18/11/2009 · Comments Off
Yes I have to admit it. I have done it again.
There I was having a conversation with Teresa and before you know it I am booking airline tickets.
This is going to get me into a load of trouble soon as so far I have travelled on impulse to Disneyland Paris, Scotland, Prague and even New York. Each prompted by nothing more than a passing conversation followed by a quick look on the internet and a comment to Teresa like “do you fancy going to New York to do some shopping in a few weeks”!!!
This is dangerous.
So where now?
Well Christmas is coming up and wanting to get into the whole Christmas spirit, we (all of us) are off to Berlin for a few days to check out the famous Christmas markets. This time yesterday we had not even contemplated going away and here I am now with the plane tickets in my hand.
I must stop doing this!
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Tagged: Travel
02/10/2009 · Comments Off
I have heard a number of horror stories about what people do with hotel kettles in the past but this was not amongst them.
Likewise I suspect I will approach the iron with care in the future as well as I am guessing flour and suit trousers do not mix.
PS
Having actually stayed in this hotel, I am surprised he actually managed to get an iron in the first place
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Tagged: hotels, Travel
07/07/2009 · Comments Off
This is one of those things that does not sound very interesting but is actually really cool.
Last year I blogged about some really cool stuff that Microsoft had been doing with National Rail Enquiries.
This video shows you the concept
Anyhow, several months have lapsed and I was beginning to wonder if this concept was ever going to make it to reality.
Well good news.
I have today discovered that at least part of this concept is now reality and really neat Outlook Add-In can now be downloaded (for free) from the National Rail Enquiries Website.
As you will see, this can be a really useful tool if like me you rely on your Outlook calendar to organise your day. The ability to set up an appointment for a meeting and then let this tool work out how to get there via train really can save a lot of time.
So have a look, download it for free and have a play.
if you want to know more about the team and technology behind this then check out Mark Bloodworths blog (mark is an Architect Evangelist over at Microsoft) or David Gristwoods blog (also Microsoft).
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Tagged: rail, Travel
