Since I couldn’t find much information about the United Petroleum in my recent research into the social responsibility of petrol providers, I sent them a direct inquiry. They responded quickly, which is good; but the response does not make it easy to slot them in my ranking of petrol suppliers. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for May, 2010
More from United Petroleum
May 20
When I first started using WordPress to construct this website, it had “categories” and not “tags”. Since then, I have tried to improve my use of categories and tags have come along to add another complication to the fray. I have now finally reached a system that I really like.
One of the difficulties of a personal website (as opposed to a blog on a specific topic) is that there is such a variety of post types. Sometimes the site becomes a little soap-box where essays can be delivered. Other times, it is a news feed to keep family and friends updated about exciting travel activities. It is also a valuable way to store and share helpful tricks and insights.
So I have now culled my category list down to six distinct topics, and a seventh “uncategorised” overflow pigeonhole. Within these broad categories, posts are further grouped by tags. It is possible to browse posts by category, or by tag. While I’m not claiming that this sort of organising strategy is anything new or unique, I think it is finally a functional way to hold this site together.
I have also revamped this site visually and under the bonnet. Here are some of the more technical details.
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Posting from Android
May 14
I have managed to get my blog working with the Android WordPress application, and want to try it out with some photos. These images are from the experiment that I was working on this afternoon. I can already see that I’m going to like this application.
For anyone interested in technical details (or having difficulty with their own blog) the fix simply involved recompiling PHP with the xmlrpc use flag.
Although we are developing a healthy distaste for it, petrol remains a necessity for most of us. This is unlikely to change until technologies like the GM-Volt become more available. Anyone trying to minimise their negative global impact must therefore seek the most socially responsible petrol from a set of fairly unpleasant options. I posed the question to myself this way: “how can I buy the least evil petrol?”
In (mostly) free market economies we have a lot of power as consumers, as suppliers will follow demand. By carefully selecting the goods and services that we consume, we can exercise our power of demand and literally alter the behaviour of much larger entities such as multi-national corporations. This is why it is important to seek socially responsible petrol. Read the rest of this entry »
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