May 22nd, 2008 at 8:25 pm » Comments (0)

My last employer in the UK - EDS (Electronic Data Systems) looks like it may be bought by Hewlett Packard (HP). Given that HP is one of EDS' biggest customers, ...more »

May 22nd, 2008 at 5:00 am » Comments (0)

Some twelve or thirteen years ago, a friend and I had decided to go down to London to watch some Wimbledon matches; now obviously we were just going to be ...more »

May 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 am » Comments (0)

I've just finished watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind on TV. Unfortunately, the channel it was broadcast on (Sci-Fi on the Hotbird satellite) does not have any EPG information, ...more »

May 21st, 2008 at 10:25 pm » Comments (0)

(USA Relevant) If you already have multiple loans, with high interest rates, and are finding the hassle and pressure of paying them all back is mounting up, then debt consolidation may ...more »

May 20th, 2008 at 11:55 pm » Comments (3)

Following on from the last post, this one is just a quick message to friends of ours. Seb has his birthday today, and though we did not manage to cross ...more »

May 20th, 2008 at 9:39 pm » Comments (0)

When your company needs to wish either an employee or business contact a happy birthday. Conventional personal birthday greeting cards can often look inappropriate; you want something that looks professional, ...more »

May 14th, 2008 at 4:16 am » Comments (0)

OK, so I am still behind in updating this blog with recent events. As Irina pointed out, there is a large gap starting with the beginning of our journey to ...more »

May 13th, 2008 at 5:05 am » Comments (0)

It looks as though my (entirely arbitrary) target for 50,000 visitors in the first two years of this blog is still (just about) attainable. As this post's title indicates, the ...more »

May 13th, 2008 at 4:47 am » Comments (0)

Going for Weekend Breaks can be just the right thing to relax you and your partner, when work and the general stress of life has been mounting up. One of ...more »

May 13th, 2008 at 12:47 am » Comments (0)

At least those that smoke and live in Japan they are... The BBC have a report on how Japanese cigarette vending machine companies are coping with a new law. (Did you ...more »

May 12th, 2008 at 11:12 pm » Comments (0)

Our friend (who originally set me up with this site) is already well established, when it comes to producing videos to accompany his blog posts and news letters. However, I ...more »

May 12th, 2008 at 12:07 am » Comments (11)

[edit] Please see this comment at the bottom for a helpful fix from Alex. Well, all seems well post-SP3 installation. There were a couple of hiccups - Windows Live Messenger now complains ...more »

May 11th, 2008 at 5:09 pm » Comments (0)

Well, my PC seems to be running OK, so I thought why not give SP3 a try, and see what breaks :) If you don't see me online for a while, ...more »

May 6th, 2008 at 11:51 am » Comments (0)

So, we arrived yesterday just after 11am, local time, having left Britain the morning before. We managed to squeeze in a 30 minute trip to Amsterdam on the way back, ...more »

May 3rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm » Comments (0)

We should be back in Kazakhstan by Monday, though we are actually leaving Cardiff Airport tomorrow. This is the last of the pre-written posts - anything you see after this has ...more »