Simple Gmail Notes Chrome Extension
Simple Gmail Notes is a useful Google Chrome extension. It keeps permissions to a minimum and uses the user’s own Google Drive to store all data. For this alone it is a very good choice. Although...
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Leaf: Simple Notes is another small notes or reminder extension for Google Chrome. Installing the extension follows the familiar permissions based method and the extension’s icon is added to the right...
View ArticleButtercup Freeware Password Manager
Buttercup (v0.21.0) is a new entry in the password manager field. It uses the usual method of storing passwords securely and locally, with an option to connect to online storage services. Aftewr...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2018 Line Up Complete
We now know the identity of the 32 teams that have qualified for the FIFA World Cup that will take place in Russia in 2018. The final inter continental playoffs are now finished with Australia and Peru...
View ArticleFIFA World Cup 2018 Group Stage Draw
Group A Russia Saudi Arabia Egypt UruguayGroup B Portugal Spain Morocco IranGroup C France Australia Peru DenmarkGroup D Argentina Iceland Croatia NigeriaGroup E Brazil Switzerland Costa Rica...
View ArticleJohn Wick 2 Brief Thoughts
The shootout scenes in the second chapter of John Wick, aka John Wick 2, border on the absurd, even by Hollywood standards. The way Keanu Reeves kills those after him in the Roman catacombs and...
View ArticleFIFA World Cup 2018: Top Two Forwards Of Each Team
The 2018 World Cup in Russia is just over five months away. Many bigger and not so bigger names have the chance to shine on the world stage, each of 32 teams’ forwards will try to make a bigger name...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2018: Stars Of The Group Stage
Mohamed Salah & Harry Kane are set to star at the World Cup Eight groups and 32 teams. Not necessarily world wide stars but some players will shine in the group stage even though their team might...
View ArticleA Look At A 48 Team World Cup
In January 2017 the FIFA Council approved a 48 team World Cup for the 2026 edition. Up from the current 32 teams. A lot of time is left of course and the host(s) are not chosen yet, though a joint bid...
View ArticleThe Unruly UEFA Nations League
The now ousted UEFA president Michel Platini brought many ideas to the table, as a former star player his contribution on the pitch was significant and so it has been off the pitch as an...
View ArticleUEFA Nations League Draw
The draw for the UEFA Nations League was today on January 24th, 2018. As expected League A with top ranked European teams features some hard match ups. In particular Group A Germany, France and Holland...
View ArticleRussian Premier League Based Players
Zenit’s Argentinian Contingent With the 2018 World Cup taking place in Russia for the first time it is perhaps useful to look at the number of players who play their club football in Russia and...
View ArticleWorld Cup 2018 Serie A Based Players
Italy didn’t qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years. The administration of Italian football has been backward, racist and unable to adapt or see the problems that are in plain site....
View ArticleThe Italian Mess: Italian Football’s Decline
Roberto Baggio was unable to kick start a change in Italian football The Italian league and the administrators running the league and the teams have been accused of plenty and the teams don’t have the...
View ArticleCoaches At World Cup 2018
Longest serving coaches: Oscar Tabarez and Joachim Low Here is a list of the coaches that will guide the 32 teams at World Cup 2018 in Russia. A number of nations are notorious for changing coaches...
View ArticleBest Players Not At World Cup 2018
Alexis Sanchez and Chile missing from World Cup 2018 A number of high profile teams or those with history at the World Cup failed to qualify for World Cup 2018. Any World Cup includes a few such teams...
View ArticleRonald Koeman Takes Charge of Holland National Team
After 20 years working at club level (except an early time as the Holland national team’s assistant coach) Ronald Koeman has become Holland National team’s coach. The Dutch’s fortunes have faded in...
View ArticleThe Next Italian Coach
Luigi Di Biagio in charge of the Azzurri, for now After the Giampiero Ventura era which ended with the disaster of not qualifying for World Cup 2018 and the federation’s failure to elect a new...
View ArticleBest Non-European/South American Team
Can Mexico do better than round of 16 in Russia? In soccer or football European and South American teams are the strongest of course. At the World Cup all winners and teams that dominate have come,...
View ArticleCONCACAF League of Nations
The need to “maximize the quality, quantity and frequency of competitive matches” has pushed the CONCACAF region to create an UEFA Nations League style regular match up tournament for the teams in the...
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