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Who says Technology is Anti-Social?

April 24, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Admittedly being stuck in front of a screen typing away would not appear to be a particularly social thing to do, but, as a result of tapping away, I've got to meet, both virtually, and in reality, some great people. The other evening after exchanging a few emails, after being put in touch with … [Read more...]

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Well, I do do a little bit of everything

April 21, 2008 by Leave a Comment

My friend and Blog from Italy researcher, Gaetano Salvo wants to sell his house, so I'm going to put an on-line brochure for it here on my blog for all the web to see. I've seen Gaetano's place. It's a sort of semi-detached style house and it is not half bad. As Italian places go, it's pretty … [Read more...]

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Parental Approval

April 20, 2008 by Leave a Comment

My folks dropped in here the other day, said that they enjoyed reading my blog, and that they like the journalistic style of the post I wrote for Joe Tangredi over at Volette.com. Even though I'm no spring chicken at 43, it's still nice to get the nod of approval from my mum and dad, so many thanks … [Read more...]

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RSS Feed to Blog from Italy Updated

April 11, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Thanks to reader Rajab Bader, those who follow my blog via the RSS feed may be pleased to note that the feed is now supplying complete versions of my posts.  Before, according to Rajab, my posts were being chopped. I think I have now solved this little issue, and I hope the RSS feed is now … [Read more...]

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George Clooney to do Guest Posts on Blog from Italy

April 1, 2008 by 18 Comments

The famous Italian resident and Hollywood star dropped me an email yesterday, saying that he's been following my scribblings for some time and that he'd like to write a series of guest posts on my blog. Wow, I can hardly believe it. You can read more about this here. Shortly he'll be launching his … [Read more...]

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Apologies time

October 30, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Sorry if you have been visiting and finding things a little up and down on this site today. I've been experimenting. There is now a related posts feature, but the posts listed are not always that, er, well, related. It's a case of 'work in progress'. Things may return to normal at any time, … [Read more...]

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More server problems

October 2, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Sorry if you found that this blog was taking an age to load today.  Beyond my control, alas.  The new host has been having server management problems.  I'm not a happy bunny. Just as well I'm paying on a monthly basis, and I'm already looking around for other potential hosting services.  If … [Read more...]

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Apologies Once More

September 27, 2007 by Leave a Comment

Sorry about not having responded to some of the interesting comments left by my readers. I've been a bit tied up with another project, and work. Normal service will be resumed! As for the other project - it relates to this blog, and once I'm happy with how things have gone, I'll post details … [Read more...]

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Some stats

July 27, 2007 by 1 Comment

The number of views since I switched to Wordpress last year is now over 20,000. Total spam blocked now over 11,000 and growing.  My most popular post concerns traffic fines in Italy, with over 1,700 views. I know I write about a range of subjects, but really I just waffle on about things that … [Read more...]

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Some interesting statistics.

July 23, 2007 by 2 Comments

Around 497 comments left since I went Wordpress.  Almost 11,000 spamments left.  Mad or what? … [Read more...]

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