I have aquired myself a brother-in-law. Last week my younger, and only, sister Hannah married Stuart Munn on the Greek island of Rhodes. I flew out to the island to be a guest at their wedding. It didn’t feel very holiday like was I was only there for four nights however it was a lovely ceremony and the island itself, while excessively hot at the moment, was nice.

Stuart managed to leave the rings in the hotel room safe and had to run up many flights of stairs in order to rescue them. In 30’c heat. Just before the ceremony was due to start. Oh how we laughed. He returned saying “Don’t anybody tell Hannah, she will kill me”.

On the day before I was due to fly back to the UK my parents and I visited Rhodes town, looking around the harbour and also the old town. The Knights of St John spent over two hundred years in Rhodes and built a large castle, called the Grand Master’s Palace, next to the harbour. This building, and in fact the entire walls of the old town, were very impressive and you could imagine soldiers having sword fights on the huge marble covered staircase.

I sit here hot and restless. The weather is threatening and I am sure I just saw some spots of rain on the glass of the window. I feel like my life has turned into a whirlwind of busy this week yet I can’t pinpoint why. I look back to when I last blogged and realise that it was only last Friday, yet even this seams like an age ago.

I have visited my parents, met up with Lauren who is a friend from high school and now works in the same hospital as my Dad, been bowling - a sport that I definitely need more practice at, done a five mile walk over Cannock Chase, ate in multiple restaurants, been to the gym twice, wrote two Facebook applications on their new Facebook platform, washed the car, visited the Festival of Nature in Bristol and many other things besides.

Successful bowling is very much a combination of skill and luck. Dad was surprisingly good at sending the ball down the alley to remove all the pins in its path. However he did manage to slip over while showing off and cut his hand. Stuart, my sisters fiancé, had a quietly accomplished bowling technique while my aunt managed to get the ball into the gutter 99% of the time. The other 1% was when she got a strike halfway through the second game.

On Thursday I visited Casa Mexicana on Zetland Road in Bristol. A subtly themed Mexican restaurant with bored waiting staff greeted James, Jacky, Ross and myself as we chose a table by the window. Our drinks order was taken three times by three different waiters although we couldn’t complain when it arrived - the sangria that Ross had ordered certainly had a kick to it. The food was spicy and good although I think they were a bit stingy with the rice that was served with my Chimichanga.

Facebook is a social network site that began with American college students and has now rolled out across the world. Last week they released Facebook Platform, a development API allowing programmers to connect to and produce widgets for Facebook. I have created two Facebook applications this week. The first allows users of PleaseGetMe.com to display their wish lists on their Facebook profile page. The second, LifeKarma, allows you to give good or bad karma to your Facebook friends - and lets them retaliate. Your karma score is shown on your profile and you can even access a graph of your karma rating over time. If you have Facebook then please give them a try.

I have signed up to Last.fm so if anyone else is on that then add me as your friend

Is anyone going to the QFC party in November? I was thinking of getting myself a ticket but only if others are going too.

What a busy weekend I have had. I got to meet up with lots of people and generally have some damn good fun. It is a good thing that this week at work is only four days long.

Thursday: Drinks with Rosie at the Flyer where we discussed two secret projects that we are going to be working on.

Friday: Hit the city centre with MattyT and went to Mr Wolf’s for some noodles and then on to Timbuk2 for a drum and bass night.

Saturday: Off to my parents in Stafford, nice relaxing day and a short walk on Cannock Chase.

Sunday:  Grandparents visited for lunch and then I went and met up with a friend from high school who I hadn’t seen for nine years!

Monday:  Drove back to Bristol, collected Rosie and Nick from the airport, entertained Nick in the Flyer before putting him up for the night.