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Beer keg hire

March 10, 2012
By Doone
Beer keg hire

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything because  I’ve been helping out at Mountain Goat Beer.  The word has got out about their magnificent ales and the business is growing like topsy, needing some extra hands on deck to ride out the big waves of growth. Now they’ve settled into the next stage...

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Dropbox: synchronisation and backup made easy

October 10, 2010
By Doone
Dropbox: synchronisation and backup made easy

As a bookkeeper I work on a lot of computers and need to back up my work every time I finish a session. I used to use usb sticks for back ups but that needed a rigorous system of deleting old files otherwise I’d...

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Checking out potential staff, bosses, clients with pipl.com

July 14, 2010
By Doone
Checking out potential staff, bosses, clients with pipl.com

You’ve got an new manager coming in so you google them to find out a bit about them. Sometimes you get some interesting or useful hits, but mostly its pretty useless. I’ve discovered a website specifically designed to data mine the web and bring...

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Bookkeeping

June 22, 2010
By Doone
Bookkeeping

One of the joys of running a business is that you need to grapple with the delight that is bookkeeping. And unless you are very small or big enough...

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What is Flickr?

May 29, 2010
By Doone
What is Flickr?

Flickr is a photo and video sharing website. A free account offers 100MB of photo uploads and 2 videos per calender month. Only the most recent 200 are visible,...

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Petitions to parliament

May 28, 2010
By Doone
Petitions to parliament

Now I don’t believe a petition, in and of itself, ever changed a thing. However as a symbol of the strength of feeling about an issue and an excuse...

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