I took this photo a couple of years back in Berlin. I guess it was really lucky that I was there on a day they had all this snow – and it must have been fairly lucky that these to guys had the gear required to go out running in the snow. Either that or […]
… a brush with uncertainty
We had an educational brush with uncertainty while driving home last night. My weekly commute is a 2.75 hour drive from where I am working in Canberra to our home in Merimbula. One feature of the trip is the rather steep and twisting stretch down Brown Mountain. Last night was pretty unusual, as you can […]
… VirginBlue’s outsourced IT solution
Today one of the major Australian airlines (VirginBlue) had a significant systems outage – resulting in the need to revert to manual check-in procedures and major disruption for passengers and flights nationwide. VirginBlue have outsourced their booking systems to a platform provided (and hosted) by Navitaire – who are associated with Accenture (that Anderson Consulting […]
… volcanic ash risk
Uncertainty rules! I guess everybody has heard about the volcano in Iceland and how it has led to the grounding of most air traffic in Western Europe. I read something today asserting that airlines should have plans in place for this kind of thing. What rubbish! Incidents like this cannot be predicted – and as a […]
… “cell storm” disruption
Over the weekend the city of Melbourne was hit by a heavy hail storm. Storms have also hit the headlines in Europe and the USA is recent months as the cause of disruption. Three years ago a similar cell storm caused considerable damage to the commerical centre of Canberra. We read about these being extreme […]
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