Going for Weekend Breaks can be just the right thing to relax you and your partner, when work and the general stress of life has been mounting up. One of the best times I had ‘away’ from home was when Ira and I went to West Wales for our anniversary. It wasn’t a glitzy five [...]

Our friend (who originally set me up with this site) is already well established, when it comes to producing videos to accompany his blog posts and news letters. However, I still think the 4th Annual New Media Expo 2008 may be of interest to him.

As the ‘New Media’ hints at, this convention is for people [...]

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Not having heard of Hughesnet before, when I came across the company, I decided to do a little research. In a nutshell, they are a satellite comms ISP. If you live, or work, where ADSL, cable or other ‘normal’ broadband services are not yet available, you are probably currently restricted to dial up services, [...]

Thanks to the requirements for a Schengen visa (at least I’m assuming this is Schengen-area wide, not just the Netherlands), Irina has purchased some travel insurance for upcoming holiday, so at least one of us doesn’t have to worry if anything untoward occurs in the six days we are in Amsterdam. Obviously I’m really hoping [...]

Today I have finished most of the outstanding tasks left to complete before we leave for Amsterdam. I have made the final edits to Mum & John’s wedding DVD, started packing the clothes I need, made sure we have left enough kitten food and biscuits for the in-laws to feed Kara and Muska whilst we’re [...]

Something that is still missing from Kazakhstan (or at least Astana, I’ve not been to Almaty for a few years) is identiclone high street effect you see in the West. Although the exact franchises vary, over in Europe you can often find McDonalds, Starbucks and KFCs. Whether their absence in this city is a good [...]

When people plan out how they are going to start their businesses, they will often have to rely on Unsecured Business Loans to provide the capital they need to purchase equipment, rent office space etc. Merchant Advisors offer such loans, and have more than two decades worth of experience behind them, to ensure you get [...]

Well it is now just 118 hours until Irina and I leave for Amsterdam
I still have quite a lot to do work to do before we leave, not least is working out what to take with us for both the Netherlands and our subsequent trip to Britain. In terms of lightweight equipment, I am [...]

Our friend Oleg is now back in Moscow, having spent some time here in Astana to sort out paperwork. We only managed to meet a couple of times, but it was good to catch up, and we’ll hopefully see each other again soon. He is a programmer, and some of the work he does involves [...]