Shopping For Lions

I’m off to South Africa in June for the British and Irish Lions tour. I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I’m pretty excited about it! It was the first time in a while I’ve used the internet to shop for a holiday (that wasn’t through sunshine.co.uk). 

Being a travel punter again was an interesting experience, so I thought I’d share how I arrived at booking with the particular company I chose. My (and Tweag’s who was coming too) requirements for the trip were -

• an organised tour, safety in numbers
• to include official match tickets
• to include the second test, as it’s usually the decider
• be less than 2 weeks long
• direct flights from London, preferably Virgin

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Win A Ticket To Think Visibility

Scarcer than hens’ teeth, harder to get than Take That tickets, gold dust to the online world!

A ticket to Think Visibility of course. 

Think Visibility is a one-day conference with a focus on the areas of web development and marketing which are usually left behind in the creation process: SEO, PPC, Monetisation, Blogging, Accessibility and Usability. 

All 100 tickets were snapped up quickly over Christmas, leaving you the option of sponsoring the event as the only way to get tickets.

Fear not! I have a spare ticket! Read the rest of this entry »

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My 2009 Calendar

We’ve been filling out the family calendar at home, here’s what I’ll be up to this year!

January

at some point we’ll release our affiliate incentive based on winning places on AF’s Barbados trip in June.

30th One year anniversary since we put pen to paper with Tripadvisor to sell Holiday Watchdog! Time flies…

31st Chris Brown‘s 30th Birthday Party. Read the rest of this entry »

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When Wi-Fi Won’t Weach!

I work from home in our study, on a bog standard Dell PC connected to AOL via a Netgear router. Lorna has a nice little MacBook that she uses to surf the net and punish our credit cards from the lounge. All was well with our little wireless network until I added an Apple TV box to the TV in the family room.

I experimented with various positions for the wireless router, but it just didn’t seem to cover all three points very well. I had a look at wireless extenders but nothing seemed to guarantee success. Finally I found these little beauties which proved to be the answer – Read the rest of this entry »

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New Addition To The Family

I’m delighted to announce the Clarkson family is about to increase in numbers! It’s not what you think!

The good lady wife has her birthday and Xmas all in the same week, which makes buying pressies a bit like cramming for exams. She does her best to drop subtle hints (which I usually miss), but this year’s want is a cracker! Read the rest of this entry »

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