In Britain, the name Branson conjures up Virgin records, etc… but it seems that this isn’t the only Branson in the holiday business… It seems that there’s a company called Branson Getaways that offers a variety of packages for visits to Branson, Missouri! Where? Branson, Missouri! Well it seems Branson is quite the entertainment city……
Job markets are tightening with increasing demand as workers are laid off in Europe, the UK, and the US. In periods of economic contraction, workers are always the first to be hit with job losses, salary reductions, increased costs, and uncertainty. I’d be brushing up my resume, if I were likely to be in the…
This post starts a series of posts on this blog called “The Finer Things in Life” (or should it be subtitled “Life’s guilty little pleasures”?) Step up #1 in the list: Beringer’s 2006 White Zinfandel. We found them at Costco in Taipei City, and purchased several of them. Each time I have found them to…
I recently have been trying two different anti-virus softwares. One of them is listed below. AVG Free Edition is the well-known antivirus protection tool. AVG Free is available free of charge to home users for the life of the product. Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the…
Well, the calendar that I ordered from Lulu arrived finally! Boy, did it arrive!? I picked it up on Thursday when I was feeling really bad after a lousy head/brain cold. It cheered me up no end, when I saw how it looked! You can read about the post here, and see it here. The…
I joined the forums for “a certain blogging company” and have really enjoyed the sense of community that has developed in the writers, esp. those who frequent the boards on more than one occasion. I really enjoyed the “Favorite Opps” forums, and I have found the forum for Q&A quite helpful as other people have…
M$, you can’t tell your real customers that they have fake copies, you’ll just send them over the top. So in the public interest, until M$ repents on its intolerable lack of customer care, I will be posting this courtesy of… Microsoft “Genuine Advantage” cracked in 24h: window.g_sDisableWGACheck=’all’ AV sez, “This week, Microsoft started requiring…
I’m amazed what people are doing nowadays with the open source software. Yes, that’s right people are putting many of the most popular ones in a format that can be used off a USB key. Now that’s pretty neat. Openoffice Abiword Firefox to name but a few. You can run Linux off a key, too….
Actually, I had an account at Citibank for ages… Never had a problem with their online or phonebanking services, not that my needs are difficult to meet… Didn’t think they were that great though, until I decided to switch to HSBC… Reasons 1. online banking 2. phone banking 3. branch nearer my home 4. saturday…