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Skiing in Formigal, Spain
1710 days
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 is at an altitude of about 1400 meters, and here’s proof, the car marked -17ºC and took a little while to start!
We enjoyed two perfect sunny days skiing, allowing us to really appreciate Formigal’s spectacular views.
And just to prove I was really there, a silly pose! 
Sailing with Dolphins
3712 days
by Simon Scullion
in Miscellaneous
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 buzz!
¡Campeones!
21315 days
by Simon Scullion
in Miscellaneous
Great players. Great football. Great team.
Congratulations España!
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Testing BlogJet
01353 days
by Simon Scullion
in Miscellaneous
I have installed an interesting application – . It’s a cool Windows client for my blog tool (as well as for other tools). Get your copy here:
I caught the tip from , hadn’t heard of the tool before, so thought I’d check it out given my issues installing .
Disappointed that it is a 30 day trial, the full version is €29.95. I will give it a try and let you know what I think before splashing out!
“Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and stupid; humans are incredibly slow, inaccurate and brilliant; together they are powerful beyond imagination.” — Albert Einstein
America’s Cup set for March 2009
01363 days
by Simon Scullion
in Miscellaneous
As if we haven’t had enough contention since Alinghi’s successful defense,
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 chosen by Alinghi.
The winner of the duel will have the right to organise the subsequent event under the more usual multi-team format.
So if this is how it stands, and I have understood things correctly, have basically won themselves the right to race for the cup, avoiding a challenger series!
What about all the other teams who are expecting a crack at it, and are who made this the media success the last time around? What about ‘s attempt at ?
Despite their not-so-clean reputation in all of this, if it is what ends up happening, all I hope for is that thrashes Oracle on the water, and we can return to some normailty.
Short of banging a few rather rich heads together, some common sense needs to be brought back into the process in order to ensure that the America’s Cup remains the fantastic sporting and technological spectacle it should be.
New take on Indian global influence..
41411 days
by Simon Scullion
in Miscellaneous
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.
Interesting developments, given the importance of Indian IT firms not just in the outsorcing market. I wonder what sector will they take on next?
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