Today, for the first time in my life

Today, for the first time in my life, I had my daughter open the front door to let me into the house.

GoDaddy 20% off up to two domain names .COM .ORG or .BIZ

Well, Go Daddy is offering another unique offer at the moment. 20% off the price of up to two domain names of the .COM .ORG or .BIZ variety, using source code gdr0506k when you check out. This offer expires on May 10th 2009, but if you miss the deadline, or you want to see whether you can get a better discount, then why not try these source codes:

10% off any order* : SLAM1

20% off £35 or more* : SLAM2

30% off a .com domain: SLAM30

Of course if it is .COM domain names you are after, then the SLAM30 offer of 30% off is better than the 20% off you'd get with GDR0506K.

Find out more on the offer, or other offers I've got for you, at: http://slamidolpodcast.com/offers/ or http://slamidol.com/offers/

* Some restrictions may apply. See GoDaddy site for details.

Blame the shepherd, not the wolf

I can't believe the BBC are scapegoating the bankers. Looks like the UK Government is trying to pull the wool over everyone's eyes by making it seem like the fault of the greedy bankers and their excessive profiteering and bonus-awards, taking advantage of the public outrage at the bankers being awarded such large bonuses using tax-payer bail-out money.

Okay, so the bankers are not going to be popular folk heroes, but the Government shouldn't be allowed to make it look like it's not actually the Government's fault. It is the Government's fault.

Face it, bankers are employed by corporations to make as much profit as possible in the next reporting period (a year, a quarter, whatever). They are not incentivised to look after the long term interests of the bank that employs them, or the nation as a whole. So of course they behaved in the way that they did. Unless they did something illegal then there is nothing for them to apologise for!

It's like blaming the wolf for eating the sheep that have been left out there in the field. It's in their nature; you can't blame them for that. The finger of blame should be pointed, in this analogy, to the shepherd, whose responsibility it was to look after the sheep.

And so it is the financial regulators (i.e. the Treasury, as the FSA doesn't actually have the teeth) that we must blame for the financial problems the UK is currently undergoing. And the financial regulators are appointed by the Government.

We cannot even blame the bank bosses for going to the Treasury asking for a bail-out. They presented a simple choice to the Treasury, telling them that their companies would collapse if they didn't get an injection of money, and would the Treasury like to take the opportunity to do so in the interests of the UK economy? Seems fair enough. And again the Treasury, and ultimately the Government, failed the UK population by just handing over a huge wad of cash without placing on it certain conditions, or even going as far as nationalising them.

So, we shouldn't accept the bankers as scapegoats, thereby absolving any culpability of the Government or the BBC's beloved over-borrowed consumer who was stupid enough to buy or remortgage an overpriced house, or take out any other forms of credit that they simply cannot afford to pay back.

Don't be fooled.

New Bargains Website for Parents

I'd like to tell you about a new website for Parents. It simply has bargains for Mums and Dads in the UK. So, it's pretty much UK bargains for parents.

One of the great things about this site (as opposed to most others) is that it takes a very straight-forward approach:

What you see is what you get

You don't have to give out your address to anyone

You don't have to sign up for a newsletter

And you don't have to sign up for so-called freebies where you then have to remember to cancel a subscription at a later date, and worry whether the company will get your cancellation in time

Check it out at www.PennyPinchingMum.co.uk

GoDaddy Discount Codes for 2009

Looking for GoDaddy promo codes or GoDaddy Coupon codes for 2009? So many of the GoDaddy discount codes out there have expiry dates, which can be very frustrating indeed. Well, these ones have no expiry date!

Non-expiring GoDaddy codes

An old favourite is SLAM1 which gives you 10% off pretty much anything on GoDaddy.

Then there's SLAM30 which gets you 30% off your DOT COM, equivalent to $6.95 per year.

If you spend a bit more you can use SLAM2 to get 20% off GoDaddy order £35 or more.

Expiring GoDaddy codes

Save yourself a massive 25% off ALL your domain name and web hosting purchases at GoDaddy.co.uk when you spend £50 or more using the promo code SLAM25. Sadly, this one expires on January 15th, 2009.

Emilia doing some more walking

Emilia doing some more walking on 27-Sep-2008

Emilia walking unaided on 27/9/2008

Later that same day, we captured this footage of Emilia walking unaided, and managing more than just 2 steps!

Emilia walking on 27/9/2008

Well, she only really has the confidence to walk for more than one step if she is holding onto someone with at least one hand.