Windproof Umbrella – Blunt Umbrella Review

Blunt Windproof Umbrella

90% of the year I live in Singapore and despite the usually beautiful sunny weather there is also a lot of heavy rain showers particular in the later months of the year. Having decided to head home to the UK for Christmas this year I was asked the usual question of what I’d like for Christmas.

It sounds pretty lame, but literally the only thing I needed at the time was an umbrella (since bizarrely enough I hadn’t got round to purchasing one in Singapore, and was therefore constantly getting soaked or stuck in coffee shops).

Ordinarily I’d just look for something cheap and cheerful that would get the job done, but since it was for Christmas I figured what the hell lets see what the options are (yes, it was a slow Christmas and I was a little bored).

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Philips Airfryer Review – HD9220

The Philips Airfryer HD220

Being the generous type I recently bought my parents the very popular Philips Airfryer HD9220 from Amazon for Christmas. I can testify that it is indeed hugely popular because I had a right job finding any in stock (I actually failed miserably and had to give it to my folks in January).

Any way, I thought I’d take the time to write a little review on the product as so far we’ve all been suitably impressed with its output.

The Philips Airfryer follows in the foot steps of the Tefal Actifry offering a healthier alternative to deep fat frying, as they both utilise minimal oil in the process of cooking your food.

From the reviews and forum discussions I observed prior to ordering the Airfryer a lot of people seemed to utilise them for cooking chips, but it’ll do plenty of other items as well including chicken nuggets, fish fingers, steak, pork chops, hamburgers, sausage rolls, drumsticks and chicken breast. To cut a long story short, if you can put it in your oven then chances are high it’ll be fine to go in your Airfryer.

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Flying Business Class With Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER

Its fair to say that even a particularly negative, picky individual (some would class me in that bucket) would struggle to find fault with the quality of service offered by Singapore Airlines. This is backed up by their 1st place finish in the 2011 Asia Airlines Awards and 2nd overall in the world category.

Despite flying over 60,000 miles in 2011 across various carriers (Emirates, Singapore Airlines, JetStar and United) it wasn’t until recently that I got to properly experience a long haul business class flight with Singapore Airlines and to cut a long story short – it was excellent.

The flight was from Changi International Airport in Singapore to Manchester International Airport in the UK, roughly 14 hours of flight time with an hour stop over in Munich.

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My Best Business Books List

Book Shelf

As part of my bucket list I set a goal to read 500 books many of which are on the subject of business including topics such as leadership and entrepreneurship. The following article will be regularly updated over time as I come across new business books that I would recommend.

I’m not intending to review these books in detail as there is far more talented individuals out there than I in this field, but hopefully my list can help give you some direction if you’re looking for good business books to read.

Should you wish to review the full list of business books I have read you can see them on my books I have read page.

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Best iPad Stylus For Note Taking

Adonit Jot Pro Stylus

Its not for everyone, but one of the handy applications for the iPad and other comparable tablets is the ability to scribble notes into third party apps like NoteShelf. Typically you have two choices for using these kinds of applications:

  1. Use your fingers
  2. Use a stylus

Using your fingers is frankly not a real option since the chances of you being able to write something that is remotely legible in the future is non-existent. That leaves us with 1 option, buying a stylus.

Its not exactly the sexiest purchase you’ll ever make, but purchasing a good one will make the experience a lot more gratifying. Having used a few my personal favourite at the moment is the Adonit Jot Pro Stylus.

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Best iPad 2 Productivity Apps

iPad 2 Productivity Apps

I’ve been one of those guys that’s forever wanted an iPad and/or iPhone, but I’ve always struggled to justify the need and whenever I’ve managed to convince myself of the need I always think “I’ll wait for the next model” and thus the cycle continued.

Well I finally bit the bullet and bought an iPad2 this year believing that the iPad 3 (when its finally released) can’t possibly add to many new, must have features that would make it worth the wait.

Whilst the iPad has many uses one of the primary reasons I finally decided to buy one was task management and general productivity improvements.

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