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Long time, still crnching

So what’s been happening in the last 6 months?
Sporting
Well, I admit I’ve spent far too much time on http://www.runsaturday.com which is now a 2500+ member site with lots of useful features for runners, cyclists, windsurfers and beyond. I’ve also had some commercial approaches on this site - but none that have made it anywhere significant [...]

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#launch48 - a new web businesss in 48 hours

As part of my experimentation with London’s entrepreneurial meetup scene I’ve signed up for something called Launch48 - #launch48 - it’s aim is to get talented, enthusiastic, intelligent people together for a weekend - and to see whether or not we can successfully launch a new web business.
It definitely sounds interesting to me and it [...]

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year to the crnchd.
Let’s hope (and work hard to make sure) that 2009 is a prosperous one!
For me, skiing over the xmas break was fab, new year’s eve was a bit of an early night (?!) and I’ve been hard at work on a number of web projects, the first of which - [...]

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Ski holidays… a barometer on the economy?

For the last three winters we’ve always gone on a ski holiday for xmas.
We always book late and we always head to a 3 or 3-and-a-bit star catered chalet somewhere in France. Generally, the prices have been:

2005 - £400
2006 - £450
2007 - £520 (we treated ourselves to a better location - but we also got [...]

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Going dark

You may have noticed a slight dip in output recently…
The main reason for this has been I’ve been very busy working on a new website - expect the announcement shortly after Xmas.
However, please don’t worry that there’s a lack of crnchd news. Here are some of the highlights from the last week of BBC news:

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Unemployment [...]

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A trip to woolworths closing down sale

I went to woolworths yesterday.
It started as a singularly unpleasant experience. There were sale and discount posters everywhere, there were hoards of people looking for bargains, and the shelves were either piled high with tat - or were completely cleared of goods - the latter especially in the toy and games areas, I noticed.
Don’t get [...]

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