Beckham Departs Old Trafford
Went to Old Trafford last night to watch Man Utd totally dominate an embarrassingly poor AC Milan team, and to witness an amazing response to the return of David Beckham.
It was my father’s birthday last Saturday and as they are season ticket holders at United it seemed like a good [...]
Man Utd v AC Milan
March 11th, 2010Smithy Sports Relief 2010
March 1st, 2010For Sports Relief 2009 Smithy (Gavin & Stacey) motivated the England Team, this year he puts Man Utd through a training session. Video below is a teaser from the Box Office Football site.
Thanks to Shaun for sending me the link!
Original Source: Smithy shows Manchester United how to move in Sport Relief Video
Facebook: Groups, Pages and Almerimar Life
February 20th, 2010I have had a facebook account since it was first launched but have never really got into it, or even taken the time to understand it.
I suppose that as far as social networking goes my drug of choice has always been blogging, supported by an addiction to Twitter. Even then from the launch of [...]
Does Business Move Too Slowly?
February 15th, 2010Spain is in a recession. The UK has just limped out of a recession, and is tottering on the brink of something called double dip recession. If ever there was a time to review the way business was conducted surely this is it. You would have thought so, but in my recent experiences that is [...]
Skribit Back On The Site
January 22nd, 2010I wrote about Skribit last January when I first added it to the site to see how well it worked. Technically it worked fine, but it wasn’t something that got used that much by the readers of the site.
However, I have just heard from Paul Stamatiou that they have launched the application fully now, so [...]
Happy Anniversary & Birthday Saidi
January 10th, 2010Today Saidi has been with us two years, and will be five years, so a double celebration, which is a little like having your birthday on Christmas Day for her as both Oscar and Moreno get two celebrations as they have different days for their anniversaries and birthdays.
She has developed really well over [...]
The Snow From My Bedroom Window
January 6th, 2010This is the view of the snow from my bedroom …….. well my old bedroom in the UK that is. My father just took them and emailed them on their iPhone (techie parents are such a godsend in this day and age let me tell you!)
With the UK suffering the worst snowfall in 50 years, [...]
How Well Do You Know South America?
January 4th, 2010I was intrigued by the recent posting on the Forum asking for help with a thesis to try and determine how much (or little) people in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania know about South America.
Thought I would take the survey online, and boy I know nothing about South America. It is a well constructed [...]
Test Match Sofa
January 4th, 2010You may have noticed a number of tweets recently to @TestMatchSofa, which is appropriate as I met them via Twitter some time ago.
They have set up an excellent Web site called Test Match Sofa which provides a interesting, humorous and informed commentary on the England Test Matches, live over the internet, which is ideal for [...]
Salvation Army Christmas Appeal
December 16th, 2009It never fails to amaze me just how much we take for granted, and how little money it really takes to make a huge difference to those less fortunate. I was watching TV earlier and saw The Salvation Army Christmas Appeal advert, and was shocked just how much they could do with a £19 donation.
The [...]
Littlewoods Europe Christmas Offers!
December 3rd, 2009Littlewoods Europe is currently running a fabulous 3 for 2 offer, right across their clothing and footwear collections! Buy 3 items; get the cheapest free on womenswear, menswear, and clothing for the kids.
Don’t forget the kids – we have some fantastic Christmas gift bargains with 3 for 2 across all our kids & nursery [...]
Expat Technology: Six ways to get online from anywhere
November 27th, 2009Having started work before the Internet was invented, and despite the fact that I effectively earn my living currently through the internet, I am amazed on a daily basis about just how brilliant it is! When we first moved to Almerimar and started living in Spain we only had access to a dial up connection. [...]
Children In Need 2009
November 20th, 2009Tonight it is the Children In Need 2009 on BBC1. If you want details on how to donate check out Pudsey’s Site Here.
Use Of Twitter In Spain
November 13th, 2009Twitter is based around sending message of no more than 140 characters, which makes it the same as a SMS or text message. It is a web based service, but updates can be sent by conventional text to your account and the new generation of smart phones like the iPhone, BlackBerry, Androids etc all have [...]
Almerimar Life: Spotlight Blog On Trakkrz
November 11th, 2009I wrote back in September about the fact that the blog had been selected by trakkrz.com .
Earlier today I received another email from them with another piece of good news:
I wanted to congratulate you for being selected as the spotlight blog at trakkrz.com for the topic of Spain. We review all bloggers on a topic [...]
State Of British Pubs
November 10th, 2009When I was back in the UK a couple of weeks ago I needed to be in Basingstoke first thing on the Monday morning. So having caught the Eurotunnel early on the Sunday morning it made sense to head straight down to the Premier Inn at Basingtoke (N51 12.364 W1 11.168). As Man Utd were [...]
