http://blog.ecards.co.uk All about eCards Media Ltd Wed, 08 Jun 2011 13:37:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So we had a staff day out gocarting at the Barnstaple raceway.   A few black flags were dished out to the tech team after they were getting fiesty in the warm up race but in the final our sales manager Lee Bennett took the chequered flag closely followed by ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2011/06/08/staff-go-carting/ Motorway Billboard – currently two 20’ x 10’ billboards are live one on the Slough exit on the M4 (London/M25 bound traffic) and another on the M25 (Cuffley/between jct 24 & 25) http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2011/03/31/billboards-live/ So we have moved offices, it has been a long time coming. We were in a coucil run incubation centre and even though the rent was dead cheap the internet connection was like sucking a pig through a straw!  Now we have warp speed internet and new everything - everyone ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2011/03/31/our-snazzy-new-office/ Oh my days, possibly the worst case scenario you can possibly face. Forgetting your girlfriend of wife's birthday is an absolute nightmare situation that you really must try and avoid at all costs. And in all honesty there really is no excuse as to why you have forgotten it in the ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2010/08/31/why-you-should-never-forget-your-girlfriends-birthday/ I have just had a very excited little sister on the phone delighted, as she should be, with her GCSE results; ‘Oh my god Sarah, I can’t believe it; 5 A*’s, 4 A’s, 2 B’s and 1 C. I am so relived…….’ In fact, we have had record results again.  Figures published ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2010/08/24/record-gcse-results-again/ A seven-year-old boy from Sheffield tossed a message in a bottle into the North Sea and was amazed to receive 22 replies - on his birthday! Finley Hibberd from Lowedges, threw the bottle into the sea at Bridlington with the message,  "Hello My Name is Finely. I am from Sheffield, England. ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2010/08/09/message-in-a-bottle-birthday-surprise/ Ten-year-old Stephen Goodman from Arizona, is on a personal mission to make sure that US troops serving overseas know they are appreciated, by sending them all homemade greeting cards. Goodman, from Surprise, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, said that he won't give up until all 18,000 US servicemen and women overseas ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2010/08/06/boy-to-send-180000-greeting-cards-to-troops-in-afghanistan/ No this is not a hi-tech birthday card, but a rather clever Granny who caught her thieving carer pinching her pension; by hiding a mini camera behind a birthday card.Eileen Forte, 87, who suffered from a stroke, got her granddaughter Tina Priestman, 47, to set up the camera. And the clever ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2010/08/02/grannie-caught-thief-with-a-birthday-card-camera/ Fox attacks on humans are not common but have been reported. In July 2002, a fourteen week old baby was attacked in a house in Dartford, Kent. In November 2008 an incident in the USA was reported, in which a jogger was attacked and bitten by a crazed fox.  In June 2010, Nine ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2010/07/30/girl-in-hospital-after-fox-attack/ A time capsule in celebration of John Lennon's life will be buried on his 70th birthday. Three pods will be buried on October 9th and will not be opened until 2040. Fans of The Beatles star are being called by organisers to come up with ideas for items to fill the capsules ... http://blog.ecards.co.uk/2010/07/30/time-capsule-to-mark-john-lennons-70th-birthday/