Some would say there are only two certainties in this life: death and taxes. While that’s obviously an overly simplistic identification of certainties, there is a kernel of truth in the statement. Yet confronted, as we are, on a daily basis with news of “carbon footprints” and “global warming”, I believe we can confidently add [...]
In 1962, a young New Zealander left home on a 12-week, 15-country tour of Europe which he financed by taking along a group of travellers. John Anderson could never have imagined that this trip would be the genesis of Contiki Holidays, one of international travel’s most enduring brands. Only Two Seats Left! tells the incredible [...]
Last summer, a kind-hearted (albeit misguided) friend of the family told me about this wicked home based business idea, the gyst of which was as follows: you set up a website with a theme that interests you; you write posts that jibe with the theme of your site; you affiliate yourself with companies that sell [...]
Sony has released a number of different “Portable Reader System” (PRS) models over the years, beginning in September 2006 with the launch of the PRS-500. The compact, budget-friendly PRS-300 Pocket Edition, the more advanced PRS-600 Touch Edition, and the full-featured PRS-900 Daily Edition were first introduced in August 2009. In late 2011, Sony began rolling [...]
If you’ve been looking for an easy way to crop PDF files to fit your eBook Reader screen, look no further! A free, open source program called Briss is a simple application with an intuitive user interface that enables you to define the crop-region of your PDF files exactly. By fitting a rectangle on the [...]