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Entries from February 2007

Top Tips for Mobile Phone Contracts Part Three

February 28th, 2007 · Comments Off

Get on with the salesperson - Try and build a little rappor with the salesperson as that will help them to like you, and not a)want to rip you off and b)make them want to cut you a good deal (two in the same really!) Be empowered by your consumer power! – [...]

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Tags: Technology

Dave Matthew Live in Glasgow 24/02/07

February 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

And other Must do ticked off the list. 6 of us trailed down to Glasgow on Saturday to see Dave Matthews and he didn’t dissapoint. There are plenty of videos of clips on Youtube, and there would have been a few photos from me, but after Id taken my camera into [...]

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Tags: Music

What your sleep positions say about you!

February 27th, 2007 · Comments Off

According to Flatseats.com "Scientists believe the position in which a person goes to sleep provides an important clue about the kind of person they are. Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the UK Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service analysed six common sleeping positions – and found that each is linked to a particular personality [...]

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Tags: Miscellaneous

Meebo IM

February 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Dont you just love it when you find a solution to your problem, and for me, nothing is better than a swish lookin’ web 2.0 solution to my problem. Now normally these web2.0 solutions are like Ikea solutions, there not problems until you see the solution! but Meebo is really what I have [...]

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Tags: Technology · Web 2.0

Top Tips for Mobile Phone Contracts Part Two

February 22nd, 2007 · Comments Off

TIP 2: Contract Length There has been a worrying, and subtle rise in the last few years in the length of contracts. A few years ago if you took out a mobile phone contract it would be for 12 months, but as the market has become more competitive and mobile phone service [...]

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Tags: Technology

Lent, Protestants and Food

February 21st, 2007 · Comments Off

As Andrew (tallSkinnyKiwi) says us protestants really struggle to present any type of depth to the concept of lent due to our denominational "pendulem like" swings away from the so called "Yuk Yuk Liturgy, let just read 3:16 and get on with it" attitude which has dominated the reformed wing, but those in [...]

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Tags: Church · Theology Thoughts

Women in Ministry

February 21st, 2007 · Comments Off

Scot McKnight has been speaking about Women in Ministry, and Ive especially enjoyed his posts which Summarise Sarah Sumner’s Men and Women in the Church In relation to Women in the Bible: Women lead the nation, women prophesy, women lead in worship, women rebuke other leaders, women interpret events in history [...]

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Tags: Church · Hat Tips · Theology Thoughts

Some Flickr Fun

February 20th, 2007 · Comments Off

So now and again its nice just to look, and maybe laugh, but just to enjoy a moment you’ve either had or someone else has had. In that line of though heres a few photos and links to a few more, that are great…dont you just LOVE flickr! Squirrels taking Photos – [...]

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Tags: Hat Tips · Miscellaneous

My New Online Book Library

February 20th, 2007 · Comments Off

Today I installed a "Now Reading" Plugin, and right now  I am very pleased with it! Basically it allows me to catalogue the books I am reading, have read, and plan to read right here on the blog. Ive included a link to my full library (not quite complete yet) on [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Miscellaneous · Technology

War and Augustine

February 16th, 2007 · 5 Comments

And so the contentious issue of the age, as somehow arrived at through looking at Augustine’s City of God, the War in Iraq. I first feel the need to premise this post with an invitation for any responses or discussion from this post to be full of humility, and motivated after a desire [...]

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Tags: Justice · The World · Theology Thoughts