The new and improved House Price Spy website is now live, I started this venture a couple of years ago however it was end of last year that I decided to team up with some of my friends in the Affiliate Industry to really give the site a huge boost.

Tapping in to the expertise of different experts in different online fields should really help the site to achieve its target of being the number 1 site for house prices in the UK.

Please check out the site and send me any feedback you may have, and don’t forget to spread the word and tell your friends, family and co-workers that they can use the site to view houses prices free of charge in England, Scotland and Wales.

The Scottish schools started back from the summer holiday today and my 4 year old boy Adam has moved on from nursery school and started primary school. Loads of parents where in the playground, as the school arranged for the primary 1’s only to be in the playground from 9 to 9:15, so could take photos and so on. None of the kids seem phased by going to school at all, they all looked happy enough, was expecting one of two to be crying but nope, the all seem keen to get in. So that’s it started, next 12 years or more having to make sure they get up on time and in school for the bell.

I found out today that Rick Hubbard a person I worked with many years ago at Adgrafix (later became Hosting.com) has passed away. Rick was a really nice guy that everyone got on with so it’s sad news indeed. When I worked on support I was based in Scotland and he was based in Hawaii so we often done the hours that east coast USA folk didn’t do. I guess it’s good to remember someone with a funny story or memorable event, for me it was when we both where over at the company HQ in Sudbury as little way outside Boston for 2 weeks. Now what I didn’t know was Rick was allergic to all kinds of perfumes, so unknown to me when I was getting ready to head in to the office one day I was busy spraying myself with CK One and Lynx so I smelt nice LOL .. I go in, and was working with Rick on some server thing that needed done, and he approached the “issue” of the perfumes and his allergy, I was like oh sorry if I had known I wouldn’t have bothered and he was like no problem but cause he suffered from them pretty bad he asked would it be ok if I took this green soap stuff and used it to remove the perfumes… Was a pretty funny request that I never been asked before… maybe not the funniest of stories but certainly memorable.

My thoughts are with Sandy his wife, she will probably never see this, however felt it was worth taking a few moments to remember a friend and work colleague, I might be half way around the world but it’s amazing how the Internet has brought people together and can also get news out quickly.

I have not played World of Warcraft in a while so today when I opened my email to see I have been selected for the Wrath of the Lich King Beta to check out all the new content I was much amused, millions of player’s world wide would kill for this opportunity. Indeed only a few months back I would been super excited by this news, however as I have a Worldwide Invitational code card from the event in Paris I can activate any of my accounts any time I want, now I could multi-box the beta and I am thinking I might just do this as I would be one of the very few that could, 3 Death Knights anyone!

I have to say the new expansion from what I have seen of it looks ace so it’s with much amusement that after closing 3 of my accounts at the weekend, taking me from 6 to 3 that Blizzard send me the beta invitation email, maybe it was by chance this happened but you have to wonder, did someone read the reasons why I was closing the other accounts and got me approved for this beta, who knows.

Anyway if/when I do install it I will see about posting up some screen shots and a few videos for anyone that’s interested.