Nothing happening

Nothing happening here at the moment. :-(

First for Fiat?

I was intrigued to find out today, by chance, more about Fiat’s eco:Drive technology.

If you have one of the new Fiats and ordered the car with the Blue&Me port built into the car, you can now do some interesting things with your car. Using their eco:Drive technology, it is now possible to download telemetry data from your car to your PC via a memory stick. You can then use their eco:Drive software (downloaded from Fiat.co.uk) to analyse your driving and your car’s performance. It will help train/tune your driving style to get the best out of your Fiat and your fuel, while at the same time help you reduce your co2 emissions.

Right out of the F1 racing world by the looks of it I think and a brilliant way to lead the way in new technology regards motoring and the environment.

Ye canny beat a bottle o Ginger!

Interesting recession related post about branding etc. :-
http://thinkhard.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/think-hard-in-the-news-two-days-running/
Think Hard is a business and marketing consultancy established in 2006 by Mark Gorman, and that’s his blog.

I found it through the blog of Colin Gilchrist from Edinburgh, at http://www.colingilchrist.com/ ,
who I found through http://www.cardboardspaceship.com/ by a Hamish Newlands, who’s blog I’ve been watching for some time and a very good ongoing comentary on the credit crunch, recession and matters in the financial world etc.

Roastin chestnuts!

We finally took delivery of our wee wood burning stove last week. Had to take it apart to get it home because it was too heavy to lift and wouldn’t have anyone strong enough to help at the other end even if we got someone to help us with it into the car. Anyway, managed to take out most of its insides and get it to the car and home. Now waiting for our local sweep, who also specialises in fitting stoves and fireplaces to "fit" us in and get it installed… then we’re on the road to warmer evenings and less burning oil for heating… brilliant!
Apparently the Mrs has found a thing that allows us to roast chestnuts on top of the stove to that will be fun to try…………….

Happy New Year, I suppose!

Not long after the last post to this blog we moved to a wee place about 5 miles North West of Montrose. A great small country cottage, with big garden and great outlook. We hadn’t even settled in when my mum we taken into hospital with complications while going through various therapies to fight breast cancer. We lost her the next week, so all in all it’s turned out to have been a bit of a roller coaster between moving in and now I’m sad to say. I’m not even sure if we’ve truly got back to normal yet.

Looking back, last year was a bit of an unpredictable year really, so we’re hoping this year will be better. Trouble is, with all the problems in the world at the moment, I’m not really sure where things will go yet. I’m beginning to think this year will be as much a blank canvas again, possibly even a "start again…" type thing really.

Not even sure if I’ve come to terms with the loss of mum yet. The office holiday sheets are out but I can’t really be arsed looking at where we want to go for holiday, not in the mood really. I’m finding I just want to stay at home and look at/do the garden, but having never had one of my own to think about I’m not where to start with that either. Don’t think I need a holiday t the moment, I need a change of life, not the best thing to think about in the current economic climate however…

Wonder if I should keep Bees? They need all the help they can get these days.

We’re Movin to the Country!

Yup we’re a movin’ - or at least trying to, if we can get the firkin paperwork sorted. Going to a very nicely refurbished cottage south of here with a big garden and long commute, but hey, its newly finished, it’s a great size and its just what we need.

Chickens are a possibility too :-)

Strange things you sometimes see while travelling in the country!

Episode 1, Date 02/04/2008

1. Chickens, by the side of the road, a mile north of Forfar on the A90 southbound.
2. Red Sheep, on the pyramids, M8 near Eurocentral turnoff.

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