Miscellaneous

Skiing in Formigal, Spain

A couple of weekends back, my wife and I abandoned the children with their grandparents and escaped for a couple of days skiing in the Spanish ski resort of Formigal in Huesca.
We stayed in a lovely modern hotel next to the spa in Panticosa. The spa was lovely! The mornings were rather cold, the hotel [...]

Sailing with Dolphins

What an amazing surprise!
We were heading out for a quite Sunday morning sailing in the Bahia de Gijon, when we came across a pod of maybe over 100 dolphins!
They were everywhere we looked. We managed to get close enough to some for them to join us and play at the bows of the boat.

What a [...]

¡Campeones!

Great players. Great football. Great team.
Congratulations España!
Image credit to yonmacklein

Testing BlogJet

I have installed an interesting application – BlogJet. It’s a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here: http://blogjet.com
I caught the tip from Gia Lyons “About” page, hadn’t heard of the tool before, so thought I’d check it out given my issues installing Windows Live Writer.
Disappointed [...]

America’s Cup set for March 2009

As if we haven’t had enough contention since Alinghi’s successful defense, I can’t see this one stopping here.
The America’s Cup between holders Alinghi and challengers Oracle is to be held in March 2009, a New York Supreme Court judge has ruled.
Judge Herman Cahn ordered the series to take place in Valencia, Spain, or another location [...]

New take on Indian global influence..

Car giant Ford has sold its luxury UK-based car brands Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian company Tata.Tata, India’s biggest vehicle maker, is paying $2.3bn (£1.15bn) for the British brands after months of negotiations over price and supply relationships.
BBC NEWS | Business | Tata buys Jaguar in £1.15bn deal
Interesting developments, given the importance of Indian [...]

Too funny!

Must.Watch.Too.Funny!
Tags: humour