A friend showed me this video on YouTube the other day.
It’s an extract from Russell Howard’s Good News show – and it’s very funny!
It just shows how important tea is to the British public…
Posted on May 22nd, 2013 in General
Just this morning as I was adding some dried fruit to my breakfast cereal, I wondered what the difference is between raisins and sultanas – so I decided to check it out with the ever helpful Google. For those that want to know, the difference is as follows:
- Sultanas are dried white grapes but from seedless varieties. They are golden in colour and tend to be plumper, sweeter and juicier than other raisins.
- Raisins are also dried white grapes which are dried to produce a dark, sweet fruit.
- Currants are dried, dark red, seedless grapes. They are dried to produce a black, tiny shrivelled, flavour-packed dried currant.
So there you have it – not so complicated after all, and now I know for sure if I’m ever asked!
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Posted on March 04th, 2013 in Web & PC stuff
Further to an earlier post I made about freeing up space in Gmail (HERE), they’ve extended the feature set now to allow you to search for emails within Gmail by the size of attachments. So, for example, in the Googlemail search query, if you type “size:5mb” then Gmail will query your email folders and show you all of the emails over 5mb in size.
Mostly this will be due to people sending you the latest funny videos or picture collections and rather than deleting them at the time, you’ve just let them sit there in your inbox. So, although Gmail now offer 10.1gb of free space – perhaps it’s time to do a little housekeeping and remove some of the trashy stuff that you no longer need.
Equally, you don’t need to limit it to file sizes over 5mb. Just change the query dimensions and you can clear out much more of your email box – e.g. “size:2mb” will return all emails over 2mb in size.
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Posted on February 25th, 2013 in Epsom
Since I now live in Epsom and will be more likely to go to Epsom Races rather than Chester Races, it makes sense to also include the Epsom racing fixtures for 2013 too.
- Investec Spring Meeting Wednesday 24th April
- Investec Ladies’ Day Friday 31st May
- Investec Derby Day Saturday 1st June
- Epsom Live! Thursday (eve) 4th July
- Epsom Live! Thursday (eve) 11th July
- Epsom Live! Thursday (eve) 18th July
- Epsom Live! Thursday (eve) 25th July
- Ladies Night Thursday (eve) 1st August
- Family Fun Raceday Monday (BH) 26th August
- Tuesday 27th August
- Afternoon Racing Thursday 12th September
- Autumn Meeting Sunday 29th September
You can buy tickets HERE
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Posted on February 25th, 2013 in Chester
It’s almost a tradition that I list the Chester Races fixtures on my blog, so here are the 2013 races fixtures…
- WEDNESDAY 8 MAY – BOODLES MAY FESTIVAL – STAN JAMES CUP DAY
- THURSDAY 9 MAY – BOODLES MAY FESTIVAL – BOODLES LADIES DAY
- FRIDAY 10 MAY – BOODLES MAY FESTIVAL – BOODLES CITY DAY
- SATURDAY 25 MAY – MATTHEW CLARK ROMAN DAY
- SATURDAY 8 JUNE
- FRIDAY 28 JUNE – LADIES EVENING
- SATURDAY 29 JUNE – STELLA ARTOIS MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL
- FRIDAY 12 JULY – LADIES & GENTS EVENING
- SATURDAY 13 JULY – CORBETTSPORTS CITY PLATE DAY
- SUNDAY 4 AUGUST – FAMILY FUNDAY
- SATURDAY 17 AUGUST
- FRIDAY 30 AUGUST
- SATURDAY 31 AUGUST – LADIES DAY
- SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER – STELLA ARTOIS AUTUMN FESTIVAL
- SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER – CHESTER FINALE
You can buy tickets HERE
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I had this sent to me a while ago, but came across it whilst having a clear out of some old folders. Quite funny really…
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My blog so far has been a place for me to share things that I find interesting as well as helpful tips and information that I’ll often refer back to myself. It’s almost like having a personal set of bookmarks that are accessible everywhere I go without having to use any bespoke service.
However, a friend has asked me for some advice regarding their newly launched online business and since I happen to work predominantly in the online / media / marketing world, I thought this blog is as good a place as any to write up my suggestions.
Although I’ve intentionally kept the name of the company anonymous, the principles behind maximising online opportunities for an online retailer apply can be applied by anyone.
The background
The company my friend works for is a niche SME online retailer that has decided to branch out in to a new range of products (home accessories and home gifts) outside of its existing offering (beauty products). Rather than expand the existing successful brand, a new separate entity has been created. A good, well designed web site has been constructed; an expansive range of over 400 niche products has been selected and available from launch at competitive prices; and some initial social media activities have been undertaken. So far, so good – they’re sounding like they’re doing a lot of the right things – but what can they do to take things to the next level?
Continue reading Online marketing planning case study
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A relatively recent phenomenon to hit the UK’s high street is the proliferation of vouchers, daily deals and discount sites that effectively offer money off and savings across a whole range of products and services. One particular niche related to these sites is the ‘discount dining card’. There are a handful of major players in the market and having tried them all, I reckon I’m in a good position to advise on which one(s) I think are the best.
So, the 3 main players are:
Gourmet Society - www.gourmetsociety.co.uk
The Gourmet Society is probably one of the better known dining discount cards, in that it is frequently promoted in the quality newspapers. Accepted at over 6,000 restaurants, it offers a good coverage of venues across the UK. There’s an iOS and Android app available, although I’ve had a few niggles with the Android app crashing from time to time, and the location search is sometimes a little flaky. Having said that, they do also offer a digital version of the Gourmet Society card, so you can just show your phone to the restaurateur as opposed to remembering to take your card with you every time you go out. Subscriptions are advertised on the site from £69.95 for 12 months access, although there are frequent trials available online for anywhere from 1 to 3 months, and quite often they’ll be discounted membership too. As with the other major dining cards, I would expect to pay anywhere from £29.95 to around £40 for a discounted version of this card.
Deal: Get a 2 month free trial HERE
Continue reading The best discount dining card
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Posted on February 09th, 2013 in Epsom
It has been a while since I’ve updated this site with any new, freshly written content – but that’s because I’ve been rather busy offline. In fact, I’ve got married, got a new job and moved house, so all in all, it has been a little hectic for me. Anyway, now I’m living in Epsom, I find that I’m constantly looking up the opening times of various places, but often find that the various sites that list the opening times, do so on a store by store basis, as opposed to covering the whole town. So, to make my life easier, I’m going to collate the store opening times of places in Epsom.
Restaurants / bars
- The Assembly Rooms
- Canopy Restaurant
- Field to Fork
- Kings Arms
- Marquis of Granby
- Slug & Lettuce
- The Vestry
Continue reading Epsom opening times
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