Archive for December, 2006

2006 - Executive Summary

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

This has been a pretty eventful year for my family and me. It has also been the first full year in which I have blogged more or less regularly, writing a total of 56 posts. This makes it a lot easier to look back and remember the highlights of the past 12 months.

In January I […]

A sad day

Sunday, December 31st, 2006

Anybody who is firmly opposed to the death penalty, like myself, will feel that the execution of Saddam yesterday was wrong. It was not, as the Australian Prime Minister suggested, a sign of a mature and confident iraqi state, but, like any execution, an act of self-righteous barbarism. Yes, Saddam was probably a monster, but […]

Goodbye Orange, hello 3!

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

As planned I went out yesterday to get myself a brand new shiny X Series N73 from the 3 Store. I only have a month or so left on my existing Orange contract, but am so incredibly irritated by their terrible customer service and outrageous data charges that I had to make the jump straight […]

Planning Application Successful

Saturday, December 2nd, 2006

We have finally got the planning approval for our proposed extension and modernisation. The letter from the planning office only places some very light restrictions on our development. Now it is just a question of getting the builder to get started. A minor challenge :)