Monthly Archives: September 2009

A very good newsletter and valuable website for anyone thinking of visiting or living in Paris is <a href=”http://www.bonjourparis.com/”http://www.bonjourparis.com/ . Karen Fawcett puts a lot of love and effort into these friendly and helpful pages

Titanium Dioxide – interesting stuff. Google tio2 and get a glimpse of what photovoltaic technology might be morphing into. I am spending a quiet Sunday thinking about this as I was shown some interesting technology last week which is making … Continue reading →

Another service I found on my Facebook wall is EnjoYourParis – like TripBod , this gives you a person to person experience on your travels.EnjoYourParis takes this a stage further and gives you (the possibility of) an instant social life … Continue reading →

The Internet is fascinating – it is like watching a million years of evolution condensed into a month with a time-lapse camera. I have been writing on the Internet, one way or another, for over ten years – before broadband, … Continue reading →

My regular dog walk is alongside the river Thonge through vineyards – the dogs chase rabbits and hares and I see kingfishers (well one) – but for the past couple of months part of the pleasure has been discovering the … Continue reading →

Wire has its own rules We say it has its own mind This is our excuse

It is over ten years since I started writing posts on my Internet sites (they were not called blogs then) and nearly a quarter of a century since I first encountered the very first glimmer of the Internet and understood … Continue reading →

A word getting lost in the mists of time – I was fascinated to learn the shape of the Trafficator arm is closely based upon the shape of the semaphore signal arm used by the Royal Bavarian Railway beginning in … Continue reading →

Or are you just glad to see me? We have named our home Villa Roquette because I could get the Internet names for http://www.villaroquette.com and similar ones like www.villarocket.com etc etc – I also like it in my salads and … Continue reading →

There has been some bad press about the quality of drinking water in France recently – my experience is that the water from the tap has been clear, cool and clean – but don’t just take my word for it … Continue reading →