Holiday

Join my team! I'm looking for a developer, based near Folkestone [Wed 15 July 2009]

Possibly going to be on BBC local news today #wacky #facebook #craze I'm too old for this [Mon 13 July 2009]

Back at work And there's a #iphone on my desk... [Mon 6 July 2009]

Can't believe I'm back in work tomorrow See you there, oh I am so looking forward to it! [Sun 5 July 2009]

Holiday has been going fast Lovely day for it, just walked along Folkestone Leas [Thu 25 June 2009]

Who says I'm unqualified? I just got a certificate... [Tue 23 June 2009]

Due day plus EIGHT So have done a whole extra week at work now that I wasn't expecting, and looks like I might do... [Mon 1 June 2009]

Lone Star Comedy Club 27th June 2009 Line up for Saturday June 27th - Lanterns Folkestone Line up for the next show on 27th June... [Fri 29 May 2009]

I told you a sheep got into our office Here be video [Thu 28 May 2009]

Half price tickets for bank holiday comedy [flickr]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2456/3548426694_5919050837.jpg[/flickr] I know it says... [Wed 20 May 2009]

Toilet troubles Water off, plumber on the way, it MUST be a bank holiday... [Mon 4 May 2009]

Nice knowing you all We're off to IKEA, so in case it ends in a death SEEYA! [Sat 2 May 2009]

May The Fourth Wall Be With You - quiz! Bank holiday monday, maybe see you there.. [Wed 29 April 2009]

Lionel Richie meet and greet! Make sure you ask him "why the long face?" [Thu 2 April 2009]

I think I went for an interview at Sugar Media That's the company of the guy CS gassed in the house of commons last night [Tue 31 March 2009]

Anywhere I roam (part 1.5) The start of our holiday pictures... [Wed 11 March 2009]

RE: How do I geocode my photos automatically for free? Someone on flickr.com recommended geosetter , which seems to have done the trick so far. Will... [Wed 11 March 2009]

RE: How do I geocode my photos automatically for free? The software I got with my GPS doodah was this: http://www.jetphotosoft.com/ [Tue 10 March 2009]

Rome if you want to Holiday write up part the first [Tue 10 March 2009]

How do I geocode my photos automatically for free? Got my #GPS log, but can't find my software... [Mon 9 March 2009]

Molto buono ma um po troppo caro BACK from ROME, very nice, thank you. [Mon 9 March 2009]

Damn all the symbols are in different places on this keyboard! The hyphen is where the forward slash should be and the forward slash is above the seven. No idea... [Sat 7 March 2009]

holidaybot Yes holidaybot is me too. It sort of works, but not fully ready for a "release" yet though.... [Mon 2 March 2009]

Google maps... ENTERPRISE??? What, I have to PAY??? [Thu 12 February 2009]

Aha Dave says smesher.com is already doing this smesher.com twitter.com/bengee [Thu 12 February 2009]

Thinking of starting on twitter again Haven't used twitter.com in two years , and only really fiddled with it then, maybe it will be... [Tue 10 February 2009]

Munich I was in Munich last week with work , and haven't written it up yet, so here we go... I opted... [Sun 1 February 2009]

The mini winner We gave away a mini at work, I didn't get to pick the winner, so you will have no idea who this... [Tue 6 January 2009]

I don't talk about work so much any more Just got an email about Stone Gods tickets being on sale, that's half of The Darkness, and are... [Fri 19 December 2008]

It loads eventually, in the right hand column Under the youtube video. [Sun 14 December 2008]

RE: Win a mini Where is the competition? I can't see it on the front page... [Sun 14 December 2008]

Win a mini No I can't fiddle this competition for you. holidayextras.co.uk [Fri 12 December 2008]

Remember: Eurotunnel is not as good as you think it is going to be Had a nice weekend in Lille, marred on the way home by a Eurotunnel delay. We were meant to be on... [Tue 9 December 2008]

