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Japanese IQ Test

Graham Greenaway — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:42:08 +0000

This is a new take on the familiar puzzle of crossing the river with a chicken, a fox and a bag of grain - but harder!

The test comes from Japan where it is used as an IQ test for jobs and university entrance, mainly related to IT. It should take you less than 15 minutes to complete:

The rules are as follows:

1, Only two people can travel at once

2, Dad can not stay with the girls without the presence of the mother

3, Mum can’t stay with the boys without the presence of the father

4, The arrested red-hair girl in stripy outfit cannot stay with any of the family members

5, Only the Police officer and the parents can drive the boat across the river

Click on the people you want to transport
To use the boat click on the red dots next to the boat

Click here to start - Good Luck!

Support the push for another bank holiday!

Graham Greenaway — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:35:54 +0000

As the August Bank holiday weekend fades to a distant memory and we come to terms with how quickly September has come around many people are supporting filling the huge gap between the August weekend and Christmas with a new bank holiday to celebrate being British!

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the think-tank that looks into this kind of thing, says that there should be a British National Day that falls on the Monday after Remembrance Sunday, this year’s would be the 12th November.

The IPPR believe that a new national holiday day would help boost a sense of national identity as well as celebrating diversity and providing the opportunity to say “thank-you” by awarding civic honours on the new holiday.

However, not everyone is in favour of the new holiday, with the Confederation of British Industry estimating that it could cost the economy of £6bn

Google PageRank Update Eagerly Anticipated

Graham Greenaway — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:25:22 +0000

Google is now just a week short of breaking its record for the longest time between PageRank updates.

Although from Google’s perspective PageRank is updated continuously the anticipated PageRank update is an export of these values so that they are shown on the Google Toolbar and other utilities.

According to SEO Company the last export of the PageRank data was 30th April 2007 and the longest time between updates has been 122 days.

Whilst the debate continues as to whether PageRank is as relevant as it used to be or if Google should continue to use it all, we see it as just one indicator out of a range to show how well we’re doing with our on-line visibility.

Whatever your opinion, its always nice to see something heading in the right direction and as we’ve continued with our effort to increase our search engine rankings and added a wide range of new products including UK short breaks and overseas hotel accommodation we’re keen to see the outcome of our hard work!

Bank Holiday Mailout

Graham Greenaway — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:54:59 +0000

This week we have been putting the finishing touches to our bank holiday email to remind people that haven’t gotten round to booking airport parking that it is still cheaper to book in advance before you arrive at the airport.

What’s more, there’s still time to add an extra night on to your holiday by booking an airport hotel with holiday parking included. Stay near the airport and avoid a rush to the airport on the morning of your flight. You can arrive at the airport ready to start your holiday relaxed and refreshed.

For more information on secure airport parking or airport hotel packages with parking included then visit our website BookFHR.com

Test your reactions - BAAAA

Graham Greenaway — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:04:36 +0000

Click Here to test your reactions with this fun Flash game.

What’s the time Mr Wolf?

Graham Greenaway — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:31:54 +0000

We’ve created a handy tool to help you work out the time across the globe. Simply click on a location on the map below to check the time there and never have to worry about waking a distant friend or loved one in the middle of the night!

FHR accepted into Google News

Graham Greenaway — Mon, 21 May 2007 09:45:45 +0000

Today I’ve come back off holiday to the great news that FHR’s news articles have been accepted into Google News

We’ve spent a lot of time over the past couple of months researching and constructing daily news articles that provide information that’s relevant to members of the travel industry as well as providing up-to-date useful information for our customers such as roadworks near the airport or any other matter that may affect their journey to the plane.

SongTapper

Graham Greenaway — Fri, 04 May 2007 12:01:20 +0000

If you’re looking for a small distraction on a Friday afternoon before the bank holiday then take a look at Songtapper.com

Test the site out by tapping the rhythm to your favourite song on your space bar and watch with a small level of amazement as the name of the song and artist appears on the screen in front of you - well most of the time! If the site doesn’t know the song you have been happily tapping then you can submit your contribution

Setting up a Linux Email Server

Graham Greenaway — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:09:39 +0000

A couple of months ago we took a step closer to a Microsoft free office and replaced our MS Exchange email server with a Linux machine.

The primary motivation for doing this was obviously the huge saving in cost a Linux server has over a Windows counterpart and nothing to do with a personal motivation to play around with Ubuntu and learn more about Linux.

As it was my first dabble into setting up a Linux computer to run one of the core systems in the office, I thought I would share some of the articles that I found useful.

In the FHR installation I combined various sections of the articles along with knowledge gained in discussion groups and chat rooms to create a server that was running Postfix, Courier and SpamAssassin with firewall, anti-virus protection and backup facilities added in for security and peace of mind.