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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 [...]

The Gardening Trolls of Pennadomo, Italy

Posted by Techboy on Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

It is a little known fact that there are trolls all around the Abruzzo province/region of Italy, but with a little knowledge and a lot of patience you might be able to track them down and catch a glimpse of them. As in most societies, there are nice trolls and naughty trolls. Plus there is [...]

What I got for Christmas (besides fat)

Posted by Techboy on Saturday, December 26th, 2009

This year I got a Canon Speedlight 580EX II flash which is Canon’s most powerful flash unit for SLR’s It will work great with my Canon 40D which is a digital SLR. I have always had an interest in photography and did a photography course in Italy last October. Plus I would like to get [...]

Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon (27/09/2009)

Posted by Techboy on Sunday, September 27th, 2009

I did the Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon today. It was my 2nd Sprint distance triathlon and I really enjoyed it. I can see me doing a lot more Triathlons on 2010 I got up at 0615, left my house at 0635 and got to the school at Roade at 0650. I thought I would be [...]

Well Whad’ya Know? I’m a Triathlete!

Posted by Techboy on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Well I’ve done 1 anyway. As stated in my previous posts, by way of winning a prize in a competition, I got free entry into the For Goodness Shakes! Sponsored Sprint Triathlon (750m swimming, 20km cycling, 5km running) at Dorney Lake, Eton with less than 2 weeks notice! I read the letter carefully which stated [...]

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Restaurant Review: The Living Room (Milton Keynes) – Avoid!

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

I went out for dinner with my family tonight for my parents wedding anniversary. When we go out we often like to try different restaurants. none of us had been to The Living Room restaurant in Milton Keynes before so we thought we would give that a try. We pre-booked a table and arrived on [...]

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A Weekend of Action and a Weekend of Rest!

Monday, October 6th, 2008

The weekend 2 weeks ago was good fun! On Saturday I went down and wandered around the Tate Modern art gallery with Daniela (who I hadn’t seen since I left Barclays 3 years ago). The Rothko exhibition looked a bit strange (funny) at first (and it was!) but actually on closer inspection it was actually [...]

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Getting Ready for London Next Weekend

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

I’ve had 2 weeks off of work, I wanted to go away somewhere but I couldn’t find anyone to go with so I gave up on that idea and just stayed at home. At least I’ve been able to relax and also get the 2 gravel areas in front of my house dug out and [...]