Elizabeth and Raleigh - Late but Live Cool, I agreed to go to this ( our company are sponsoring it) before realising it was a... [Mon 20 October 2008]

Mysterious young entrepreneur secures local support Hmm got emailed this today and thought "I recognise that chap", he used to work at our place .... [Tue 7 October 2008]

No it does seem to have gone I'm sure you can see it at work, and it must reappear online at some point! [Sun 28 September 2008]

RE: Come on over to my place I can't see that video, say's it's not available anymore. Do you know anywhere else where it... [Sun 28 September 2008]

Come on over to my place Do you want to come and work here? See our recruitment video. I'm positive they said they... [Fri 26 September 2008]

Nice effort land lubber [Fri 19 September 2008]

RE: Don't ye be forgettin' dawgs ee by gum, run up the gibbet ya scurvy mutts, or walk up it if your too old. Well,I tried... [Fri 19 September 2008]

Don't ye be forgettin' dawgs Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day ! Every year I think I'm going to make more of a deal of this... [Fri 19 September 2008]

Have a look at Amsterdam Just a little panoramic swoop of a nice and Amsterdammy bit of Amsterdam . There's a canal,... [Wed 30 July 2008]

Refunds on BA and Virgin flights to the USA Get your refunds here ! IF YOU BOUGHT A TICKET ON BRITISH AIRWAYS OR VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS... [Tue 22 July 2008]

More video of Go Ape More video of our day at Go Ape last Friday. Actually the same video but I can embed it now.... [Fri 18 July 2008]

More Go Ape pictures Not mine yet, but here are some better pics of the group . [Mon 14 July 2008]

No lunch for me thanks Blee, it's our "rumble in the jungle" fun day at work and they've just completed their... [Fri 27 June 2008]

RE: GBP49.95 for eight days parking at Gatwick airport! Not quite, see location of all the airports here ... I made that map! Well, google made it and I... [Fri 27 June 2008]

RE: GBP49.95 for eight days parking at Gatwick airport! ...and the car park will be just outside Eastbourne [Fri 27 June 2008]

�49.95 for eight days parking at Gatwick airport! That's crazy cheap! holidayextras.co.uk and choose an Airparks car park . Or just go to... [Wed 25 June 2008]

Free parking at festival for car sharers Free parking in some overflow car park or other if you have three people in your card it says... [Thu 19 June 2008]

the most glorious holiday destination in all England Man alive we've had a lot of press over the past couple of days (we as in Folkestone, rather than... [Mon 16 June 2008]

everything is json these days I can remember the day I first heard of it and didn't see the benefit of it at all but now I use... [Thu 12 June 2008]

RE: PHP 4 to 5 migration PHP4 to 5 isn't so painful, and you get some nice new toys as part of the deal. Currently loving... [Wed 11 June 2008]

PHP 4 to 5 migration Bit of an all encompassing thing this, I use PHP for work and for home, I've pretty much... [Sat 31 May 2008]

Rents not so soaring Well, I'm sure they're still rising , but the flat upstairs has possibly not been let yet, I... [Thu 22 May 2008]

All holiday photos now here In a flickr set Now on google , there are a lot of duplicates though and no title for most of... [Wed 7 May 2008]

Great quiz at Chambers this bank holiday weekend Shame I didn't know about it in advance so I could big it up here... no we didn't win, in fact we... [Tue 6 May 2008]

RE: We saw this Didn't get any here - I've seen them before in Canada. When it's really cold the halo effect is... [Sat 3 May 2008]

We saw this Strange halo effect around the sun , did you get it here? It was mad, I have tried to photo it... [Fri 2 May 2008]

Farewell then, John Price John left our team on Friday, did they get him a brand new car as a leaving gift?... [Tue 22 April 2008]

And we're half way through the week already! Well I am, don't know about you, I've got Thursday off too. Quiet and lonely night in tonight,... [Tue 18 March 2008]

Ooh, new Holiday Extras design: Holiday Extras , who I work for, though obviously the design is nothing to do with me. I've done... [Tue 11 March 2008]

