Deliver Us From Swedish Furniture

I have to admit I am not a big fan of most large charities. They have their role in large scale catastrophies, but in general they have problems with wasteage and the way many operate is less ‘teach a man to fish’ and far more ‘give a man a fish’ so a reliance culture ensues. OK, this is a bit harsh and probably far less true than it used to be, but recently I have found the idea of micro-finance more interesting.

The idea behind this is that you lend, through an intermediary, to a person or small company in the developing world for a specific need they have that will allow them to better their situation. ⇥ Continue reading

OK, this is time for a very blatant plug! My cousin, Becky Wing, is on the British Gymnastic team who are competing in the World Championships this year and have exceeded pretty much everyone’s expectations. ⇥ Continue reading

So, when you see Bill Gates announcing the latest service pack for Vista, does a little shiver run up and down your spine? How about when Steve Jobs gets all technical about the iPhone? Well don’t worry, there is the place just for you its called Sweet on Geeks. ⇥ Continue reading

The Premiership kick-off is still a month and a half away I’ve almost been tempted to watch the cricket, but with the Windies playing so badly it’s not exactly been edge of the seat stuff, so it’s left me with nowt much to waste time with. To help out, one of my friends is beavering away setting up this new Fan Banta site. It’s currently just a teaser site, but there is the usual array of prize give-aways and a fiendishly difficult ‘Spot the Import’ quiz. First time through I only got 10, but after some thinking, pondering and, OK cheating, I got a few more but still not even close to half marks…

Now I don’t know about you, but I like snacky things, especially chocolate related ones, so imagine my (turkish) delight to find the definitive guide to the cutting edge of snack based pleasure that is SnackSpot.

The fact it is run by a guy I was at school with has got nothing to do with it of course….

Wanted to plug this site, I mean anyone that comes up with a selection of shirts including Benito Pussolini and Puppy Dog Duvalier can’t be all bad can it? Well maybe in a ‘bad dog’ sort of way, but one where they can wag their tails and look at you with those big soppy eyes and you’ll forgive them a little bit of mass genocide.