CantBarsed
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Too Busy Practising Taoist Tai Chi To Post For Over 4 Years!
This post breaks my own previous record of not blogging by years. It’s probably a one-off because I just don’t feel the urge to write any more and the words don’t flow as easily as they once did – a cantbarsed malaise far worse than any writers block. From my personal experience of practicing taoist…
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iPad Second Thoughts (For Computer Age Denialists)
Following on from my iPad first thoughts blog post last May I’ve now learnt enough to post a worthwhile update on life with an iPad. The short version of this blog post is I don’t use my iPad much at all BUT there’s more to it than that and I even have a useful iPad…
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Don’t Buy Another Useless Toaster, Buy a Magimix
Buying the perfect toaster has been a mundane yet recurring theme of my adult life which often leads to toaster rage when I buy yet another useless toaster. When we moved into our first house back in the early 80’s we were given a hand me down toaster, we’d never been responsible for toaster purchasing…
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Munich a4uExpo 2010 Memories
There have been some great blog posts about what people learnt at the a4u Expo Munich, this is not one of them. I do learn stuff at the a4u Expos but I attend so I can see what’s happening in our industry and to touch base with networks, agencies and other affiliates and to reconnect…
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Mac Life Part 8 – Cloud Based Email Using IMAP
Figuring out the best way to handle email has been the most stubborn hurdle in my ongoing mission to create the perfect Mac cloud based working environment. I get hundreds of emails every day and at one time I was running a backlog of over 35k unread emails, something had to be done and my…
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Barbados Restaurant Experiences
Here’s our family eating experience along the south coast from Bridgetown to Oistins. Most restaurants prefer reservations but we got a table for 5 phoning on the day and there were empty tables at all the restaurants we visited during the last two weeks in July 2010 so don’t be put off by this. There…
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iPhone 4 – Has Everything Changed Again?
The Apple iPhone 4 blurb says “This Changes Everything. Again.” This only proved half-true for me but it’s certainly another step in the right direction. So what hasn’t changed? O2! They remain as useless as ever! OK, it’s not O2’s fault they didn’t have any iPhone 4s in stock to deliver to their existing customers…
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Ipad – My First Thoughts
I was delighted when the FedEx guy knocked on the door a day early and I couldn’t resist a chuckle to myself at the thought of people queuing up early at Apple stores today to get their hands on an iPad this morning. Hats off to Apple for fulfilling their pre-orders on time – even…
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iPad Thoughts – Will I Be Buying One?
I’ve just watched the Apple iPad announcement and Steve Jobs does seem particularly proud of the iPad. He made a good case that there is a gap in the market for another mobile device that’s bigger than a smartphone and more user-friendly and portable than a traditional laptop. Steve went on to explain that a…
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CantBarsed.com 10th Anniversary Year!
CantBarsed.com was launched with no fanfare early in 2000 with no commercial ambition and no real direction. The only thing I had in place was free cantBarsed.com webmail accounts which I thought were great fun and they remain popular today. It was a chance email exchange with Dan Mountain (MD, Buyagift) that changed the direction…