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During the latter part of 2008, not a day went by without someone pinging me for some of the I’m A PC stickers I have adorning my laptop!

Well 2009 has bought new riches to my desk in Cardinal Place in the form of blue and yellow stickers AND…………………………….two T-shirts!

“I’m A PC” Ts are like gold dust and you can see why from how fabulous I look in one! 😉

So I’ve decided to give them away in a competition which is tied to New Years Resolutions and Ambition!

The question is very simple:

“What will you be in 2009 and why?”

Imagine what you want to achieve over the next twelve months, and think what you’d want on an “I’m A ???” T-shirt at the end of the year.

I’ll start by saying I want to have a T-shirt saying “I’m A Super-Happily Married Man!”

Why?

Because I’ve started the ball rolling towards the most important day in my life and, although I know the next 8 months will be a logistical and financial challenge, I’ll try my hardest to get through it with as little stress as possible and with a huge smile on my face once I’ve said I DO!

Now that’s a pretty personal one but it can be career or work-related!

Over to you……comment below! I’ll pick the winner next week!

Update: 1pm GMT – It appears there is another group on FB – Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!(Official petition to Facebook) – TechCrunch picked it up in 2007 so why-oh-why it’s hit the headlines again I don’t know!

Original post below:

BBC Radio Five Live’s Victoria Derbyshire has given quite a bit of airtime this morning to a new Facebook Group – Breast feeding is not a crime (Facebook bans breast feeding pictures)

Shoehorned in between coverage of the New Years Honours List and the bombings in Bilbao, the coverage has been greeted with mixed emotion by people berating Facebook for seemingly condemning what many see as a natural act, and those who can’t see what all the fuss is about.

Facebook has quite rightly banned photos of mothers breastfeeding where some or part of the nipple has been exposed because it violates their terms and conditions of service.

Those Ts & Cs are there for a reason and no one calling into Victoria’s show raised the issue of advertising!

It’s not that Facebook thinks that breast feeding is disgusting and somehow not worthy of parading on its pages, but it’s partly because advertisers don’t necessarily want their messages displayed next to images of nudity – what every form it might take.

Check out the group for some….erm……titillation….there are some weird and whacky comments, including one television company taking the opportunity to canvass for participants for a totally unrelated documentary.

One commenter from Australia says: “ITS YOUR FACE BOOK, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT THE PHOTOS ON. THATS AS FAR AS IT GOES!!!!”

Actually it’s not just anyone’s Facebook and they have firm and decent reasons for policing images and making sure they keep within their guidelines.

Happy New Year! 🙂

P.S. At the time of writing the group had 1,156 members.

We are seriously SNOWED IN! 🙁

Seriously surrounded front and back…..and it just keeps coming!

Might be having mac ‘n’ cheese tomorrow if we can’t get to the supermarket! 🙂

This is Ashley’s icicle-covered house in Seattle and the city is bracing itself for yet more snow!

As we batten down the hatches, I just wanted to say on behalf of myself and my fiancée:

Happy Chrimbo and we’ll see you in 2009!!!

🙂

Looks like it’ll be a White Christmas in Seattle!

These pics are courtesy of jetlag and my new Nikon D60 🙂

The weather is set to get even worse here at the weekend!

Guess I’ll be working from home today! 😉

A survey by Intel has indicated women in the US would rather abstain from sex for two weeks than lose their access to the web!

In the “Internet Reliance in Today’s Economy” survey conducted by Harris Interactive:

· 65% of adults say they can’t exist without the net

· 71% say internet enabled devices like mobile phones, laptops and netbooks are important for immediate access to information

· 46% of woman but only 30% of men would give up sex for two weeks to keep their access

· Cable TV, dining out and gym membership all rank below the internet as “must haves” in this day and age

Like mobile phones, I can’t quite remember how we all managed without the internet, and I still can’t understand how people today can’t get into it or use it to the max.

But abstaining from sex!?!

Not sure Tim Berners-Lee knew he’d invented a form of birth control! 🙂

My local Woolies closed down weeks ago so on a visit to my brother in Seaford at the weekend, we popped in to say goodbye to a British institution.

The first music I ever bought was an Elvis greatest hits album from their branch in Haywards Heath in Sussex. It was a tape! They didn’t have CDs in 1983! 🙂

I remember like it was yesterday, so imagine the coincidence when languishing on a sale shelf I spy a double album of Elvis Live In Concert for £4!

With CD in hand, my last ever pick ‘n’ mix and some presents for my US colleagues that I’ll see on Friday in Seattle, I got to the check out.

Firstly those horrid folks at American Express had shut down their service with Woolworths so I was 27 airmiles down before I’d even paid the bill. 🙁

Secondly – they didn’t have the CD – it was just an empty box but at least I got to see a spotty teenager rummaging around in the CD drawer for one last time! 🙂

As Dave says, it’s hard to believe the show’s all over after 99 years.

I hope they look after the staff or they at least find alternative work soon.

As for any left over cola bottles and white chocolate mice? Well I’m sure Victoria and Ripon could take a few off their hands for a discount! 🙂

We’re so pleased to announce that on Sunday 7th of December I asked the love of my life, Ashley, to marry me at the top of Haytor in Devon’s beautiful Dartmoor!

Haytor

The Super-Happy Couple

Thankfully she said YES and I am a very, very happy guy!!!! 🙂

I was guest of Accenture at the weekend to witness England’s drubbing by the All Blacks at Twickenham!

Being up in the hospitality area gives you a great perspective on the game and also a great view of what goes on after most of the crowd have gone home.

Soon after the final whistle this chap came out with a high-powered hose and started blasting off the Investec logo that had been painted on the pitch at various angles to show up prominently on TV.

After about 45 minutes he took off, probably for a well earned fag……

……and then returned to finish off the job. I may sound like an advertising nerd but I’m fascinated not just by the what, but also with the how.

This experience cleared up a lot of questions for me! 🙂

I’d be interested to know when they’ll have electronic advertising all around Twickenham. Had an idea to flight ads depending on the crowds mood!

Kleenex would have had seen a spike in sales on Saturday if they’d had a presence believe me!

There’s a very cool ad running on MSN.co.uk today for Paramount’s Madagascar 2 Movie

Called a “SideKick” – the user clicks on the ad to see more and the whole page shifts left to reveal a choice of 3 preview clips and a game.

You can also win a WII so check it out at www.MSN.co.uk