Happy Anniversary to me Pretty sure I've been at Holiday Extras for one year, today. [Tue 29 January 2008]

I think that "duck shoot" will be coming back soon Show and Stay [Wed 23 January 2008]

RE: Show And Stay Was that the version with the carousel of shows which spun round like ducks at a fairground shoot? [Wed 23 January 2008]

Through to the semi-finals We're having one of our "fun days" at work, got a team music quiz going on throughout the day,... [Fri 18 January 2008]

Maille Mustard Just the fact of me mentioning and linking to maille.com has shunted them to the top of the... [Sun 23 December 2007]

If a picture paints a thousand words... Does this video clip of us in Belgium this weekend make anything I have to say on the subject... [Wed 19 December 2007]

are you sending this from your desk? Or are you off on three weeks christmas holiday..? [Tue 18 December 2007]

RE: I know you like to be kept up to date on my work fun days Pleased to see you are having a great time, do you do any work!!!!!! [Tue 18 December 2007]

I know you like to be kept up to date on my work fun days Especially for you Dean, but I know everyone likes to be kept up to date on what goes on here at... [Tue 18 December 2007]

Fabulous weekend in Brussels Sorry I didn't tip you off in advance, I didn't want you to burgle my house. Pictures and even... [Mon 17 December 2007]

York (being the fourth part of my holiday) York is great, a lot like Canterbury , but seemingly with more pubs. Our hotel was the birth... [Wed 21 November 2007]

Most comments on a youtube video EVER! Well, the most for me anyway , from people that I don't know, who've just tracked my video down... [Wed 21 November 2007]

Nothing happens now, that's my bet [Tue 20 November 2007]

RE: Bank Holiday great news - but does anyone know what happens now? [Tue 20 November 2007]

RE: These are 'official' petitions Its good. Click on info' and comms'.I have signed quite a few [Wed 14 November 2007]

These are 'official' petitions They will be noticed and commented on (if they get more than a certain number of signatures,... [Tue 13 November 2007]

RE: They have accepted the petition on pm.gov.uk Sorry, I had my Mark Thomas hat on - it was the thought of the Government choosing what we were... [Tue 13 November 2007]

They have accepted the petition on pm.gov.uk Not sure where the wording comes from, just forwarding on a mail a friend sent me as I agree with... [Tue 13 November 2007]

RE: Bank Holiday "Number 10 Downing Street has approved a petition" Is it just me, or do those words not sit right? [Tue 13 November 2007]

Bank Holiday Number 10 Downing Street has approved a petition that was requesting a new public holiday... [Tue 13 November 2007]

Yay I can get into both now :) [Sat 20 October 2007]

I need to get rid of some of those flickr slideshows... Can't tell what the domain is from here because it's inside this building. Can you see... [Thu 18 October 2007]

It's called a carousel I think the Flash version was a free download... Originally we were going with a really cool... [Thu 18 October 2007]

Ping pong Well I tried a ping and it can't resolve the domain. DNS I tells ye ! I use freedom2surf's DNS... [Thu 18 October 2007]

Hmmm Well, maybe my internets are wonky ! I always seem to have some problem or other.. Firefox sez... [Thu 18 October 2007]

RE: Show And Stay Hmmm. Now that I'm a Flash / Flex developer - how did they do the spinning thing on the front page? [Thu 18 October 2007]

Shouldn't be any issues like that! There's always been a site at that address, this is just a revamp of it, can you really not see it? [Thu 18 October 2007]

Live you say ? Coming to a DNS near you soon ! [Thu 18 October 2007]

Show And Stay Been working on Show and Stay for ages, it's just gone live today, SMART! It's a whole new... [Wed 17 October 2007]

The sister-in-law's waters have just broken This is a medical term that is related in some way to having a baby apparently. This means we're... [Fri 17 August 2007]

Hot weekend Had a good week, lots going on at work, including the aforementioned rowing trip and picnic... [Sun 5 August 2007]

