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Olympics 2012 – are you going?

Posted by Techboy on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

You have until the 26th April to apply for tickets to the London Olympics. I’m going to apply for the: Opening ceremony Cycling (velodrome – mens finals) Triathlon Anyone (who knows me) want to go with me? If so, let me know because I’m going to buy the tickets soon (maybe this weekend). I don’t mind [...]

Trading with the Bulls

Posted by Techboy on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

I have always wanted to find an easy, quick gain, low risk – high reward entry into the stock market. Until recently that seemed impossible, but now I think I might have found it… I am a self-confessed geek (hence the nick-name ‘Techboy’ – which Steve Bush at Barclays Bank PLC originally gave me). Before [...]

Introductory Winter Mountaineering Course (February 2011) – Update on Costs

Posted by Techboy on Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

The worst part of going on holiday is planning them! In my previous post I detailed the projected costs of the travel for the mountaineering course that I’m going on. After literally quite a few hours of fiddling on www.thetrainline.com, various hotel companies (including www.lastminute.com, www.expedia.com. etc.) and www.quidco.com I have revised my travel plans to [...]

Things I’m working on right now

Posted by Techboy on Friday, September 3rd, 2010

This is a very brief update on things that I am working on right now Knee Injury: Since January I have had an injury with my left knee. This has resulted in me doing a lot less sport training and events than I would have liked I have had 2 sessions with a chiropractor at [...]

Decisions – Which New Mobile Phone Shall I Get?

Posted by Techboy on Friday, June 11th, 2010

I currently have an HTC HD (running Windows Mobile 6.1 OS) on the O2 network and my contact expires at the end of this month, which means that I can get a new phone. My preferences for a new phone fall into 3 categories: Android based, iPhone 4 and Windows Phone 7 based. Android I [...]

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Olympics 2012 – are you going?

Saturday, April 2nd, 2011

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Things I’m working on right now

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

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A day at the NEC, Birmingham (Focus on Imaging 2009 and Boat and Caravan Show)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Last Sunday I went to 2 shows at the NEC – Focus on Imaging 2009 and the Boat and Caravan show. The Outdoor show was just caravans, motorhomes, portable homes, tents, boats, etc. All interesting but nothing I lusted after (except maybe a kayak). Some of the motor-homes were VERY expensive yet I thought few [...]

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Featured

Olympics 2012 – are you going?

Trading with the Bulls

Introductory Winter Mountaineering Course (February 2011) – Update on Costs

Things I’m working on right now

Decisions – Which New Mobile Phone Shall I Get?

Archive for the ‘Events and Shows’ Category

Olympics 2012 – are you going?

Things I’m working on right now

A day at the NEC, Birmingham (Focus on Imaging 2009 and Boat and Caravan Show)

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