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 [...]
What I got for Christmas (besides fat)
Star Trek Online Website Launched!
I am a big fan of Stack Overflow and their Stack Exchange sites. I have recently created Stack Exchange sites for London and SAP BASIS. Neither of these have taken off though. Maybe the London one has too small an audience – as there are only 7.421 million people (2004 estimate) living there and only [...]
If I was homeless…
Some (not all) homeless people bother me because all I see them do is sit around all day, begging for money or selling the Big Issue. If I was homeless I wouldn’t sell the Big Issue because I don’t think it’s worth it: From http://www.bigissue.co.uk/How_We_Work_14.php In order to become a Big Issue vendor an individual [...]
I lost money in shares today – but doing well overall!
This year I have started trading in shares. So far I am doing quite well. I have made some losses, but overall I am in clear profit. For the past 9-12 months I have been using 2 credit cards which both have a 0% interest on purchases deal which ends at the end of this [...]
Birmingham Half Marathon – 11/10/2009
After recently completing the 3 Peaks Challenge, the Roade Sprint Triathlon and a photography holiday in Italy (where I ate excessive amounts of pasta!) I hadn’t had any time to train for the Birmingham Half Marathon. Added to that, for the past week my knees have been hurting for some reason. So I wasn’t really [...]
Review of photography Course/Holiday in Abruzzo, Italy
As mentioned in my earlier posts, I decided to go on a 5 day photography course in Italy from 30th September to 4th October. The morning of the 30th September started with: Taxi ride at 03:10 from my house to the MK temporary coach station (temporary because the new one is being rebuilt following a [...]
Roade Pool Sprint Triathlon (27/09/2009)
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 [...]
I HATE the Company Shopper Discounts (operated by Webloyalty International Ltd)
As my 5 day photography course/holiday in Italy is next week, I thought it would be a good idea to arrange the travel to and from the airports. Unfortunately I can’t leave my car at Stanstead airport where I am flying out of because I’ll coming back via Gatwick airport. I got quotes for taxis [...]
I’m going to Abruzzo, Italy for a photography course! (30th Sep – 4th Oct 2009)
I have some nice camera equipment and I love taking photographs, but I haven’t been on a course. So I have been looking at courses on the Internet and I stumbled upon this one by frui which is a 5 day course, based in Abruzzo, Italy. 2 bonuses of this course are: I haven’t been [...]
Holiday ideas (for me!)?
I have the next 2 weeks off as holiday from work but no plans. I was hoping to stay in my apartment in Nice, France for a few days, but it got rented out again as soon as the previous tenant had moved out. A friend has invited me to go walking with him in [...]