Author: SW

I can’t pay my gas or electricty!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7609036.stmWhile I was at University and working in a part-time job, I once joked with my fretful bank manager that my [...]

Credit Crunch II

I've now seen Maynard's Winegums in Tesco for 38p! That's an extra 2p since May 2008. I'll have to start cutting [...]

Credit Crunch

I'm starting to feel the first effects of the credit crunch. It's with deep regret that I report that this morning I saw a pack of Winegums on sale at Tesco [...]

La majorité des français sont pessimiste…

It struck me as odd today that the usually finicky EU Observer entitled an article:Majority of French pessimistic about their country's EU presidency [...]

Do I need a TV licence to watch programmes on BBC iPlayer?

You do not need a television licence to watch programmes on the current version of BBC iPlayer.You will need to be covered by a TV licence if and when the BBC [...]

Second Attempt

So this was my second attempt at using Google Sketchup, created tonight. Do let me know what you think. Those of you who know this house [...]

Wall Street

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Parthenon, Athens

Well now, in my search for 'different' ways to pass the time on a Saturday morning... I came across yet another superb free application from Google. It's [...]

TV5 Monde – Good site

So this is what I was getting up to last night. Found a great tool on the TV5Monde website which has (reasonably) current affairs news broadcast extracts in [...]

What did you do?

[Person 1] asks: "So... What did you do in the early hours (before dawn broke) of Sunday 30th March?"[Person 2] says "Uhh.. Sleep!?" ... "Why? What did you [...]