November 17, 2006 at 12:18 pm
· Filed under Misc, Computers
So how do you convince a now 15 year old that downloading “free” music and other choice programs to save a few quid is not a good idea? Maybe getting infected with spyware might stop them. The type of spyware that requires a full reformat and losing all of said downloaded material. As there are just too many infections to pick material out from. Sadly no. They go straight back to whence they came to get back the music and files you just scrubbed because they ‘need it’. Less than 12 hours later you’re back to square one. But it’s ok, they were ‘careful’ this time, so it can’t have been their fault. *bang head against wall*
Four complete reformats and a new hard drive later, teenager finally realises that maybe he doesn’t need to download music quite as much as he thought and turns over a new leaf. Maybe me refusing to ever fix the PC again had something to do with it? :P
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November 12, 2006 at 6:18 pm
· Filed under General Travel
One of the most frequently asked question I get from my friends is “Can you find me a cheap holiday too x”. Bearing in mind I haven’t been a ‘Travel Agent’ for about 4 years. It’s like asking a pilot where you can book cheap flights.
So I thought I would write down what I tell them whenever they ask, to save me repeating myself over and over when it gets to holiday booking time.
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November 11, 2006 at 7:09 pm
· Filed under BTCC
Through Jan, a member on our forum we got hooked up with a British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) driver by the name of Martyn Bell. 2006 saw Martyn and his team competing in their first season of the BTCC. No stranger to motor racing, previously Martyn was a driver in the Kumho BMW Championship, BTCC being the next step up the ladder.
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November 11, 2006 at 6:00 pm
· Filed under General Travel
What stresses you out when you go on holiday? The accommodation? The flight? Apparently, we are all tearing our hair out about the smaller things such as, car hire, visas, car parking… you get the picture. This is according to Galileo the global travel distribution system company.
Not surprisingly with the increase in DIY holidays – booking your accommodation and flights separately – the most stressful single item to emerge from the research was Transfers.
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