Things I Can Do While the Wife Is Away (pt 2)

Tracy is back in the US to help a friend out, and that gave me an opportunity to finally get out on the golf course. I certainly got my money's worth, playing lots of shots in 18 holes. And I generously left a number of balls out there for other players to find.

Low Tech City

The lowest uptake of broadband in a UK city is in... Glasgow (at 39%). And this correlates with the lowest use of social networking websites in the country too. Not sure if this is a socio-economic phenomenon or whether the average Glaswegian still goes down the pub to socially network.

Circular Immigration

Apparently I'm among a growing number of people called "Circular Immigrants" who move from country to country, may come back home but may also leave again. This nugget was included in a survey of immigration patterns in the UK which explores the truth behind the conviction, beloved of the low-brow press, that loads of immigrants pile into the UK and never leave. An interesting read for we serial immigrants.

And by the way, the shorts mentioned below did not ward of the midgees!