Archive for December, 2007

MINI Cooper Sponsor Of Rome Film Festival

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

MINI, subsidiary of BMW, launches a new advertising campaign as part of their sponsorship deal with the Rome Film Festival.
Two “tribute” cars are featured in the campaign, one for Alfred Hitchcock (above left) and one for Sergio Leone (above right). Hitchcock is renowned for the classic 1963 horror film The Birds, with Leone probably best […]

Mini The Book by Peter Wurth (ISBN: 389955180X)

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

I’ve been carrying around a gift certificate for Checkered Flag MINI in Virginia Beach since I purchased my MINI earlier this year. With the certificate about to expire at the end of December, I was desperate to find something to spend my money on - easier said than done!
Every MINI dealership either stocks or has […]

Win A $15 Road ID Gift Certificate!

Friday, December 28th, 2007

If you’d like to win a $15 gift certificate to www.RoadID.com, head on over to Run Bulldog Run where I just launched a fun, free competition.
If you exercise outside, you need RoadID! Feel free to check out a previous post of mine which highlighted several of their great products.

Add A Compact Digg Button To A WordPress Post

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

I wanted to add a Digg button to the latest post on my Run Bulldog Run blog, but I didn’t want it to be the default big, clunky button.
I found a link to the tools page of the Digg web site which contains various code for various “Digg This” functionality. One block of code claimed […]

Struggling For That Last Minute Christmas Gift?

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

If you’re still struggling to find those last minute holiday gifts, why not give the gift they’ve always wanted (even if you don’t know what it is)?
Why waste the price of an unwanted gift on 2 day or next day super shipping when you can give a gift certificate redeemable for millions of items which […]

Garmin Forerunner 305 Updates & Downloads

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Spent some time last night updating various software versions for my Garmin Forerunner 305.
According to the Garmin Support pages I’d missed several key updates in early November - must have been too busy with my marathon training to notice!
Here’s a breakdown of what was available:

Forerunner 305 Unit Software Version 2.80 (Nov 12th, 2007)
Forerunner […]

New Venue For Virginia Duathlon

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

Kale Running have just announced a new venue for the 2008 Virginia Duathlon - a popular multi-sport race traditionally hosted in Virginia Beach, Virginia, which next year is moving to Chippokes Plantation State Park. Chippokes Plantation is a scenic locale located between Petersburg and Smithfield on the southern banks of the James River; just a […]