A view over the pool Nice shot of the pool... More pictures to come... [Fri 3 August 2007]

I like the sound of Sheffield Next time we're heading North I think we will go there. [Mon 30 July 2007]

Just like a man.... Oh Southports lovely...... bit of an arse to get to. Next time you should try Morecombe, bit of... [Mon 30 July 2007]

Great weekend Splendid birthdays thanks, we had a meal at Escondido and drinks at The Ship just for a... [Mon 30 July 2007]

Didn't go up the tower or on the ride I'm guessing they are the only bits of Blackpool normally to bother with, but based on the rest... [Tue 24 July 2007]

Oh NOW you come up with suggestions... If I'd engaged a bit more when we were planning our trip I'd have preferred to go to Sheffield or... [Tue 24 July 2007]

RE: Blackpool (being the third part of my two week holiday write up) blackpool is indeed an awful place, you should have gone to southport which is lovely, as my... [Tue 24 July 2007]

RE: Blackpool (being the third part of my two week holiday write up) Have to say I totally understand what you're saying about Blackpool - I've been there a few times... [Tue 24 July 2007]

Reporting from the Lake District (being the fourth part of my two week holiday write up) More photos up now , but here's a bit of video we did. We were originally going to go for a... [Sun 22 July 2007]

Blackpool (being the third part of my two week holiday write up) Have you been to Blackpool ? DON'T EVER EVER GO THERE, man alive, it was the worst place I've... [Sun 22 July 2007]

Oh NOW you come up with suggestions... [Fri 20 July 2007]

RE: Scrap the licence fee Tosh. So a company they use to make programs spiced up a show, it's hardly earth shattering. And... [Fri 20 July 2007]

RE: Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday) I'm glad you enjoyed Ed, I think it's a great place to live. I forgot you were into your real... [Fri 20 July 2007]

Scrap the licence fee The BBC are a bit annoying at the moment aren't they? If they're not punking the the queen with... [Fri 20 July 2007]

I thought at first they were peasants who'd been caught trespassing There's a picture of the house somewhere in my pictures ... More pictures to come! [Wed 18 July 2007]

RE: The wedding (being the first part of my two week holiday write up) Now thats what I call a BBQ! [Wed 18 July 2007]

Edinburgh (being the second part of our holiday) Edinburgh is nice. "Our kind of city" the wife wrote on her postcards, and I agree. We got a... [Tue 17 July 2007]

The wedding (being the first part of my two week holiday write up) We started our little trip with a wedding, the least possible wedding that was still attached to... [Mon 16 July 2007]

Hello old friend Been on holiday for the last two and a bit weeks, I didn't publicise this here so you didn't... [Sun 15 July 2007]

Yes That's my new job, I'm a developer for holidayextras.com . [Thu 8 February 2007]

So you work for HolidayExtras.com? I'm confoosed. [Thu 8 February 2007]

it's the Intel version the quickest and the best of those. They're great, not as cheap as PC's though, or maybe it just... [Thu 1 February 2007]

RE: osx hmmm so i think i meant which config... [Wed 31 January 2007]

osx probably not going dual boot it, I don't think I need windows for anything on here. Don't know... [Tue 30 January 2007]

powerbook pro is it set up to do a dual boot, i.e. os/x or xp?? which model is it you've got? [Tue 30 January 2007]

Working! Great weekend visiting family and friends, more on which later, I am pressed for time now I'm... [Tue 30 January 2007]

RE: I was looking for a job, and then I found a job Nice one chum! [Wed 24 January 2007]

Wahey, good luck with flat number three! When I catch up with you and I am a landlord too, maybe I'll be able to make it along for one of... [Wed 24 January 2007]

RE: The plan is to keep the flat too Many congrats on the new job - oh the irony of working for a travel firm and then... not having... [Wed 24 January 2007]

Crash? What crash? I hung on for years and years wary of buying convinced there would be a crash. If I'd bought when... [Wed 24 January 2007]

