http://www.seismictalk.com News and views, rants and raves from the seismic industry Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:16:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.seismictalk.com/great-service-from-amazoncom http://www.seismictalk.com/great-service-from-amazoncom#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:56:45 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/great-service-from-amazoncom A recent experience with Amazon’s service people has left me smiling. Generally I have rather low expectations for service from online sellers but this was one occasion when the service was genuinely excellent. I had ordered some books and had them sent to my address in Indonesia using the cheapest method, which has worked okay [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/great-service-from-amazoncom/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/nokia-e71 http://www.seismictalk.com/nokia-e71#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:17:13 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/nokia-e71 My all-time favourite mobile phone was my old Sony Ericsson P910i but SE’s later phones just don’t match up in features or ease of use. I replaced the P910i with a Nokia E61i after the scroll wheel got wrecked by an idiot in airport security in Jakarta knocked the phone off the scanner in his [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/nokia-e71/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/partial-news-reporting-or-pc-bias http://www.seismictalk.com/partial-news-reporting-or-pc-bias#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:52:41 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/06/12/partial-news-reporting-or-pc-bias/ I was on a crew in Ethiopia’s southern Ogaden region in April. I left the crew just three days before an attack by ONLF (Ogaden National Liberation Front) rebels, a muslim based group from the pictures shown. The attack killed sixty-five local employees (the people that the rebels claim to be fighting to liberate) and nine of [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/partial-news-reporting-or-pc-bias/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/tesla-roadster http://www.seismictalk.com/tesla-roadster#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:15:53 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/03/31/tesla-roadster/ While I have worked in the seismic industry for more than 30 years and believe that everybody who makes a living in the oil industry should drive a big block V8 powered gas guzzler I have to admit that I do like the look of this electric roadster. Looking at the car you would never [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/tesla-roadster/feed 0 http://www.seismictalk.com/we-want-your-photos http://www.seismictalk.com/we-want-your-photos#comments Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:22:12 +0000 admin http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/02/20/we-want-your-photos/ The picture at the left was uploaded to the gallery by one of our readers on the very first day he registered. I find it hard to believe that with so many new registered users nobody out there has any pictures they would like to share with the rest of us. We add a gallery [...]]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/we-want-your-photos/feed 2 http://www.seismictalk.com/14 http://www.seismictalk.com/14#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:16:13 +0000 larry http://www.seismictalk.com/2007/02/10/14/ What a cracking pair…on both of em.]]> http://www.seismictalk.com/14/feed 0