Month: July 2008

The market in NL is flat, but not in decline yet. Rather like the south-east of England, ultimately simple rules of supply and demand will stop house prices falling far.

How to write a CV that works when applying for work in another country.

A new search engine. I just entered the following search terms: “graybo”; “grayblog”; “plants for europe”; “nemesia amelie” – all turned up “no search results found”. Nil points to Cuil.

See, it’s not all doom and gloom.

Quick! Rush out NOW and buy property!

Handy calculator for foreign exchange rates between most major currencies for any day going back to 1990.

This year, for the first time in, oh, eons, we’re actually going to get our tubby butts down to Arundel for the Trail. Yay!

Polythene covered tunnel structures for the trade. Might need one of these.

Apparently, these chaps have £27m to spend. Need to investigate.

We need more blues in our music collection and this seems a good place to start.

Fantastic, particularly the music.

1.9 K. Pretty cold. And remember – the world will not end when they switch this thing on.

When I’m rich (and hopefully not famous), I might upgrade my office to one of these buildings. I particularly like the shelters with the oak branches forming the supports – I can visualize an office with a veranda built this way.

Article on public toilets in the Netherlands. Non-Dutch people tend to expect a correlation between paying a fee and cleanliness, but no such correlation exists in my experience.

Red Post Office rubber bands look like fat juicy worms. So pick them up!

Shout it loud – these bank accounts are not free. My father has had a bee in his bonnet for years about the disparity between the interest he earns on his credit balance compared to the earnings the bank makes on his money.