rambler on June 23rd, 2009

Been sunny weather recently…

Weather is being a bit annoying. Several days of nothing but rain, then several days of too much sun. What happened to balance?

rambler on June 20th, 2009

Trying a new blog poster…. wonder it will work?

The Moose on January 28th, 2009

Am in need of music for exercise… so thinking to try some from amazon…

e.g. Say It Right

The Moose on January 28th, 2009

Have been thinking about reading this book for some time. I can’t remember where, but some people have been somewhat critical of it. There is another book that was suggested to be better, but a certain member of my family has not given it me back!

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

The Moose on January 28th, 2009

Need to find a book about renting property. I usually don’t like the idea of reading the Dummies books but maybe they are not so bad as all that?

Renting Out Your Property for Dummies (UK Edition) – 2nd Edition

The Moose on January 27th, 2009

Another Anime DVD am interested in:

Origin Spirits Of The Past – The Movie

The Moose on January 26th, 2009

Thinking about a new camera…

Used to have a Nikon which I liked. But recent review have been somewhat negative of the quality of Nikon’s small cameras. In theory I would like a full size digital SLR camera. But… in reality I would only use a small camera that I can fit in my pocket. My last camera was a panasonic lumix. Quite good. Didn’t swim well.

Thinking to get another panasonic. The shortlist is:

Panasonic DMCFX37 Digital Camera – Silver (10MP, 5x Optical Zoom) 2.5

And a suitable SDHC card to go with that…

SanDisk Extreme III SDHC 4GB Card

In the end I went with the TZ5.

A camera bag for the TZ5:

Lowepro Rezo 30 Digital Camera Pouch – Black

The Moose on January 18th, 2009

Have been thinking about printers recently.  One is needed for Linux.  HP make a good range.  Have used Epson in the past but they seem expensive in terms of ink.

The C5280 seems a pretty reasonable printer.  There are more expensive printers, with automatic document feeders and duplex printing but rather a hike in price.  Other useful things in other printers are wireless, network, bluetooth etc.  But, they are much more expensive.

HP Photosmart C5280 All-In-One Printer – 32 ppm, USB, 4800dpi, LCD Display

Unfortunately it needs a cable…

USB 2.0 A – B HP Canon Epson Lexmark Printer Cable Lead

The Moose on January 16th, 2009

For financial investment:

A series of “little books”. Some of these have been reviewed by the simpledollar website

The Little Book of Commonsense Investing: The Only Way to Guarantee Your Fair Share of Stock Market Returns (Little Books. Big Profits)

The Little Book of Value Investing (Little Books. Big Profits)

The Little Book That Beats the Market (Little Books. Big Profits)

Another well known classic, the random walk book… also reviewed by the simple dollar (what book isn’t)…

A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-tested Strategy for Successful Investing

Personal Productivity:

The classic Covey book:

7 Habits of Highly Effective People

The Moose on January 14th, 2009

Trilogy of films (available from Amazon)

Film 1: (I already got this one)
Pirates Of The Caribbean – The Curse Of The Black Pearl – 1 disc [2003]

Film 2:
Pirates Of The Caribbean – Dead Man’s Chest [2006]

Film 3:
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End [2007]

Apparently film 3 is rubbish but I haven’t seen it yet!