Monthly Archives: October 2007

This video made me think

Posted on October 28, 2007 by tony

I got this from a person I respect on my facebook pages – like Kev, it is the only video (so far) I have looked at on facebook and like Kev, I think it is worth watching. It has changed … Continue reading →

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An Apple a day

Posted on October 27, 2007 by tony

My next computer will be an Apple – although I have had a fair innings with XP, I am not going to try Vista. A lot of my reasoning is that people I respect in the IT industry have said … Continue reading →

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Fractional Ownership in France Problems

Posted on October 24, 2007 by tony

I have been researching and writing about Fractional Ownership in France for the last eighteen months – there are not many examples of properties sold in France in this way and I thought we would set up a new website … Continue reading →

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Villages in France

Posted on October 24, 2007 by tony

If you are looking for a place to stay in France then you may want to know what sort of town or village it is, how big, what shops and services, what sort of population and type of people, jobs, … Continue reading →

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Facebook pinging and friends

Posted on October 23, 2007 by tony

I get a lot of mail asking for introductions to other people with similar interests – it occured to  me that if anyone interested in asking about anything to do with France, property or rentals were to join me in … Continue reading →

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Nizas French France

Posted on October 23, 2007 by tony

It is a silly title, but says it all. I chose Nizas as the name for a website about France as it is a perfect French village in languedoc, in the heart of the South of France. I made the … Continue reading →

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Rentals France – back to the future

Posted on October 22, 2007 by tony

Ten years ago I started a vacation rentals Internet site which grew and grew to the leading site for Rentals in France – two years ago I teamed up with a bunch of incompetant fools and the site is now … Continue reading →

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Bargain French Property in Languedoc

Posted on October 22, 2007 by tony

We (about us) have been living in the South of France, in Lyon and Languedoc, for the past seventeen years. We first moved into a rambling tenth century ruin in Nizas and then three years ago into our 19th century … Continue reading →

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Searching for Nizas

Posted on October 22, 2007 by tony

I am working on some websites for property services in France – an important part of this is making the pages suitable for and visible in the Search engines. A great deal of care has to be taken not to … Continue reading →

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Hands across the sea

Posted on October 22, 2007 by tony

There are strong links between Canada and France, although I do remember seeing a French Canadian film in France once which had to have sub-titles so people in France could understand the French spoken in Quebec. Here is a mail … Continue reading →

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