This is really weird.

A few years ago  I watched the end of a film which I’ve never forgotten. It was called Pay It Forward, and I’ve thought about it often in the past few months, and more specifically over the last couple of weeks.

Why?

Well, savvy marketers are giving away good, genuine, high quality information away for free and asking others  to pass it on. No-one has ever mentioned the film though.  Read more... (445 words, 0 images, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

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If you disregard the exchange trip I went on to Holland with the local football team, my first real vacation “abroad” was to Malta shortly after I got married. I have mixed memories about the trip.

The island was picturesque, the people friendly and the weather warm, but there are some crazy drivers over there and you take your life in your hands on roundabouts.

Still, it was very nice – or at least it would have been but for the accommodation we were in. It was awful and not a bit like we’d anticipated from the pictures in the holiday brochure.  Read more... (539 words, 0 images, estimated 2:09 mins reading time)

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Unless, you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you’ll be aware of numerous mentions of both Swine Flu and Michael Jackson. No doubt, you’ve become almost immune to both.

However, this is important.

The other day I received a security alert from the company who protect my computers from the horrible sneaky spyware, malware, viruses etc, which some unscrupulous individuals take pleasure in sending.

I was amazed just how low some opportunistic people stoop.

Apparently, they cash in on whatever happens to be the current topic of conversation, register domain names related to it and then start to push malware.  Read more... (453 words, 0 images, estimated 1:49 mins reading time)

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