Wii Sports has been nominated for the 2007 British Academy Video Awards. It has been nominated for game of the year, innovation and multiplayer. Personally I love this game, I particularly like the way that it forces you to do some exercise instead of just sitting on your bottom, and the game always goes down great at parties. Wii Sports faces some stiff competition in the form of Gears of War amongst others, but it’s great to see Nintendo back in the game, so to speak.

I read this interesting article the other day about a shortage of school places in the Republic of Ireland. The problem has been caused by the fact that 90% of the schools are Catholic run and will therefore only accept children with Catholic baptismal certificates. The problem has now got so bad that a new school has been opened exclusively for children from non-Irish ethnic backgrounds in the town of Balbriggan, Co Dublin after children could not find a school place for the new term. The school consists of mainly black pupils many of whom are Nigerian and some who are Muslim. The problem of providing children with a place in a school has now been solved to some extent but many are calling the situation a mini apartheid. Personally I think faith schools do tend to lead to more segregation in the community and would prefer to see an school environment that recognises all faiths.

In the wake of the Northern Rock crisis Barclaycard has been reviewing the spending limits for many of their customers. They have also been rejecting more applications for new cards, in what could signal a crackdown on consumer credit. About half of all applications for new Barclaycards are now being rejected. Barclaycard have also seen a 17% fall in profits due to problems with bad debt. I have always thought it much too easy to get things on credit and can see how people can build up huge debts that they can't pay back. I think this seems like a wise move from Barclaycard.

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled a number of new environmental policies at their party conference. The proposals include a ban on petrol powered cars by 2040. Other proposals include so called green mortgages, boosting funding on flood defences and charging lorries to use the UK’s roads.

There are rumours that Sony is going to launch a cut price version of the Playstation 3 for the UK market. Whilst Sony has been playing down the claims as “speculation”, they have not actually denied them. If the claims are true we could see a £299 version of the console in the shops for Christmas. If it is released rumours are that it will be a cut down version of the console that is not backwards compatible. I might consider buying it at £299 but not for a cut down version.

I read this article, complete with "educational video", in which Chuck Missler a creationist successfully (or so he thinks) disproves evolution with a jar of peanut butter. His theory is based upon the idea that the jar of peanut butter contains matter and is exposed to light and heat, but we do not find new life inside the peanut butter unless it is first contaminated by something outside the jar. He says "If I open this jar of peanut butter, maybe not often but on some occasion, I should find new life inside but when we open the jar of peanut butter and look in there, there's no new life." On this assumption he believes he has proven that evolution does not happen. I will leave you to draw your own conclusions and leave your comments. I think that this guy is a few peanut butter sandwiches short of a picnic.

Its time for another cute picture. This is Ollie resting on top of the shed.

A wallaby has been spotted in a garden in St Breward in Cornwall. It is thought it might have escaped from a nearby farm. St Endellion Farm six miles away lost one last week after it escaped, they are now trying to track the fugitive down. Wallabies are good at escaping and it is thought there are currently two breeding colonies living wild in the UK.

A man who managed to clock up the fastest ever speeding offence in the UK was sentenced today. He pleaded guilty nad received a 10 week jail sentence. He was caught doing 172mph in a Porsche along the A420 in Oxfordshire. He will also be banned from driving for three years.

My husband is always moaning about the cost of razor blades which is why I was interested in this infinity razor. It is supposed to stay sharp and not need replacement blades. It comes with a replacement guarantee, so that if you think it is not giving a close shave you can send it back for a replacement. You can also try it for 30 days and if after that time you are unhappy with it, you can return it for a refund. I’m not entirely convinced by the claims made in the advertisement, but I think its worth purchasing one to see if it is as good as the website makes it sound.

If you are trying to eat healthier food but feel you need a bit of help you might want to try mysupermarket.co.uk In addition to their price comparison service they have now launched a service that allows you see nutritional information about your shop including the calories and fat and salt content. It then asks you if you want to switch any of the foods that are high in calories for a lower calorie alternative. They claim that using the service could knock around 4,000 calories off a families consumption.

