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Em’s Weekly Wrap Up

August 14, 2009

It’s been a while since I did one of these, but I need to start a weekly wrap up again, if only for my benefit.

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A New Personal Running Record

August 14, 2009

I went for a run last night and I completed one of my best runs yet. Well, according to Sportypal anyway!

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Using The Contact Form 7 Plugin To Manage Bookings On Wordpress

August 10, 2009

Using the Wordpress Contact Form 7 Plugin I was able to create a booking form to manage the accommodation of a Ski Club on-line. The plugin is easily customised. Find out more with my short tutorial.

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Using Sportypal for Rowing training.

August 10, 2009

Mobile phone application for tracking workouts, Sportypal, can be used for much more than just land training. This morning I used an N95, loaded with Sportypal, to log my rowing session on Melbourne’s Yarra River.

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Low Fat Butter Chicken Recipe

August 9, 2009

I’m trying to get my weight down for rowing, which has meant that I’ve had to adjust the way I eat and what I eat. Very reluctantly, I had to give up Butter Chicken. Until Now! Try this fantastic low fat version. YUM! You won’t notice the difference.

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Track your running progress with Sportypal

July 27, 2009

In my previous post I wrote about the couch25k running program and how I adapted it to suit my fitness level. One of the elements that I thought was missing in my workout was being able to track my progress in terms of kms travelled and my running pace. I do wear a heart rate [...]

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I won’t be able to watch Youtube at work soon

July 15, 2009

I went onto Youtube recently at work and noticed a warning that the browser I’m using, Internet Explorer 6, won’t be supported soon. This means that myself and my workmates will be unable to watch Youtube at work until this pre-historic browser gets updated. Not very happy at all.
I’ve grumbled for a while to our [...]

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Using Skype as a USB Portable App

July 10, 2009

Take Skype where ever you go on whatever computer you like by following these easy directions on how to set up Skype as a portable application on a USB.

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First Impressions – Could your handshake influence the customer experience?

July 4, 2009

[Photo by Slava]
A few years back a friend of mine introduced me to one of her friends and I have never forgotten him since. Not because he made a good impression on me, but because of his “dead fish” handshake.
It sounds like an odd image to associate with someone, but I will never forget that [...]

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The Customer Experience Blog

July 1, 2009

[Photo Seattle Municipal Archives]
A new venture has recently begun in my workplace. The Customer Experience Blog.
I work in a large telecommunications company with thousands of employees. One of the company goals, losely termed here so as to not give the company name away, is to provide the best customer experience possible. Recently an initiative was [...]

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