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'Allo allo  Its the end of the road and after two weeks now is the time for some reflections both on the jourmey, attitudes and oddities that I encountered during my vacation. European Hotels and ...

It's better," according to the Chinese proverb, "to be a dog in a peaceful time than be a man in a chaotic period." I'm a man and chaos looms on the horizon ... Damn-it! In these challenging times ...

Maize was revered by the Aztecs as a gift from the Gods. Human inventiveness now put us in a quandry. Do you use cornstarch for ethanol, as a food, or a miracle. If you or your boss want to walk on ...

Here's a court judgement you should be aware of. It has forced a former employee to give up details of his LinkedIn.com business contacts built up while employed by his former company. This ...

'Allo, 'alloMy vacations around Europe are driven by the use of TomTom. For about 5 years now I have enjoyed GPS navigation to some of the most out of the way places. Many European roads during the ...

'Allo 'alloToday the weather where I am is 'Raining', 'Overcast', 'Cloudy', 'Sunny but Overcast' and 'Sunny' according to the various weather sites I visited yesterday evening. These services are ...

I've just been up Mont Blanc. I went to look at a glacier. See picture Right. What I found was somewhat different. A millennia of time breaking up in front of me. Melt water cascading down in ...

'Allo 'alloIt was pointed out to me today that Howard Brown, the cashier plucked from obscurity to front Halifax Bank communications with the public has been dumped for being 'too jolly'. In these ...

What with Ian sending us his French Letters from La Belle France, the title of this blog 'Chief Collaboration Officer' sounds as if it might come from 'Allo 'Allo but Non! I have just received a ...

'Allo 'alloSo the new Facebook is now available for all to use. I have been having a prowl around the UI and it is of course 'different'. Much of FBs success was down to a clean and intuitive ...

The old adage "Careful how you treat people on the way up, you might meet them on the way down," was brought home last night by a story told by someone who was stuck on a train with two media alpha ...

Ian just blogged about Microsoft, in one of the links, Steve Ballmer goes on to say that Microsoft intends to keep investing in search to become the market leader. "In the coming years, we'll make ...

My children were at home recently. Apart from the piles of washing and an emptying refrigerator it was a lonley feeling. They were on-line and connected most of the time - away in the world's of ...

Only 21 percent of the executives responding to a recent McKinsey survey expressed satisfaction with the way their companies use Web 2.0 tools. But the companies of the satisfied respondents use ...

'Allo 'alloOne of the benefits of sitting on a beach is that you get to read stuff that you might not see otherwise. SInce British newspapers are now printed all across Europe and part of America ...

Excellent article in Computer Weekly about building your brand over the summer. If only I could follow its sage advice :-)

What are the hidden costs of Virtualisation? Free downloadable white-paper makes summer e-reading for those who have either stared a novel and lost it (me) suffering from tech-withdrawal (not Ian) ...

'Allo 'AlloMy NET connection is free (well my brother-in-law is providing the link) but my travelling companion is staying in a hotel where the charge for WiFi is 10€ per hour (£7.90 / $15.60). I ...

I'm in Flaine in the French Alps and have just experienced a plague of frogs. Hundreds of thousands of tiny 'grenouilles' came out after a 'tempête' and covered every inch of ground we were walking ...

'Allo, 'AlloThose of you who have been following my Tweets will have noted my journey through France to my sisters appartment (many thanks are in order). During the journey I had quite a heated ...

Ok, so I am not taking a London 'Routemaster' bus, but like Cliff and the Shads I am off on my 'Summer Holiday'.In a similar vein to Cliff I will be avoiding the Autoroute (as much as possible) on ...

Cuil - the 'Google Killer' search engine got off to shaky start. Give it a try if you've got some time to spare!

I made two different types of gravy over the weekend. One for the carnivors, the other for the vegetarians - 1) Chicken stock, wine, and juices from the roast 2) Vegetable stock and cornflower. ...

This is a blog in two parts:Part 1I have just been informed of the sad passing of Simon Dean. His loss yesterday highlights the senseless use of weaponry in this great city. I worked with Simon at ...

We went to see Kylie Minogue on Saturday night at the O2 Arena. I am not sure about some of the new material but the classic songs work really well.The girl works like a trouper and deserves her 15 ...

About a month ago I came up with Top 5 tips for home working (what not to do). This week I have felt the muse again and arising from some more insightful self-analysis I have decided to commit ...

Do you know where the boundaries are in your life? Harvard Business Review points to your salvation. To stop drowning and start swimming, you have to master what the author calls "the art of ...

Beep-bop, Beep-bop - If CTU were on the case then with a swift 'open a port', a few keystrokes and the locked-out San Francisco city network would be re-opened and passwords reset.  But this is ...

It has just been reported that Open Source Software has security risks associated with it. According to security specialist Fortify (I wonder what axe they are grinding) they have completed an ...

Google beating Microsoft, IBM down in the pack of the brand 'peloton'  - times change but often not that much.The prestigious UK Business SuperBrands survey was published yesterday and Google has ...