Ramblings and Observations

Easy Social Networking

I'm reasonably tech/web capable, but it does occur to me that it's just too complicated to make social networking easy. I have blogs, facebook, Twitter, Linked In, ecademy, .... Some friends and colleagues use some or all. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a cloud based "aggregator" to help them all come together. Maybe there is one & I haven't found it, but if I haven't there are many more! One to log into my ideas list for now.

Credit Crunch Humour

Passed to me by an IFA friend:

If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago it would now be worth £4.95.

With HBOS, earlier this week your £1000 would have been worth £16.50.

£1000 invested in XL Leisure would now be worth less than £5.

If you bought £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank it all, then took the empty cans to an aluminium re-cycling plant, you would get £214.

So based on the above statistics the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and re-cycle.

Fabulous Blog

I've found a lovely blog from an artist whose work I have admired for years, Michael Bedard. Check out the ducks, they really are something else! http://www.michaelbedard.typepad.com

AJ 1000m Swimmer

We are a very proud family. AJ has been awarded his 1000m swimming badge. Well done AJ. It's great having a fish in the family!

Saturday Mornings

The shopping is delivered and in the fridge. The kids are splashing around in their swimming lessons and the coffee is on tap. The sun is shining, the boss is better and has her new car to play with. Could it get better?

Success with speeding

John is really excited. After 2 years, we finally have a speed activated sign on the approach to the school. How fantastic it is to see the brake lights as individuals are reminded of the speed limit.

Resource Management

John's company are in the process of launching a new online resource management tool.  Take a look at www.projexcutilise.com.  If you would be interested in joining the pilot community, you would benefit from a free pilot period, and meaty discounts after commercial launch.  All we ask in return is honest feedback and ideas for enhancements or improvements.

The service has been developed in response to requests from clients, and it has many uses in making the most of valuable resources (people or things) online.  Back of envelope projections from some of our contacts suggest a return of fifty times the investment!

If you're interested, give John a call.

The Boss is on the mend

SWMBO (she who must be obeyed) has had her foot op. All appears to have gone well. She is home and being very brave. Two weeks unable to drive was a bit of a shock, especially with her shiny new car on the way. Many thanks for the good wishes conveyed. Hopefully histology reports, Xrays, links to special shoe suppliers and the like will make themselves to this blog for your entertainment in due course!

Congratulations to Karl & Jayne

They married last week after all of the excitement of the merger announcement at New Year and the super fast arrangements that followed.  Many thanks to you both for an amazing time.  Jayne has now rebranded.  We've got lots of lovely photo's, but this one caught my eye.  What is Jayne telling Karl during this intimate moment of their first dance?

What a Great Hospital

The NHS get a lot of knockers, but I would again suggest that is unfair.  What a great service they provided when Eric was ill last week.  The staff were all friendly and attentive and quickly sorted him out at a very worrying time.

One thing that intrigued me though was that the Welsh Assembly made a big announcement last month that all Welsh Hospitals would have free parking.  Not so in Wrexham.  Is that because they are close to the English border?  Don't bother commenting.  I'm being mischievious!