The cold wet summer in the UK has been bad news for bats. The weather has caused a shortage of the insects they would usually eat and has led to more calls of grounded and injured bats than usual. There have also been many reports of bat abandoning their young due to the fact there is not enough food around to feed them. This is particularly bad news because bats only produce one baby every year.

Tesco are to launch a comparison website called tescocompare.com. The website will allow users to compare insurance from a range of providers. Whilst initially geared towards car insurance, the website will also cover other financial services such as mortgages, homes loans and credit cards in the future.

Fishermen and conservationists in Pembrokeshire are working together on a lobster conservation project. They have just released 130 baby lobsters into an area near Skomer Island. This is as part of an effort to try and sustain the local lobster population. Pembrokeshire has the highest number of lobster fishermen in Wales and lobster and crab fishing makes up around 90% of the county’s commercial fishing. There are also plans to start a lobster hatchery to release more young lobsters in order help replenish stocks taken by fishermen, if this project proves successful.

Traffic has been banned from certain roads in central London for a day. The ban is to enable people to use a car free cycle route which passes several of London's famous landmarks including the London Eye, Westminster and St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30,000 people are expected to use the route which is open from 11am to 4pm today. The event finishes with a festival which includes bike stunt displays and a cycling circus.

There have been a number of incidents regarding Crocs shoes and escalators. The shoes which are known for their flexibility and grip can become caught in the teeth at the bottom or top of an escalator. In one incident mentioned in this article a young boy’s shoes became caught causing the name on his big toe to be nearly ripped off. The Washington Metro has even posted adverts warning riders about wearing such shoes on its moving stairways. In Japan, the government warned consumers last week that it has received 39 reports of sandals mostly Crocs or similar products getting stuck in escalators from late August through early September. There have other reports from other countries of similar incidents most of which have involved young children. It might be better not to let your children wear their Crocs when using the escalator.

My current desktop computer is starting to get a little old and is now a little slow for what I need it for. After my recent positive experience with Dell, and the fact that I already have a rather a good Dell laptop that has served me well for the last few years, I naturally looked there first. I found a really good deal on a desktop machine that comes complete with a 17 inch flat screen monitor, keyboard and mouse for just over £300. It looks like Dell is going to be getting some more of my hard earned cash.

Google is offering $30m prize pot to the first private firms that manage to land a robot rover on the moon. In order the win the money the robot must first reach the moons surface. It must then perform several tasks including shooting a video and roaming for a certain distance. The competition is open until 2012. The top prize of $20m will go to the firm that lands a rover and completes the objectives. There will be a second prize of $5m for the firm that comes second and $5m of bonuses are on offer if the rovers go further than expected. Rovers taking part must be fitted with high-definition video and still cameras. It seems like a good excuse to build a cool robot, but I’m not sure my skills are quite up to the task.

I read this article today about these strange back to front shoes. Looking at them they look really uncomfortable and it’s hard to imagine walking in them. At £330 not only do they seem a little expensive but also not very practical. 

I recently purchased a new colour laser printer from Dell. After much deliberation and looking at several printers including an all in one printer scanner copier, I decided to go with the Dell 1320C. The printer is Dells lowest priced colour laser printer and after I had customised it to be network ready it cost a very reasonable £260. The printer came complete with a pack of high yield toner and a three year warranty. At that price I must admit I was not expecting great things from the machine. However, it has really surprised me. The print quality is excellent, especially when printing photographs. I tested it by printing a picture of Oscar and could see all the individual hairs on the cat. Another thing that amazed me was the speed of the printer. I currently also have a HP laser printer which is designed for large print jobs and is very quick, to my surprise the Dell was just as fast. I tested the two together printing 75 pages and within just over five minutes they had both completed the job within minutes of each other. To sum up this is a really nice printer especially when you take into consideration the price. The only issue I have had, it that the toner does not last very long, as its only designed to print 2000 pages on one set of cartridges. It still works out at around 9p a printed page, so is quite good value for money.