog

As far as we know this is Thanet's first microblog - tiny snippets of information updated often.

TDC Planning Applications

Planning Alerts (dot com) actually allows you to set up email alerts or a XML site feed (RSS) detailing the latest planning applications. There is just one small problem - KCC and TDC are not on the list. (Typical).
Matt B@07:45:49 03/07/2008 in comment

Share the poll...

Put the poll on your blog too!
Matt B@13:24:12 01/07/2008 in comment

Westwood Cross Poll

Matt B@07:48:17 30/06/2008 in comment

10 locations to live

Ten places that you might want to live in Thanet. These are pages in the new BETA housing portal Houses in Thanet by Thanet Finder. At the time of writing they each require a write up detailing what the houses there are like. You can find out more by making contact with the admin team via Live in Thanet.

  1. Bradstowe
  2. Cliffsend
  3. Garlinge
  4. Manston
  5. Minster
  6. Palm Bay
  7. Pegwell
  8. Salmestone
  9. St Peters
  10. Thanet Villages
Matt B@16:28:36 27/06/2008 in comment

10 Thanet Blogs

Another famous Thanet Star micro-blog list of ten. This is ten random blogs listed in no specific order.

  1. Maisiegrace
  2. The Thanet Eye
  3. Thanet Online
  4. Big News Margate
  5. Thanet Strife
  6. Zumi Web
  7. Nethercourt Notes
  8. Mrs Tara Plumbing
  9. Gadds' Beer Shop
  10. Ramsgate Rants
Matt B@23:07:50 18/06/2008 in comment

Thanet Realty

I've been looking at real estate in Thanet and so here is another of the famouse Thanet Star Micro-blog lists. This list is ten searches that demonstrate that realty is alive and well in .

  1. birchington estate agents
  2. cliftonville estate agents
  3. estate agents in broadstairs
  4. estate agents in ramsgate
  5. herne bay estate agents
  6. margate estate agents
  7. margate homes
  8. ramsgate real estate
  9. thanet estate agents
  10. westgate on sea estate agents
Matt B@09:53:51 13/06/2008 in comment

Tangled hair?

According to Ice Rocket Thanet is consistently as interesting as tangled hair.
Matt B@07:04:43 31/05/2008 in comment

Dickens related searches

In honour of the coming Charles Dickens themed festivities here are ten Dickens related searches from Thanet Finder. Enjoy.

  1. about charles dickens
  2. bleak house
  3. broadstairs dickens festival
  4. dickens week broadstairs
  5. dickensian festival
  6. dickens clothing
  7. dickens costume
  8. victorian dress
  9. dickens download
  10. charles dickens books
Matt B@09:38:36 30/05/2008 in comment

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