How good is this? The UK version of Amazon has finally announced that they’re introducing the same features as the US version! This means free access to the Kindle library of 500,000 books, unlimited movie & TV streaming, and next day deliveries from Amazon’s stock. The usual price will be £79 per year, but if you sign up before 26th February (you can take a free 30 day trial if you’re unsure) – then you can get it at the reduced price of £49. The service will go live fully in 5 days. Follow the link HERE to find out more.
I was sent this via email the other day and realised I knew a fair few of these already, but some others were quite surprising.
- It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!
- Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for thousands of years
- Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end
- If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.
- Each year 2,000,000 smokers either quit smoking or die of tobacco-related diseases.
- Zero is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.
I saw this online and thought it was that interesting, I’d share it.
It puts everything in to a new kind of perspective, doesn’t it?!
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…
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!
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.
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
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
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…
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?