Archive for the ‘travel’ Category
Wales ape and monkey sanctuary
Our family holiday this summer was in Wales, and one of the great attractions that we visited whilst we were there was the Wales ape and monkey sanctuary. I had a bit of trouble finding it online, so I thought I’d give it a bit of link/tag love here. I also had a struggle finding […]
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Tags: ape, centre, monkey, primate, rescue, sanctuary, Wales, Welsh
I fly to Zurich a few times a year, and often fly with Swiss, so I’ve been a member of their Miles & More rewards programme (which is run by Lufthansa) for some time. To help keep hold of my miles (and even top them up a little) I got the connected credit card from […]
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Tags: expired, expiry, Lufthansa, MBNA, mileage, Miles and More, rewards, Swiss
For a little while I’ve been experiencing lousy service from my credit card providers, and judging by what I hear from others I’m far from alone on this. The level of false positives from card company fraud detection systems has reached a point where it’s creating a bad customer experience, and it often seems that ‘common sense’ […]
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Tags: algorithm, analytics, big data, card, convenience, customer, customer experience, customer service, data, fraud, gas, social, travel
The suckage of hotel Internet
I’ve been on the road now for a week and a half, which has brought me into contact with some of the slowest, most expensive Internet access I’ve suffered in some time. I’m used to mobile Internet being expensive and slow, but this has been even worse. My problems started in an airport lounge in […]
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Tags: download, hotel, Internet, lounge, mobile, speed, travel
No laptop, will travel
I’ve just returned from my third trip without a laptop – the longest so far, with a whole week in the US. Mostly this has worked out very well. Power to weight ratio Just like with fast cars/bikes, this is the key to success. I’m finding that the iPad 2 can make it through a […]
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Tags: bluetooth, Galaxy Tab, iPad, keyboard, laptop, tablet, travel
Snakes!
It’s been quiet around here, as the new job has been keeping me busy, and I just took a couple weeks off to visit friends in the US. I have some good posts saved up though, which I hope to get out over the next week or two. On my second to last day in […]
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Tags: black water snake, copperhead, northern water snake, racer, snakes
Every hotel room should have one
Last week I was very impressed to find this at my desk in the Westin Jersey City: and yesterday I found this in the Crowne Plaza Zurich: NB The D-Link pocket WiFi router being powered by the media bar USB. For some odd reason this hotel doesn’t have WiFi (but thankfully it does have free […]
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Tags: audio, HDMI, hotel, screen, tv, USB, VGA, video
Travelcard travesty
One of the great things about my new office in the City is that I can now do my commute without having to use the Tube. I can jump on a train to London Bridge and either walk from there (~20min) or catch another train to take me over the river to Cannon Street, which […]
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Tags: commute, commuting, confusopoly, FCC, Gatwick, Gatwick Express, Southern, ticket, train, travelcard
Kindle 3G – it’s a trap
The bottom line here is that $50 (or £40) for 3G won’t get the buyer unlimited global web surfing. It looks too good to be true, and therefore it is. In the words of Admiral Ackbar – ‘it’s a trap!’. That 3G is there so that Amazon can sell you books. Whilst it may be possible to use it (for the time being) to do some surfing too at no extra cost that’s a feature that can’t be (and therefore won’t be) economically sustainable.
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Tags: 3G, amazon, browser, ebook, kindle, web, WWAN
Holiday in Florida 2010
Getting there It’s often argued amongst business travellers which of London Heathrow (LHR) or New York (JFK) qualifies as the worst airport in the world. In my opinion they’re both bad, but Orlando (MCO) is the winner of that dubious honour – subjecting travellers to another round of security screening after they’ve been through passport […]
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Tags: disney, disneyworld, holiday, Orlando, seaworld, travel, vacation
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