Month: August 2005

Just a day after my Welsh blog comes some interesting news of an excellent new Welsh business idea. This Sky News article tells of the “Wales In A Bottle” product from Welsh businessman John Gronow. He’s selling a bottle of clean, fresh air from the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia. It comes complete with a cerificate and a trendy presentation box.… Read more →

There’s one thing that my grandparents still tell me every time I go round to their house. “They’re trying to get us off the roads y’know” I never believed this really. Prices have always been high for fuel but now they’ve gone up more than ever before. However, now I’m starting to believe it. Some petrol stations can’t keep up… Read more →

There’s one thing that my grandparents still tell me every time I go round to their house. “They’re trying to get us off the roads y’know” I never believed this really. Prices have always been high for fuel but now they’ve gone up more than ever before. However, now I’m starting to believe it. Some petrol stations can’t keep up… Read more →

Notepad. What would we do without it eh ? I use it for jotting stuff down, making quick notes and even writing news stories. Brilliant. I always have a shortcut to Notepad on every computer I use, it just makes my work and website-running life a lot easier. Anyway.. on an unrelated topic.. Today, after reading the lovely Jenneths’ new… Read more →

This weekend I went for a curry. I’ll warn you before I even start here that this blog will turn into a “restaurant review” like you’d see at the back of your local free newspaper when a reporter takes his secretary out and blags a free meal. I haven’t had a curry for a good while, however we were out… Read more →

The great bin debate rumbles on. Yes, it’s an uber-local blog here, but I wanna try and get across to you how our little local community works. The local newspaper, the Chase Post / Burntwood Post is edited by a guy called Mike Lockley. The following is an excerpt from his weekly … ermm.. editorial… “It’s dog eat dog when… Read more →

It’s actually sunny today, which is pretty amazing considering that much of the last month or so has been miserable weather-wise. Maybe I should take up the offer by the Australian government eh? They’re looking to grab more than 20,000 Britons to help plug a skills shortage. According to this story they’re looking for many skill-sets, including nurses, electricians and… Read more →

We went to see Lee Evans last night at the Stafford Gatehouse. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much in my life. :) We’ve seen him previously, but this was all-new material that he’s trying out before starting his new XL Tour across the UK. Stafford is one of the first smaller theatres where he’s doing work in progress.… Read more →

This Anonova.com story deserves it’s very own post in my blog. Although I’m aware of the town itself, it’s hilarious to read the comments of Siegfried Hauppl, Mayor of the Austrian town in question. I’m not saying anything else – just click here and have a read all the way through. :) Picture right by prodigy69 @ b3ta.com Read more →

I like my work. Generally it’s the only time I can relax ;) The weekends now consist of painting, wallpapering, sanding, gardening or something in between. What happened to spending lazy summer afternoons in the pub eh ? How come we’re not getting drunk at our towns biggest summer event of the year? Well, I’ll tell you why.. In my… Read more →

Both “Podcast” and “phishing” have made it to the Oxford English dictionary today. Podcasts and podcasting has exploded of late and is proving popular with the iPod generation. These pre-recorded MP3 “radio” shows can be downloaded to your iPod or Windows Smartphone so that you can listen at any time of the day or night – when YOU have time.… Read more →

A busy weekend and a very expensive one too. The missus has told me about a rather strange “noise” that she heard whilst driving her Corsa the other day. In fact, after driving it, I couldn’t hear anything. Seemed fine to me. Anyhow, she decided that this weekend we would “look” for a new car for her. To be honest,… Read more →

I’ll tell you a little story. A while back we went to Barbados. It was some years ago now and we had a really good time. We flew with a company called “My Travel” who were OK, but flew DC-10 planes, which I don’t like because most of these have been decommissioned due to their age and reliability. On the… Read more →

Right, really quick I’d just like to mention some of the stuff I get through the email. Today it’s this guy, who’s trying out the new “Webcam Karaoke” …ermmm… “craze” that’s apparently sweeping the nation. People sing along to songs and record themselves doing it. Bizarre, strange, boring perhaps.. but not this guy. Here he is singing along to some… Read more →

I’m echoing a post made by Paul from MoDaCo a bit here, but blumey – how good is Top Gear at the moment ? Sure, Mr Clarkson is as opinionated and daft as ever, but that’s part of what makes it good. There’s not many other people who can get away with encouraging more people to get faster and larger… Read more →