Thoughts from, and the lives of a Canadian and a Brit living in Southern England.

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London mothers should move to Outer Hebrides to find happiness

See on Scoop.it – News and Current Affairs British mothers living in the UK’s most remote spots should be among the happiest people in the country, a think-tank revealed as the Government prepared to release its first report on public quality of life. See on www.standard.co.ukContinue Reading

Standing Up for England's Counties

There is a bit of a double act going on between Grant Shapps (@grantshapps) and Eric Pickles (@ericpickles) on Twitter at times with one promoting the other. One such bit of promotion came last week when Grant Shapps tweeted the following: Eric Pickles standing up for England’s counties and 1,000 years of English history - http://bit.ly/aD1Z0Z TheContinue Reading

Embarrassing the Sales Assistant

Had an interesting time in a certain large store in Reading earlier today. I was in getting a cable for my iPod, and was in the queue behind a couple who were trying to return their recently purchased laptop because it had Vista on it and not XP. The sales assistant was very much tryingContinue Reading

Developer Day Number Six

Today was the sixth of the Developer Developer Developer events at the Microsoft Campus in Reading, and as with the previous events, I spent the day enjoying the sessions. As in previous events what I actually attended didn’t quite match up with what I thought I would attend, but the beauty of these days isContinue Reading

Better Late than Never

Today, the CrossRail project was finally given the go-ahead. To give you some idea of how long the project has been trying to get the go ahead, it was originally announced when I was still at school and Margret Thatcher was Prime Minister but ever since then nobody has stumped up the cash to actuallyContinue Reading