Archive for October 2008
Brave beyond belief
Posted by: stazjia on: October 31, 2008
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Yesterday, Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher of the Royal Marines was awarded the George Cross by HM the Queen at Buckingham Palace in London. The George Cross is the highest award given to civilians and military who performed “acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme danger” but, in the case of the military, [...]
Some Light Relief – Political Anecdotes
Posted by: stazjia on: October 25, 2008
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It’s all doom and gloom now. The latest UK figures show we are heading for a recession. Sterling has plummeted against other currencies – not all bad news for webmasters who get affiliate commission paid in US dollars or companies exporting – but not great generally.
I thought I’d lighten the mood with a few political [...]
Did Peter Mandelson get a great birthday gift?
Posted by: stazjia on: October 22, 2008
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It was Peter, now Lord, Mandelson’s birthday yesterday and it looks like either he personally got his revenge or somebody decided to give him a birthday present he’d really like – dropping George Osborne (see picture, standing) in deep trouble.
The story is this, for those who haven’t followed it: Conservative shadow Chancellor George Osborne, David [...]
Forget the Moderately Good News – It All Looks Bad
Posted by: stazjia on: October 20, 2008
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In my last post I suggested we had some moderately good news with falls in prices of food and petrol (gas). Well, while all that remains true, there is a suggestion we are already in recession according the Ernst & Young’s Item Club.
The housing market is collapsing, unemployment is rising, Ernst & Young predict a [...]
At last some moderately good news
Posted by: stazjia on: October 17, 2008
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This year, up to September, food prices in the UK rose by 9%. Much of the rise was a combination of increased oil prices, poor harvests and a trend for crops to be produced for bio-fuels. Now prices are beginning to either fall or rise more slowly.
Generally harvests around the world have improved this year, [...]
Gordon Brown Had a Plan
Posted by: stazjia on: October 16, 2008
It seems that Prime Minister, Gordon Brown may have had the answer for the rest of the world with his plan for government to buy shares in failing banks in the interests of stopping a slide into recession by propping up the economy and restoring faith in world markets.
Here in the UK, however, banks are [...]
Help for Small Fish in a Big Pond
Posted by: stazjia on: October 15, 2008
This is a forum for independent webmasters who want help and advice on aspects of running their site including SEO.
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Books: The Way We Live Now
Posted by: stazjia on: October 14, 2008
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The Way We Live Now was written by Anthony Trollope and it reads a lot like the script for a modern TV soap. Set in the 1870s, this is one of Trollope’s lesser known novels (he’s most famous for the Barchester Chronicles and The Pallisters).
It’s a satire on Victorian society, particularly the middle to upper [...]
I’m now a Giant!
Posted by: stazjia on: October 7, 2008
It’s true, I got an email this morning telling me I’d made it to Giant Squid on Squidoo.
I’ve done 63 lenses on all kinds of different subjects: recipes, English cities, towns and environmentally important places, books and authors, London, antiques and collectibles, designers and Christmas.
What do I get as a Giant Squid? A special template [...]
Personal secrets your iPhone could reveal
Posted by: stazjia on: October 3, 2008
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Two trends in cellphones are combining to create a new security risk. On the one hand they are becoming more powerful, and more like computers. On the other, they are universally relied upon.
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