Rob &  James  were tent-bound again for the day having woken to fierce winds which, with driving spindrift, reduced visibility outside to less than 10 metres.  Consequently it was a day “indoors” during which they managed to catch up on some sleep, film video diaries, write and generally try to keep amuse themselves.  At least [...]

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While looking at different wine blogs I came across this great wine blog locator.  It is a map by Ryan at Catavino  which can be found at the Wine blog Atlas.   I think that this is a very useful method of enhancing the traditional blogroll and making the linking to blogs more interesting.  While this is [...]

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Smiling is infectious, you catch it like the flu. When someone smiled at me today, I started smiling, too. I passed around the corner and someone saw my grin when he smiled, I realized I’d passed it on to him! I thought about that smile and then realized its worth, a single smile, just like [...]

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Trust the Dutch to develop a great looking outdoorlight based on a funky windmill (turbine)   Look here for the full story and more information..

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  I just had to republish this story by Porter Stansberry which is an interesting tale about jumping into the housing market and what it really costs. I remember the advice my father-in-law gave to me when I bought my first house. This, I bet, will sound familiar to you, too…“Porter, buy the most house you [...]

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I have just “rescued” a PR5 domain that was going to die though lack of care.  The Big Picture Blog was about the world of  advertising and media, but I have changed the focus to reflect the different areas of the business that I am connected with. I hope to do this site justice with [...]

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I find it interesting when I receive an unsolicited email inviting me to join a network.  Mostly these just get binned and do not see the light of day.  But today I received an spam invitation to join MySpace…. Paul is a member of MySpace and is inviting you to join. Paul says:

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 It is not often that you come across a wine that is just so fantastic that you have to tell others about it.  But I have! There is a small vineyard in the Beaujolais region called Maison des Bulliats that is run by Fred & Helen Lockwood which produces some stunning Beaujolais.  Not the nasty [...]

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Jeff Munro is starting off an experiment to help small blogs get better rankings and exposure in the Search engines.  He is adopting an idea from John Chow by featuring a selection of different links in exchange for a post about his blog on your site. To make this work he has some rules’ to ensure that [...]

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- That Never Need to Be Recharged European researchers have built prototypes that combine plastic solar cells with ultrathin, flexible batteries. But don’t throw away your battery recharger just yet.  Just stop for a moment and imagine how this will impact our future…  The new devices, new options for existing devices the list is endless..    Prototypes of [...]

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