Viva passed. All good. No time to celebrate though, as I’m off to Manchester tomorrow on business. Oh well. Celebration deferred until Stuart finally finishes his :-)

Writing About:BBC NEWS | England | Coventry/Warwickshire | Unions target Peugeot salesrooms

Union activists are protesting at Peugeot salesrooms across the UK as part of a campaign to stop the firm closing its factory near Coventry.
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Unions have begun a £1m advertising campaign and on Saturday, staff plan to picket car dealerships.

One might have thought that that £1m would better be spent supporting the workers, helping re-train, providing support and advice, rather than trying to persuade a company to do something senseless.

Writing About:New cell phone to prevent drunk dialing | News.blog | CNET News.com

The phone can also be programmed to block selected numbers in the address book – bosses, moms, exes, pizzerias – if the breath analyzer records a blood-alcohol concentration over 0.08.

I first proposed this in approximately 1997. I wonder how long it’ll be before someone takes the next step, and makes a drunken-email detector too?

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So apparantly I’m following in the family business, did the photography for a friend’s wedding a couple of weeks back. All very good fun. (Except, of course, from driving from Guildford to Broadstairs, via Euston (to pick up some rental gear).

All went well. Image processing finished, and DVD waiting to be posted to the bride for their return from honeymoon.

Most amusingly, it was the first wedding I’d even been to, let alone shot.

Two wrongs don’t make a right

Now, if my mum knew this 20 years ago, perhaps someone should share with the middle east?

Yes, I’m still alive. New job = excellent. New flat = excellent. Progress with SyntheticPages = excellent. Being 27 = still shocking.

All in all, things are going well.