How to Write More Successful Blog Posts

Apr

2013

For those of you who, like me, try to write a blog, this is a very useful quick read for your journeys home from work. How to Write a More Sucessful Blog Post – Dave Kerpen (CEO of Likeable Media) Dave Kerpen, as usual, makes some good points which although fairly obvious, we all often ...

Asus S200E Netbook – My new toy

Apr

2013

As I will be travelling a lot in the next few months for work, I have had a conundrum to solve. My Samsung Galaxy 8.9 is a really good tablet and very light, perfect for carrying on the metro and travelling around. However the office support on android is sorely lacking especially if , like ...

Changes Afoot

Apr

2013

You may notice some changes, hopefully subtle ones to my website. Please let me know what you think of them and whether I should keep or change them. I would be really grateful for any suggestions or opinions left in the comment section below. The more I get, the better I can make the site. ...

Grape Expectations – Caro Feely

Apr

2013

I came across this book while doing one of my trawls through the Amazon Kindle catalogue to see if any of my favourite authors had released any new books. While doing this I decided to download a series of trials – a wonderful concept from Amazon whereby you can download the first 30 pages of ...

All Change – which way do the clocks go?

Mar

2013

It is wonderful, I have noticed that it is now lighter when I finish work. In fact it feels like summer is just around the corner even though it is freezing out. They say that it is one of the coldest springs on record. For the poor spring lambs being born, I think it certainly ...

Alternative Egg

Mar

2013

Chocolate Eggs with Cheesecake Filling You will need: 6-8 hollowed chocolate easter egg shells 150g cream cheese, softened 30g icing sugar, sifted 1/2 tsp lemon juice 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract 125ml thickened/heavy whipping cream For the ‘yolk’: 1 passion fruit, 1 tbsp apricot jam 1 tbsp unsalted butter Using a small serrated knife, carefully ...

Still Winter Here

Mar

2013

So having left Moscow for warmer climes at the end of January, I have just spent a week here on a business trip. I am working for Global Hospitality Services, a hotel management company. We are trying to expand our portfolio to Russia, so I was dispatched to Moscow. My first business day in Russia ...

Spiced fillet of lamb in filo pastry

Mar

2013

This looks truly delectable, I cannot wait to try this out, might give it a go this weekend. I love to eat lamb but since coming back to the UK I haven’t really had a chance to cook with lamb. It is a shame but one of the problems with the UK is that we are ...

London Transport Maps

Mar

2013

To help all those trying to get round London here are some helpful maps both for the Underground and the Bus network. Basically all the systems that come under London Transport. I would highly recommend using a journey planner if you don’t know where you are going but need to get to a specific ...

Touchdown – The only way to exchange mail

Mar

2013

Touchdown for various different systems is an exchange email client for all types of phones and Windows 8. There are many different types of exchange clients for phones and tablets on the market and I have tested all of the leading ones. Many have much more attractive UIs than Touchdown and feel much more modern and ...

IM+ An all-in instant messenger

Mar

2013

For those of you who don’t already know and haven’t really found your way through my site, I use android systems when it comes to phones and tablets. This is purely because I have found that the system allows me to do more and be in more control. Ever since I had an Android phone, ...

Dumbing down of Britain

Feb

2013

Since time immemorial (well around 1215) one of the rights most ingrained in British culture is the right to be tried by 12 men (and women) equal to you. Even the Lords in the House of Lords can only be tried by their friends as us common folk are not their equals. Now I have always believed ...

Technology – life is easier?

Feb

2013

Given the rise in technology, the amount we depend on it in our every day lives, I was under the impression that it was there to make our lives easier. That was until I came across Microsoft Exchange. It is the most temperamental thing I have ever had to deal with (well with the exception of the ...

Developing to Developed – really?

Feb

2013

Officially the UK is a developed country and Russia is a developing one, although over the last few days I am starting to question the UK’s status. This feeling began on Saturday. I had had a nice day relaxing and not doing much when I decided that what was called for was a nice warming ...

Beef chilli with bitter chocolate

Feb

2013

Another fantastic recipe from the Hairy Bikers. This old-fashioned chilli recipe uses chocolate to take it to another dimension. Enjoy on wintry evenings. Less than 30 minspreparation time Over 2 hourscooking time Serves 2 Ingredients 4 tbsp vegetable oil 500g/1lb 2oz good-quality beef steak, finely diced 500g/1lb 2oz good-quality beef mince 1 white onion, peeled, finely chopped 1 red ...

Smoked salmon and dill tian

Feb

2013

Smoked salmon and dill tian with warm potato galette and fennel and apple salad This is a wonderful main course just right for Valentine’s day. This elegant dish for two has all the fresh tastes of spring and enough wow factor to impress any dinner date. 1-2 hourspreparation time 30 mins to 1 hourcooking time ...

Tolstoy House Museum – Park Kulturi

Feb

2013

One of the first Russian books I ever read was Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. I have read all of his major works (yes, including War and Peace). I think I can safely say that he is one of my favorite authors of all time. It has taken me 4 years of living in Moscow ...

Yakitoria – Sushi chain

Jan

2013

If you live in Moscow you will already know that sushi is like Chinese in the UK (i.e all over the place). There are many to choose from and or varying quality; from fast food to normal restaurants. Yakitoria falls into the second type and can meet seen in many locations across Moscow. I must ...

Metro Public Vote.

Jan

2013

Recently the Moscow Metro has updated their map and it has sent travellers into uproar over the new design. Muscovites seem confused looking at the new map now that there is no river marked on and also they say there are other key mistakes. To be quite honest, I really like the new map, it ...

Moscow Journey Planner

Jan

2013

Just before leaving Moscow to go back to the UK and live, I have found a remarkably useful website that allows people to journey plan their routes between two points in Moscow using all forms of public transport and taxis. It even gives you a selection of routes that you can then e-mail to yourself ...

Chameleon Launcher – Driven by Context

Jan

2013

Chameleon Launcher by Teknision a Canadian based firm was originally a kickstarter program for android tablets. If you don’t know what Kickstarter is, it is basically where small time companies can present an idea to the general public and gain funding to start the project off. Originally Teknision started the campaign back in April 2012 ...

Winter Wonderland

Jan

2013

I often complain about the weather here on my blog, either comparing London to Moscow or the other way round. Often I make facetious comments about something that Russians are doing regarding making life harder or more complicated. Yet today I am in a good mood, it is the weekend, and the weather outside is ...

Quietly flowed the Moscow roads

Jan

2013

Unlike like the rest of the world Moscow does not start the new business year on 2nd January, the federal authorities are nice enough to give everyone ten days off. It is the only time of the year when the city gets to sleep, mainly because as many people as possible try to go on ...

Finally an Adult

Jan

2013

I am sorry to my readers for not posting for a couple of days, I have had problems with the website due to a problem plugin. Hopefully it is now fixed and you will be hearing regularly from me. It has been a busy few days as well trying to get all those little things ...

Business letter – How to

Jan

2013

Below is a file that you can download which will help you to write business letters in English. Also you will find some tips in this post that may further help you. Feel free to bookmark the page so that you can easily reference it. (for those of you who don’t have flash use the ...

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