http://minktoast.net Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:49:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...still seems pretty accurate as stock markets crumble (as does the monbiot quote). but of course financial market meltdown isn't anything compared to what it'll be like as oil supply starts to fall by 7 to 20% per year. hold tight and get those veg in the ground! http://minktoast.net/2008/10/08/wot-i-said-in-july/ Bailout blues | Energy Bulletin. Thanks Richard - I feel like that about the news too. Instead of writing something eloquent I drank some beer and put on some very loud drum and bass. Great fun. http://minktoast.net/2008/09/27/heinberg-principles/ Below are links to some UK and Irish forums that are good for getting advice on growing food. Do leave a comment if you know of any more good ones. Grow Your Own Kitchen Garden River Cottage SallyGarden ... http://minktoast.net/2008/09/01/useful-gardening-forums/ The issue is that capitalism involves lending money at interest. If you lend at 5%, then one of two things must happen. Either the money supply must increase by 5% or the velocity of circulation must increase by 5%. In either case, if this growth is not met by a ... http://minktoast.net/2008/08/22/monbiot-says-what-i-was-trying-to-say-in-the-pyramid-post/ There are a number of Course Management Systems (CMS) for running courses via a website. These are also sometimes called Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE). I use Moodle to look after the Organic College’s distance learning courses.  This has been fantastic but I often find myself looking ... http://minktoast.net/2008/08/22/effectively-using-a-course-management-system/ I couldn't resist posting this picture which I found via Graham on Mark Wallace's blog. [caption id="attachment_167" align="aligncenter" width="266" caption="Some people may find this provocative!"][/caption] http://minktoast.net/2008/08/22/dowse-with-these/ these people may be a tiny bit insane. http://minktoast.net/2008/08/17/god-lowers-the-price-of-oil/ WordPress Idea — Picasa desktop upload to Wordpress button. http://minktoast.net/2008/08/11/picasa-desktop-upload-to-wordpress-button/ 10 reasons why mind mapping is great. I use Mind Mapping a lot both for planning, research and summarising. Both hand-drawn and computer-created (currently use iMindMap) are valuable. http://minktoast.net/2008/08/11/10-reasons-why-mind-mapping-is-great/ It’s been a long time in gestation but I’m excited to be writing the first post for ‘Get Growing‘ - a site dedicated to growing your own food. The aim is to provide inspiration and information to encourage more of us to start producing and eating things we’ve grown ... http://minktoast.net/2008/08/05/time-to-get-growing/