P1040418, originally uploaded by obblogatory. We had an afternoon tea party (less tea, though) some of Christine’s friends came around to see her so we entertained them for a few hours and they got to try out our new put-together-by-yours-truly Karlstadt Sofa, courtesy of Ikea! It’s not particularly expensive and it’s a nice complementary color…
The ASUS Eee PC 1008HA is the most recent model reviewed. And it shows in a number of ways. It comes with all of the features you need in a netbook: wireless N, Bluetooth, N280 processor, SDHC card slot, and respectable battery life. XP runs well with the N280 processor and 1GB. And the addition…
In our school, our teachers would love to use color for the materials for our students. So we purchased several color inkjet printers over the years, but all bar one have now been ‘retired’ because they were just not practical and/or expensive. The typical inkjet printer has a tiny cartridge meaning that although you spend…
Spain: Italian Modena vinegar, olive oil, Fragolino wine & sparkling water., originally uploaded by Xosé Castro. I love to buy Pellegrino but the wife thinks it’s prohibitively expensive. Not me!
Trying to cheat weightloss? I’m always happy to share tips with dieters, even though I’m not on a diet at the moment anyway! If you’re needing an appetite suppressant, have you tried a simple alternative? Drink liquids, esp. water with your meals to help you feel fuller faster. The additional benefits of drinking are obvious:…
Trying to squeeze the last dollar out of products like home insurance, car insurance, health insurance, etc. isn’t always a good idea. It’s true: we do often overpay for things like that because we fail to look around and examine thoroughly what’s on the market. But there are times when trying to save the last…
We travel to the UK every few years, though it is particularly expensive to get good accommodation in the UK. In fact, most guest houses and hotels are substandard, expensive, and variously unpleasant. For example, one guest house I stayed in had an entrance way that smelled of urine. Another hotel looked great from the…
I was sorting through my collection on online photos and digi-cams (and I’m already on the fifith!)… when I found this sorry bag of old negatives. I had almost forgotten about all those old 35mm pictures that I took. I’m so glad that I switched to digi-cam but I’m sad that I have all these…
You’ve seen them on the TV, on the late night channels, in magazines, on the net, those expensive weight loss products? I was watching the TV show on BBC World, called Fast Track, in which the presenters are encouraging two business travelers to lose weight. The series is called “FIT TO FLY on fast:track: our…