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Owen Cutajar's Blog: Focusing primarily on business and technology topics seasoned with aspect of family life, humour, trivia and anything else that captures my imagination.
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Thinking about summer holidays
We’re off to Malta for Christmas, but one can’t help but think about what we’re going to do this summer. The truth is that with a 4 year old and 2 babies, our options are a little limited. Flights are a bit of a drag, I̵...
Introducing Alexander and Aristea
You might have noticed a bit of a gap in my blogging over the last couple of weeks, though there has been some action on my personal blog, but for those not in the loop, we’ve been blessed with a gorgeous set of twins; a boy and a girl who we&#...
Can grooming help your career?
Did you know that your appearance can have a drastic effect on your career? Well, Gillette recently commissioned a survey of 500 Human Resources professionals (using Harris Interactive to perform the study) to find out how a person’s grooming a...
The personal touch
I don’t know if you’re anything like me but I feel that a personal touch can make all the difference. You know, instead of receiving email or mail from a faceless organisation, it’s nice to receive personal correspondence from someo...
MAX comes to town – That’s #gfi’s mascot
GFI Software are running a competition to entertain their 5000+ Twitter followers and maybe get some more, with consists of people suggesting some great places they can hang out in their home town and potentially taking Max, GFI’s mascot with t...
We’re off to Tuscany …
Image via Wikipedia Well, not quite now! .. But following that competition everyone voted for us in, I’ve found out that we’ve actually managed to get the top number of votes and therefore won the competition to go to Tuscany. ThatR...
Looking for some dog shampoo?
And now for a word from our sponsors … Do you have a dog? Does he stink? Well, what you need is a DogOsuds, a special dog shampoo that’s bound to give your dog that “New Dog Smell”. It’s by a company called Dinovite who ...
Give us a vote: Send us to Tuscany
I’ve just entered a competition by FuelMyBlog who are working with LastMinute.com to send a couple on a great holiday to Tuscany. Rules are simple, the person with the most votes wins, so check out our entry below and go ahead and vote for us! ...
Countdown to Double Trouble
Well, we’re safely in our second trimester now, so we’ve started seriously thinking about what we need for the twins. We kept all the things we used for Arthur when he was a baby, but we need to double up on things now. One cot isn’...
Two buns in the oven
It’s been almost 4 years since my Bun in the Oven announcement that turned out to be the wonder that is Arthur, and only recently we decided to see if we could repeat the magic with some of the embryos that were frozen when he was conceived. We...
Learning about myself
I had an interesting experience today. I organised a talk for the BCS about development techniques, specifically unit testing, TDD and BDD. Granted, it’s a bit of a geeky subject, but hey, it is the British Computer Society, and a technical eve...
Twas the night before Christmas
Well almost. It’s the night before the night before Christmas and our house is full of wrapping paper, the turkey is sitting in the fridge and the tree is sparkling in the corner. I’m finally getting into the spirit, but I’m working...
What do I do with this domain?
photo credit: Ro (wererabbit.com) Funny thing happened yesterday. I found I had a domain name I registered in October and had totally forgotten about! It’s called OwenCutajar.com and I’m not 100% sure what I’m going to be doing with...
Business Christmas Cards
I was watching a debate this morning on a breakfast show and how some people don’t send Christmas cards any more. Instead there’s a movement to “donate money to charity instead” or “buy a goat in some African villageR...
Photos from Edinburgh
I downloaded the Edinburgh photos off my camera today and uploaded them onto Facebook for all to see. Here are some of the highlights: We had a great time at Edinburgh Castle. We managed to get in free thanks to our Manx National Heritage cards (whic...
Graduation was great
I had a great time at my MBA graduation yesterday. It was strange visiting Heriot-Watt, the university I’ve been studying with for the last few years and where I had never been before. I had seen photos and pictures so some images rang a bell, ...
One week on .. I’m loving Azor
I’ve been using my Azor blade for a week now and I’ve been very pleased with the results. It gives a close shave which is in the same ball park as the Gilette Fusion I used to use before. The main selling point of the Azor though is the l...
And recycling gets easier .. for us at least
We’ve been recycling for a pretty long time; but it’s always been a bit of a hassle keeping boxes of papers, cans and bottles all around the house, then taking a massive box (which has usually got too heavy) down to the recycling station....
