I recently registered a nice short domain name for someone. I had a choice of registrars. One was my usual domain registrar, and another was a local Isle of Man company who were significantly cheaper. I decided to buy local (and save money!) thinking that I was doing the right thing of supporting a business […]
Recently, I attended #offcamp – a barcamp style discussion around open data which was organised by the Isle of Man branch of the BCS and was free to attend. The morning sessions were OK and it was good to see that some thought is being given to making data open and available, especially data that has […]
The Isle of Man has arable land. It has farmers. It has crops. It has livestock. It has a slaughterhouse. It has a dairy. It has the potential to feed itself. However, because of the crazy world we find ourselves in, economies of scale mean that Isle of Man milk and cheese can cost more […]