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A pleasant weekend

We’ve spent a quiet weekend enjoying each other’s company and I took the opportunity to clean up a few of my blogs and tidy some things up. I also had the opportunity to catch up on some magazines and even read up a bit about conversion rate optimization, so have some things I want to…

Need to get some new specs

I’ve just noticed that my specs have started to develop a greenish tint which seems to be where sweat collects. It comes off easily, but it looks like the coating on the frame has worn away at that location, so it’s time to get some new glasses. It’s been more than a year since I…

New domain

I recently found out that I had registered a domain with my full name a couple of months back (yeah I had forgotten). I’ve put something up at http://owencutajar.com, but I’m not 100% certain what I’m going to do with the domain. I’m quite happy with this domain here, but I might use it for…

Updating the wardrobe

I received a package today which was some clothes we bought a week ago from Marks & Spencer. It took a bit longer than expected, but then they did warn us that they had loads of orders that day (they had a 20% off day). I’m trying to move away from geeky T-shirts of which…

Christmas card

Have you started receiving Christmas cards yet? We haven’t really started sending ours yet, but some have already come in. There was an ominous envelope yesterday that looked a bit like it contained a tax bill or maybe even term life insurance quotes, but it was really just a collection of cards some friends had…

Are you modern or old-school?

Do you consider yourself traditional or modern? Well, the answer I suspect for most of us is that we’re a mixture of both. For example, I’m well into my gadgets, however would probably shy away from some of the trends I’ve noticed people go for (just watch Little Britain). I suppose the older you get,…

Need new specs soon ..

I’m going to have to get a new pair of specs soon. Not that I’m having problems seeing; I’m pretty sure my lens prescription hasn’t really changed. However, for some reasons my specs start getting a green thing where sweat builds up. It almost looks like moss, but I’m pretty sure it’s just sweat reacting…

Shaving with Azor

A safety razor, shaving brush, and mug with sh...

I got my hands on an Azor blade the other day which looks like an interesting product to be playing with. The blade is supposed to last for ages so I’m looking forward to giving it a whirl. I know they’re running a campaign here in the UK where they’re visiting different places and giving…

Back from holiday, out to pizza

So we just got back from holiday last night and tonight I’m already out and about. It’s the Isle of Man Social Media club do; It’s usually on the Third Thursday of the month, but this month it’s on the fourth; which is perfect otherwise I would have missed it. It’s pouring with rain outside,…

Hunting around the house

Sometimes it takes losing a competition to realise that something has gone missing. I *could* have been going to the US (turn’s out I’m not), so I wanted to check my passport to see if my Visa was still valid. That sparked a pretty intensive search around the house with the net result that I…

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