Fancy trading in a paperclip for a house? This is the story of how one many did it in just a year. For real. Inspiring and amusing.
I like this guy. Or at least, I like all of the books that he has written that I had read so far. The first was his: Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure by Dave Gorman Read more about this book… More recently, I have read: America Unchained by Dave Gorman Read more about this book… …
30 June 2008 – 20:23
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I have reverted the look and feel of the site to an older style as I did not like the simplified format I have been running with for a while.
30 June 2008 – 19:54
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I have no idea where they came from but we have loads. What am I to do? Naturally, I turned to the web. Loads of hits – nice to know I am not alone. Summary is that they are pretty harmless, help keep algae down and are rarely a vector for disease. However, they do …
This was at the rather successful grant-maintained Adams’ Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire to be exact. To quote them: "A Voluntary Aided, selective state grammar school for day pupils and boarders located in the market town of Newport, Shropshire. We welcome boys aged 11-18 as day boys or boarders and girls aged16-18 as day girls …
I got somewhat annoyed with Blockbuster the other day. I have recently acquired a Playstation 3 (free with hotel points earned from suffering living away from home for work so much) and was keen to get some Blue-ray disks (the winning high-definition format from the latest format war). When I came to pay, I had …
I headed for home early today. Normally I stick around till evening on a Friday to make sure everything gets done that can be done so I can have a relaxing weekend but I have felt a cold taking a grip over the last couple of days. Whilst I have had a cough on and …
I fear my back is about to give in again – I had considerable pain last night and did not sleep at all well. I think maybe the weekend in London with a not-so-good shared double-bed and generall hauling of a trolley-bag around might have done me some harm. It is now just over a …
I received shocking news over the weekend – news that had been kept from me because of worries about how I would react whilst away from home or focused on other matters. Two weeks ago, on a trip to the local shopping centre (Telford), my eldest daughter, 16, split off from friends briefly so she …
23 June 2008 – 08:46
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All together in the Kings Cross Hilton – sometimes I miss the Marriott points more than others and this was one such moment (but the sister hotel of Crown Plaza London Heathrow is, I think, pretty good and better than many of the other hotels in the area so Holiday Inn points it is) – …
