Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Wii Sports has won several awards at the British Academy Video Games Awards. Among the categories it won awards for were gameplay, strategy and simulation and innovation and sports. The award for best game went to Bioshock for the Xbox with the Playstation 3 missing out on any awards.

posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:16:22 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
I came across this website called all-local.co.uk. Basically it’s a uk advertising network that allows you to list your business on a free listing. In addition to the free listing if you require more exposure you can pay for a text link back to your website or and animated banner. You can choose to advertise just in your local town or across the whole website. I’m not sure that I really want to go with the paid advertising option but I will certainly be taking advantage of the free listing.

posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 4:04:46 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback

A man on a hunting trip had the humiliation of actually getting shot by his dog. The man was shooting pheasants and had put his gun on the ground to collect a bird from over a fence. As he climbed the fence one of his hunting dogs stood on the gun, shooting him in his left leg. Officials are now investigating whether the dog was provoked.

posted on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 1:16:58 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Monday, October 29, 2007

We went to see our friends Dave and Anita this weekend and after having a nice meal at a restaurant in Maidenhead we spent the rest of the evening at their place. We had packed our Playstation 2 along with our Singstar games and after a few drinks we decided to give it a go. This was not our first time playing Singstar but we have always found it goes down really well at parties. We finally stopped playing at around three in morning after working our way through most of the songs on our six Singstar games. I do have videos but due to the fact I am tone deaf will not be posting them.

posted on Monday, October 29, 2007 9:41:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [1] Trackback

The deputy mayor of Delhi has died after being attacked by wild monkeys. SS Bajwa suffered head injuries after falling from a first floor terrace whilst trying to fight off the monkeys. The city has long been plagued by monkeys which invade government complexes and temples and often attack passers by. They have tried to combat the problem by employing monkey catchers to move them into the forest and training larger langur monkeys to scare off the much smaller Rhesus macaques. Culling is not an option because the monkeys are seen as a manifestation on the monkey god Hanuman by devout Hindus.

posted on Monday, October 29, 2007 4:15:08 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Sunday, October 28, 2007
I just opened a bottle of Riverina Estate Shiraz 2006. The wine is from New South Wales in Australia. This is a really smooth fruity wine although quite strong at 14.5%. It costs just over £6.00 and at this price it’s quite a good wine for the money. Three out of five stars.

posted on Sunday, October 28, 2007 6:55:36 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Saturday, October 27, 2007
I was reading this article that suggests around 40% of supermarket packaging cannot be recycled and ends up in landfill sights. This does not really come as any surprise to me. I recycle all of my bottles, cans, paper, cardboard and any food waste that can be composted. In addition any meat waste gets fed to four grateful cats. These measures have meant that the waste that actually goes in the bin for collection is greatly reduced. The problem is that the remaining waste consists mainly of plastic trays and shrink wrapping for which there are no recycling facilities in our area. This article suggests fining firms that use too much packaging which seems like a good idea to me. I would be happy to buy the same product in packaging that could either be recycled or composted but it’s up to the supermarkets to address the issue.

posted on Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:45:46 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Friday, October 26, 2007
An unfortunate squirrel with a love for nuts got into a spot of bother when he crawled into a bird feeder. Getting into the squirrel proof bird feeder was not a problem for the then thin and sleek squirrel. Getting out after consuming all the nuts proved a little more difficult. Luckily for the greedy squirrel the RSPCA were on hand to release him and the squirrel ran off unharmed but feeling a little sheepish.

posted on Friday, October 26, 2007 5:51:45 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
Its good news for British cod as fish stocks has shown a comeback for the first time. This could mean that the decline which was threatening to wipe out the fish could be reversing. Scientists have advised the Government that is now safe to catch small numbers of cod in the North Sea. The comeback is largely due to an increase in the numbers of young fish as well as an increase in survival rates.

posted on Friday, October 26, 2007 10:45:10 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Thursday, October 25, 2007
Barclays have penalised thousands of students with charges this week by accidentally removing their overdraft facilities. Usually at this time of year any graduates would be moved to a standard Barclays account but a processing error meant that around 20,000 people had the facilities removed by mistake. This could lead to costs of around £35 a day or £175 a week. Barclays have said that all the charges will be refunded but I doubt that any consolation for those graduates that have rent to pay.

posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:39:26 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
A New Zealand brewery is offering a reward to anyone who can help them find a stolen laptop. The laptop was stolen from their Croucher Brewing Company and contains financial information, contact details and designs. They are offering a lifetime supply of free beer to anyone who can name the thief. I bet they will have no shortage of leads on this case.

posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:15:17 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
Tesco is to start transporting some of its goods by canal in order to take some of its lorries off the road and cut carbon emissions. They will use the Manchester Ship Canal to move crates of wine from the Port of Liverpool. The service will include three journeys a week and move an estimated 600,000 litres of wine. Currently the wine arrives in the UK at various ports and is driven to the bottling depot at Manchester. Tesco is now looking at transporting other goods by water.

posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:00:17 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Debt experts have said that around one million people use high interest credit cards to cover their mortgage or rent payments. Six per cent of householders have put their mortgage or rent payments on their credit card in the past year according to the housing charity Shelter. Credit card companies often charge interest of around 15 and 18 per cent which is up to three times more then most mortgage rates. The problem seems to be worst among 18 to 24 year olds. It certainly seems like a very risky way of managing your finances.

posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:58:10 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
Port Allen City Council has become the second Cajun-country town to ban saggy pants. By saggy pants I mean the style of trousers that fall below the hips often exposing the wearer’s underwear. The o ordinance requires pants to be secured at the waist so that they do not fall below the hips. Violators could be fine $25 to $250 for a first offence and $250 to $500 for repeat offences. Council member Hugh Riviere said he didn't want to view other people's undergarments, saying it "is called underwear for a reason."

posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 5:30:20 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
Sainsbury’s are to give away one million energy saving lightbulbs on Saturday. The giveaway is timed to coincide with the clocks going back and so encourage people to save energy this winter. To get a bulb you have to take an energy saving pledge to help save energy by measures such as recycle bags and switching from baths to showers.

posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2007 3:44:52 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback
 Tuesday, October 23, 2007
I was reading this short article about Rudy Giuliani who is currently the Republican presidential candidate. During a recent press conference he was asked by a small boy how he would deal with an alien invasion and gave the rather confident answer. "Of all the things that can happen in this world, we'll be prepared for that, yes we will. We'll be prepared for anything that happens." I feel very relieved that if we are ever invaded by aliens, Giuliani will be there to save the planet.

posted on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 3:50:19 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)  #    Comments [0] Trackback