The plan is to keep the flat too Might be a bit ambitious, but I don't see why, we didn't spend as much as we might have done on... [Wed 24 January 2007]

well done rude boy. hythe isnt far away - time you bought a car though i think. also, dont buy now - save... [Wed 24 January 2007]

Congratulations Big congratulations on the new job and well done on finding one in Folkestone. Does this mean... [Tue 23 January 2007]

I was looking for a job, and then I found a job No posts for a few days, I had something to say but wanted to wait until I got an official... [Tue 23 January 2007]

Folkestone - seventh best holiday resort in the UK From the Guardian : Sam Hill, spokeswoman for the Camping and Caravanning Club, which has an... [Fri 5 May 2006]

Monterey Just setting up a place holder here where I will post the next part of my holiday honeymoon... [Fri 23 September 2005]

Now that is just wrong! You gotta see someone at the Airport! [Mon 19 September 2005]

Saw NO-ONE while on holiday I thought it was THE LAW that you saw famous people at airports? I think I saw someone from... [Mon 19 September 2005]

Jamie Redknapp Well, really a sighting by proxy. My sister saw him in her local picking up a take away. She... [Mon 19 September 2005]

A good start to the holiday Knew there was going to be something up when the driver of the train told us he had to reboot... [Wed 31 August 2005]

Wagamama is on Longmarket, near the Cathedral Nando's is down the other end, St Peter's Street... there's TONNES of choice in Canterbury.... [Tue 30 August 2005]

where is wagas in canterbury? and where is nandos? where have all these restaurants sprung up from? back in the... [Tue 30 August 2005]

Bank holiday WEEKENDER! Stop panicking everyone, I'm back, reporting on updates of the weekend... Quite literally THREE... [Tue 30 August 2005]

Bank holiday WEEKENDER! Got my first network alert popup today, as I left the wlan bit turned on on the Pocket PC ...... [Tue 31 August 2004]

What I done on my holidays Well, that was the holiday then. A fantastic 168 hour long boozy lunch, we didn't do much more... [Mon 17 May 2004]

Post holiday blues. And reds Man alive it is hot today. Very disappointed to get back to the UK yesterday and find it almost... [Mon 17 May 2004]

Half snowman, half machine Monster snow and music event at Xscape Indoor Snow Arena, Milton Keynes. Lesley Mckenna and... [Tue 20 April 2004]

Download: Stage Three Free Download tickets for me! [Tue 13 April 2004]

Extra holiday Nice, just found I have 3 more days holiday than I thought, so having Christmas eve and New Years... [Mon 22 December 2003]

A public holiday to celebrate us winning the world cup? come on Tessa, let's have it ... "We will look at all the appropriate ways of marking this...... [Mon 24 November 2003]

Holiday reading While I was away I read Matthew's Prize: Being the Tale of a Whitby Orphan Boy's Longing to... [Wed 11 June 2003]

Thieving bastards Look out if you're coming to Majorca, the place is crawling with thieves. Actually no it's not,... [Mon 9 June 2003]

Bahia De Alcudia "Guten Tag" as they say in Majorca ... weather is fine, though we had one day of rain, food is... [Sun 8 June 2003]

ooh message number 100 posted on here. [Mon 2 June 2003]

Alcudia Off to Majorca in the morning, for a week, staying at Bahia Alcudia ... playing pool , by the... [Mon 2 June 2003]

Viva Las Vegas I have been in that Las Vegas , nice place, shame about the food, for me anyway. Had a nice... [Sun 25 May 2003]

Metal Bowlie! A weekend of ROCK at Camber Sands... [Wed 18 September 2002]

Reading for me And that is what I done on my summer holiday... [Tue 27 August 2002]

Running Order Nah, can't be bothered... hope you're having an ace bank holiday weekend! [Fri 24 August 2001]

PopEx Coo! "No news for bluddy ages" shocker... [Tue 13 June 2000]

Oasis @ Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms I was there at The Wedge , ace gig, and I really do remember this one, unlike the Nirvana @... [Mon 2 May 1994]

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