13th August 2006
The first thing many tourists do when they get to Amsterdam is start looking around to see if they can find all the dodgy stuff. So let's start with that.
Amsterdam is famous for its cannabis cafes – exactly what they sound like, cafes that sell cannab...
13th August 2006
Amsterdam is full of landmarks and other things to see – it's a surprisingly diverse place, with lots of different things packed very close together in the centre. Because the city is so flat and compact, it's easy to get around on foot and see a lot in o...
13th August 2006
So you really want some business cards – you think it's going to make people take you seriously and get in touch with you. What you have to realise, though, is that a badly designed business card is much, much worse than none at all, and will actually los...
13th August 2006
While business cards aren't all that expensive, they can be quite a lot of trouble. You have to go to all the trouble of deciding what to put on them, either designing them or getting someone to design them for you, and then taking the finished design to ...
13th August 2006
If you're in Birmingham, and you've done all the stuff you can find within the city centre, it can be tempting to write it off. Don't do that, though, until you've taken the time to travel half an hour or so outside Birmingham, and seen some of what the r...
13th August 2006
I bet you don't know what BMW stands for. It's just one of those things you don't really think about, isn't it? But now you're wondering, so I'll put you out of your misery: it stands for Bavarian Motor Works. It is a company that has stayed true to its h...
13th August 2006
Today, many consider BMW's reputation for quality to be near-bulletproof. In an age where almost every high-quality brand is suffering from problems of competition and outsourcing, there is still almost no-one who will disagree that they are very, very we...
13th August 2006
If you're new to BMWs, it can be difficult at first to understand the differences between all the different models. Being very logical and German, BMW doesn't bother with evocative names, instead preferring to name its cars using a complicated system of m...
13th August 2006
While BMW is most famous nowadays for its cars, motorcycles were where they got their start, and they still have a reputation for very high quality motorcycles today. BMW built its first motorcycle in 1923. It quickly invented the much-imitated twin-cylin...
13th August 2006
Business cards aren't something that most people concern themselves with too much. You meet someone, you trade cards, and you have their details if you ever need to get in touch. What you might not have realised is that business cards have a long and colo...
12th August 2006
Birmingham – known to the people who live there as 'Brum' – is the second-largest city in the UK (not Manchester, as people often mistakenly believe). It can trace its history all the way back to the Bronze Age, and there is still a Roman fort there today...
12th August 2006
Birmingham is a place that really lends itself to trivia, so here are some things you might not know about Brum.
Birmingham has the biggest road junction in the world, the infamous Spaghetti Junction. It is almost impossible to enter Spaghetti Junction...
12th August 2006
I bet you think Birmingham is all dismal grey buildings and noisy roads. Well, Birmingham isn't exactly packed with things to see and do… but there are some things that are well worth a visit.
To begin with, to get all those bad thoughts about Birmingh...
08th August 2006
People often get confused about exactly what a second mortgage is. Some think it's only for debt consolidation, while others seem to believe that it makes your home more likely to get repossessed. The real answers, however, are more complicated than that....
07th August 2006
Candles have been used throughout human history to make light at night times. Though we use electrical lights now, people still keep candles for emergencies. Scented candles are lit or used as decoration, and some use candle for meditation or prayer as th...
