Robot Chicken Star Wars is hilarious! But they totally should do a real Star Wars on Ice...

Fake Rock

Here's the latest micro I found whilst geocaching, hidden in plain sight.

Just to give you an idea what the typical geocacher is up against!

Balfour Ferry Crossing

Crossing Kootenay Lake.

Defying the Credit Crunch

Demons vs Zombies

Yesterday morning my wife woke up and turned to me to tell me about the dream/nightmare she'd had.

D: "It was terrible, I dreamt I was fighting Demons all night."
Me: "No kidding, I was fighting Zombies!"
D: "Really? That's so strange. We're you using Jesus' Name to protect yourself?"
Me: "No, I was using a 12 gage shotgun."

True story.

pingfm

just added my accounts to ping.fm and testing blackping from my BlackBerry.

Watchmen: Reading the Novel before the Movie

I have finally caved in and bought the graphic novel behind the film that everyone is talking about.

However there is a logic to my impulse buy. Traditionally I've watched movies then read the novels, and always found myself comparing the novel to the movie, sometimes even finding myself disappointed.

Despite this novel being a 'classic' the special effects in the movie are going to blow apart the 80's pop art style of the original novel, so I want to get that out of the way, as well as having the benefit of watching the movie and comparing it with the original.

I'm not one of those people who generally complain when a movie or book skips or changes the original story, but there is a different feel to something when you have experienced something in one medium and are now watching/reading in another.

comparethemeercat.com Outtakes

The little Meercat that appears on TV for comparethemeercat.com now has a bloopers reel:

Catching Tapeworm

Photo Albums on Facebook

For those following, I am uploading and tagging all our old photos onto facebook. I'll still be posting wedding photos here, as we go forward in updating this blog. To view the albums if you are not a member of facebook you can join then add us as friends using our email.

Wes on Facebook
Donna on Facebook

Anti-Teenage Deterrent

Created by Train Horn

Actually I can hear a tiny high frequency electronic sound, like the sound when you turn an electronic device on sometimes - but nothing that would make me move on.

The Groom

Here I am on the beach on D-Day (marrying Donna day), don't be deceived by the clouds, it was sweltering hot and sunny but there were a few clouds to give us a bit of reprieve.

If I look calm, it's because I was actually half-doped on Benadryl to keep the mozzy-bites down.

The combination of heat and antihistamine meant I spent most of the day in a blissful daze, only just aware of what was going on around me, enough to be able to speak my vows on cue and smile for the photos.

Actually I think half the time the smile was a side-effect of the drugs.

This was Gina's camera btw, she took some good snaps.

Hedge Yourself

The GBP is becoming more and more worthless everyday and inflation is just around the corner - summer/autumn by my reckoning, the time to move you savings is now if you want to keep their value.

I have just opened an account at BullionVault to purchase gold. In fact currently they are even giving a free gram of gold, plus £1, $1 and €1 deposited into your BullionVault account for you to sell straight away. If you choose to sign up to BullionVault, please use the link I provide here as I get an extra comission (you can do the same on your own blog once your account is set up).

Another way of hedging, though I'm not so sure of it's potential now is through Zopa. At the time of this post, they are still offering 9.1% ROI, but will there be a rise in defaults as the year rolls out? Only time will tell but the ability to spread your lending by as little as £10 deadens the risk. Again the link I provide is an affiliation link which gives me a small bonus, so much appreciation if you use the link to sign up.

This is just what I'm doing to hedge our savings against potential inflation. The truth is it's almost, but not dead, certain and I'm not financial advisor. I recommend doing your own research on gold but I found this article from The Motley Fool very helpful, in fact TMF are a good source of financial wisdom on many fronts - I'd recommend searching their archives.

Err, that's it for now.

Just added Twitter feed to the sidebar...

But first, an apology.

This blog has been inactive for over a year. I am ashamed. I have been thinking about it and about the wedding photos.

I'll start to get them up soon. The truth is I've been put off the huge task of editing them and editing our videos - but if I can get one or two up it's better than nothing right?