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G20 Summit Phenomenon

March 31, 2009

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Well, ahead of the goings on over at the Excel Centre where world leaders will be gathering on 2 April for the G20 summit, it seems that Twitter is going into meltdown. Using the ‘hashtag‘ #G20, people are constantly posting opinions and questions about the events, and I’m sure that it will be used for [...]

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Spys Like Us

September 25, 2008

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Now here’s a tale – I’ve been following a set of cryptic clues over the last few weeks, including a planted classified ad in the London Lite, purportedly coming from an organisation calling themselves the 7th Syndikate. Their instructions ended with an order to turn up at the Albert Memorial earlier this evening in hat [...]

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Curiouser and Curiouser

September 12, 2008

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I’m currently involved in one of those spooky little online ‘treasure hunts’ at the moment, where you don’t know whether it will end up in a job offer, or whether its just a viral marketing ploy. I simply can’t make head nor tail of the latest instructions however. What do you make of ‘dim3 ak7ion’??

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An English Country Garden

July 18, 2008

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Well, actually it’s an English urban garden in Dudley, West Midlands, and it happens to be my mum’s. I’m amazed by how green-fingered some people are – plants in my mum’s garden just seem to explode with life for some reason. I hope you enjoy these images… The highlight of the display at the moment [...]

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Heinz Meanz Hate?

June 26, 2008

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I’ve been a bit hesitant about posting in the blog about this recent news, but as it has incensed me so much I’m going to subject you to it I’m afraid, dear readers. As you may know, Heinz have withdrawn the television advert for their new Deli-style mayonnaise after complaints from a small group of [...]

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Roz Savage – Rowing Across the Pacific Ocean

June 5, 2008

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Another tip from Leo Laporte’s podcasting network – a couple of days ago I found out about Roz Savage, who on May 25th set off to row across the Pacific Ocean (she’s already done the Atlantic!). Roz is from Cheshire, and used to be a management consultant! An extraordinary transformation from an ofice worker into [...]

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It Ain’t Over ‘Til The Fat Lady Sings

May 23, 2008

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Or, in my case, it’s the fat bloke lol (I think we catered for far too many pastries!). Anyway, what a wonderful day – and I’m never, ever going to criticise event organisers again – these things are really difficult to organise, but definitely worth it! Now I just have to clear everything away ready [...]

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