Branson: isn’t that a pretty pickle?
In Britain, the name Branson conjures up Virgin records, etc… but it seems that this isn’t the only Branson in the holiday business… It seems that there’s a company called…
update
Are you updating your resume?
Job markets are tightening with increasing demand as workers are laid off in Europe, the UK, and the US. In periods of economic contraction, workers are always the first to…
Beringer’s White Zinfandel 2006: light, delicious and refreshing
This post starts a series of posts on this blog called “The Finer Things in Life” (or should it be subtitled “Life’s guilty little pleasures”?) Step up #1 in the…
Great Virus Software, and it’s free!
I recently have been trying two different anti-virus softwares. One of them is listed below. AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of…
A Lulu New Year: It arrived in time for 2007!
Well, the calendar that I ordered from Lulu arrived finally! Boy, did it arrive!? I picked it up on Thursday when I was feeling really bad after a lousy head/brain…
Blogger Boards: Practical and Personal and Past their due date
I joined the forums for “a certain blogging company” and have really enjoyed the sense of community that has developed in the writers, esp. those who frequent the boards on…
Don’t promote M$ piracy, but WGA really pissed me off…
M$, you can’t tell your real customers that they have fake copies, you’ll just send them over the top. So in the public interest, until M$ repents on its intolerable…
Portable Apps
I’m amazed what people are doing nowadays with the open source software. Yes, that’s right people are putting many of the most popular ones in a format that can be…
HSBC
Actually, I had an account at Citibank for ages… Never had a problem with their online or phonebanking services, not that my needs are difficult to meet… Didn’t think they…