Future of the Internet

October 25th, 2009

I was worried about today because it is the first time that I was to spend the whole day with my brother in law.  I thought that possibly we would not have much to talk about but we soon found a topic we were both interested in, technology.  He mainly talked about the Playstation 3 [...]

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Raised beds

October 25th, 2009

I finally got around to starting to build my raised beds.    I had read up about raised beds and how treated wood can be bad for the plants but in the end I don’t care about organically grown veg in the super market so I am not bothered at home either.  So I decided to [...]

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The recession gets deeper and costs go up

October 25th, 2009

I think most people thought that we would be officially out of the recession by now, with lots of positive stories about signs of recovery.  Now we have the news that instead the recession has become deeper.
I was hoping for something a bit more positive, something to us think that possibly there will be a [...]

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Looking for a new house

October 18th, 2009

My brother has found another house that he likes.  He has looked all over, but the houses he has looked at have been in not the nicest areas.  Now the house he likes is just around the corner from me.  If he gets it, it will be a 2 minute walk from our house to [...]

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End of Sky contract

October 11th, 2009

It’s that time of the year when my contracts with companies are coming to an end. My sky subscription end this month and I am trying to find something cheaper. I like to shop around and I am going to see if the comparison companies can help me find something just as good [...]

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Building a hedgehog house

October 11th, 2009

I want to encourage wildlife in my garden and I have wanted a hedgehog house for some time to go under my elder tree.  I have had a look in pet shops like pets at home for a house but they cost around £40 and everyone I have seen has been damaged from sitting on [...]

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Gone back to teaching

October 10th, 2009

We were planning to change our office into more of a fun room, but my wife has just started doing supply teaching.  A couple of months ago she was never going to teach again now she is enjoying the supply teaching and wants a full time permanent job.  It looks like we will be needed [...]

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