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Archive for March, 2007

GOOOOOOOOGLE

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 Posted in Geeky | 1 Comment »

It's actually quite scary just how enormous Google really is. This graph shows the market share of the internet search engines (MSN, Altavista, Yahoo, AOL etc)

OOPS, MISSED

Monday, March 19th, 2007 Posted in Links | No Comments »

I read this article in the London Metro online the other day. It must have been a pretty rigorous thrust...

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Sunday, March 18th, 2007 Posted in Links | No Comments »

A smile, a friendly gesture or a genuine concern for a customer's shopping experience are all it can take to turn an interest into a sale. Most of you know I am a really stickler for customer service and ...

ARE YOU A VIRGIN?

Saturday, March 17th, 2007 Posted in Links | No Comments »

Do you think you've got what it takes to become the next Richard Branson? Well, I went to the same school as him so I definitely have. Although he wasn't there at the time. Anyway, here's what The Times ...

FACELESS INVASIONS

Saturday, March 17th, 2007 Posted in Links | No Comments »

Here's a new concept for you. An extreme scavenger hunt called Faceless Invasion will send hundreds of naked university students wearing only a Mexican face mask across the city of Montreal on March 31st, to perform a list of ...

I SEE DEAF PEOPLE

Thursday, March 15th, 2007 Posted in Links | No Comments »

I read this post on Friday Cities. It's about the behaviour of a deaf person on the London Underground and is very well written. And very amusing, which helps.

INSTANT CONFIDENCE

Thursday, March 8th, 2007 Posted in Books | 4 Comments »

Upon Wibblers recommendation, I am reading Paul McKennas book on Instant Confidence. Not only is there a book, but there is a CD to go with it. A CD that you put on when you are going to ...

LIDL DID I KNOW

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 Posted in Amusing Events | 3 Comments »

It's been a while since Mark and I caught up, with the exception of our drunken antics from the other week. It seems that there is a surplus (*amendment - thanks Shunta*) of pilots at the moment, so he ...

SHAMCORDER

Tuesday, March 6th, 2007 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »

I have been enquiring about a camcorder from a well known manufacturer under their staff sales scheme and once again corporate divisionism and lack of internal communication get the better of customer service. I phoned "Product Information" on the number that ...

USA DIARY FULLY FUNCTIONING

Monday, March 5th, 2007 Posted in Jonola14 | No Comments »

Six years ago I went to the USA travelling, intent on drinking lots of beer and seeing if the rumoured American woman's love of the English accent was indeed true. There were umpteen amusing encounters for my travelling companion ...