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By George, I think he's got it!
After an early night we managed to get up onto the slopes fairly early, for us. Once more ( Read more... ) -
A game of two halves
Today started out with the both of us in full cry, the full cry of 'argh' that is. The world ( Read more... ) -
Aches and pains
A late start today, mostly due to muscles complaining loudly about yesterday's exercise ( Read more... ) -
And so it begins
Today started with a search for bits of paper. Firstly to get the keys from reception, and ( Read more... ) -
A tale of two cities... or Bienvenue a Brides Les Baine
Dublin was it's usual semi-disorganised self, I arrived early enough to eat before check-in ( Read more... ) -
Torn
Amnesty International's regular Secret Policemans Ball always manages to come up with something brilliant each year, one stand-out moment being the version of the Parrot Sketch where John Cleese was left a liitle gobsmacked when his opening line stating the demised nature of said parrot was met with "oh yes, you're right, d'you want a refund ( Read more... ) -
Planes and Presidents
It almost seems oddly appropriate that the plane which crashed in the Hudson River had all the passengers and crew get out alive ( Read more... ) -
Kiva - loans that change lives
With all the bad news from around the world it's always nice to find something the cheer about. One such thing is Kiva, an organisation I was introduced to last year. Through them individuals and groups can make loans to people around the world to help them grow their business. To each person lending the amounts are small (normally 25 US dollars), ( Read more... ) -
Twits and Twittering
I now have a Twitter, Twitterfeed and Widsets account, and have added Twitterfox to my browser...
Twitter allows me to read Stephen Fry's twitter feed, which is as wonderfully odd as the man himself, as well as keeping up with other friends.
Twitterfeed takes the RSS feed from this LJ and points it at my Twitter account
Twitterfox allows me to ( Read more... ) -
All I want for Xmas is a Keeeboard
Reminding me slightly of the Sinclair Spectrum 128 I had, Asus have come out with the logical resolution to the recent trend of small form-factor computers using laptop components, the EEE Keyboard, or as one commenter called it, the keeeboard ( Read more... )