I’ve been working hard on some big changes for the Eat Rio site over the last couple of weeks. Because of that I haven’t had so much time to write blog posts (though I’ve been trying not to leave it too long!). The changes are ongoing, but I hope to introduce the first of them to you […]
In response to yesterday’s Toucan post, Will from The Bearded Wanderer raised the question of whether I might get bored with toucans if I see them every day. This is linked to something termed the ‘Monkey Theory’, the phenomenon that many travellers experience: each successive time you see a monkey (or some other novelty), the […]
I’m bit reluctant to tell you this, but I’m going to trust you with the information: I like birds. The reason I’m reluctant is that, for some people, a statement like that conjures up images of ‘bird-nerds’ spending whole weekends sitting in a hide with a pair of binoculars, excitedly trying to catch a glimpse […]
Part of my job involves working with an application that is regularly updated by a team of programmers. Before each update is released to the (Brazilian) client, we check all the new features to make sure everything is working properly (sounds like fun right?). Last week, when we were checking the new features, we found a […]
I wanted to start a little differently today. What I’d like you to do is click on a link – this will open another window/tab on your browser into which will load a youtube clip. There may be an advert that you have to wait for – once the proper clip starts playing I want […]