Google Search Stories and some Parisian Love

Welcome back, i’ve missed you did you know that you can subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!You may remember Parisian love a Google advert shown during the 2010 Super Bowl which traditional has ads focussed on beer or cars. The Google ad took a totally different approach showing the ‘search’ in the [...]

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Credit card fees and the small retail shop business #onlinepayments #creditcard

We live in the 21st Century where people tweet, surf the web while on the move and generally act quick and faster than before AND we seem to be falling out of love with cash rather fast – the credit card is clearly where it’s at!
According to the Office of National Statistics, the number of [...]

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Flip Video HD Camcorder #fliphd

Those regular readers of this blog know i love my Flip Camera, i love it so much i have no hesitation in recomending it to numerous clients as well as blogging about it and using one for content for my own YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/alistairgleave.
The question i always get asked is which one should i buy, [...]

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The V&A Entrance

V&A Entrance, originally uploaded by alistair gleave.

I personally love the V&A i have blogged about it a number times here and i often visit when in London, be it the tranquility of the gardens or the sublime art and sculpture it is well worth a visit.

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Exeter Living History weekend

If you go down to Rougemont or Northernhay gardens this weekend you see events from the City of Exeter’s 2000 year history being brought to life by historical re-enactors who really know their stuff!
I popped down there on my lunch hour and witnessed the Vikings and Saxon having a bit of a barny [...]

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Channel 4 Headquarters at 124 Horseferry Road, Westminster

Channel 4 Headquarters at 124 Horseferry Road, Westminster, originally uploaded by alistair gleave.

I dont think there can be any doubt this is the headquarters of Channel 4 Television in Westminster, London. The image was taken one Sunday in June 2010, and i was taken by how instantly recognisable this building was – the [...]

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Dawlish Airshow in August 2010

Dawlish in South Devon in the setting for truly one of the best free shows around, with a stunning backdrop it makes the perfect setting for the Dawlish Air Show. In Previous years there have been 80,000 people to see a whole variety of aircraft take to the sky in this amazing show.
The Vulcan [...]

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RAF Flypast Trooping The Colour 2010 #london

On Saturday 12 June 2010 it was The Queen’s Official Birthday and as part of the official celebrations there was the annual RAF flypast of 29 RAF aircraft who over fly Buckingham Palace as part of this annual State Event. For many years it has been tradition for the RAF to pay their respects [...]

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My Flickr photos in the Schmap London guide #photography #london #cityguide

I have had my Flickr account for a few months now and am pleased to add and manage a growing photostream on the site, so you can imagine my surprise to be notified that some of my photos had been selected for inclusion in a London Guide. Now I love going to London I [...]

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a week with NO connectivity

So half term week i had a bit of an experiment, that of no connectivity, turn the phone off, no internet, no emails NOTHING.
Why may you ask would i want to do this? well I work in the Internet industry, and have done for a number of years, as you would expect I tweet, blog, [...]

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