Archive for April, 2007

Happy Easter Monday

Monday, April 9th, 2007

The great thing about Easter is that it always makes a long weekend, because it’s observed on specific days of the week. Sadly in France it’s only a three day weekend because Good Friday is not a public holiday here. Christmas is similarly unfortunate for an Englishman in France, with Boxing Day not a holiday, […]

Why I use GMail

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

I manage four email addresses, each for different purposes like signing up to websites, personal email and mailing lists. Since GMail included POP3 access as part of the service, I have been able to get all of them except Hotmail together in one slick web application.
GMail changes the way email is managed, abandoning traditional folders […]