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  • Book: Hermann Maier – The Race of My Life

    For any other of you ski nuts like me who grew up watching the mighty Herminator race, this one is for you. Just finished reading. Gives an interesting insight into life on the World Cup Circuit, and the comeback of Hermann Maier after his potentially career ending motorbike crash. I bought it on Amazon here.…

  • GHC 2011: Feedback from “What if we could alter the perception of the Software Developer”

    Giving and receiving feedback is something that I think is so important if you want to improve and get better. I am also a bit of a positive affirmation person. I can be so critical at myself that sometimes I lose sight of what is going well. I have to make a real effort to…

  • Burgers and Lobsters in London

    Last weekend I happened across an amazing eating hole in London. I was reading Grazia magazine (no judgement!) and I read about a new restaurant that had just opened up in Mayfair thats mission was to bring ‘reasonable’ priced lobsters and Champagne to all. As I happened to be staying in Mayfair that night, it sounded perfect.…

  • Places to visit in New Zealand

    My friends Warren and Jenny are off to  New Zealand this year and asked me for places that I would recommend visiting. Other people have asked me for this in the past too, and as I was writing the email I thought that I should just put it on here! I spent two winter seasons…

  • Christmas Carols at Millenium Park

    As many of you may  (or may not!) know, last Christmas Tim got me a DSLR. I have since spent the year attempting to become a bit less amateur!  Thanks to Groupon I have been on a couple of day-long workshops and they have helped a lot. I haven’t got out to practice as much…

  • Visitors from Canada for Thanksgiving

    Tim’s parents came to stay with us over Thanksgiving in Chicago, which was really lovely. We managed to all fit into our little apartment for the long weekend, and it was great to be able to show them the sights of Chicago. We did lots of walking, playing Fluxx (my new favourite card game!), football…