Patrick Altoft

BRINGING BRANDING BENEFITS TO BEER

Ever since 1875, when the Bass red triangle became the first registered trademark, brewers have recognised the importance of on beer bottle branding, and now the latest printing technologies are being harnessed to achieve the best packaging impact for tod... Read >

BRINGING DOWN THE COST OF RFID

While the general consensus is that RFID is too expensive and difficult to integrate into existing ERP/CRM systems, interoperability issues are being addressed by software and label suppliers. RFID is being heralded as the universal panacea for improvi... Read >

CRYSTAL CLEAR LABELLING

A global manufacturer of self adhesive materials has introduced ClearFlex, a transparent label substrate that works equally well on rigid clear plastic bottles and flexible clear plastic tunes. Before now, it was difficult to meet the requirements of clar... Read >

ALL EYES ON FOOD LABELS

Shopper's eye movements have been used by Derby University researchers to assess the value of nutritional information on food packaging. A set of labels was presented to volunteers on a computer screen and then a tracking device monitored their eye m... Read >

Move Away Cases

Move away cases occur when one parent, usually the custodial parent, chooses to move to a location that either severely limits or eliminates the other parent's ability to have contact with the children. This might happen if, for example, the mother has cu... Read >

Protecting Your Children From Your Divorce

Any child going through a divorce is going to experience some emotional pain, feelings of loss, sadness, frustration and possibly abandonment or rejection. As parents it is important to help children through this difficult time in their lives and to prote... Read >

Successful Parenting After Separation

Separation is a challenging time for many parents because it is an adjustment to a new way of life. There are both positive and negative factors to separation and the corresponding changes, but one of the issues that can arise is the differences that pare... Read >

Say "I Do" to Understanding Prenuptial Agreements

What is a marriage? It's been called a blessing, a curse, an institution, and a 'ball and chain.' It's know as the 'ultimate bliss' and 'the 10th circle of Hell.' Sonnets, odes, songs, and mountains of books have been written about marriage. Relatio... Read >

MALARIA, the silent killer…A simple guide for travellers

What is malaria? Malaria is a very serious disease caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium. Four species of the parasites produce the disease which is transmitted by the female anopheline mosquito. The most dangerous is P. falciparum. If un... Read >

Web Hosting Fees - What am I paying for

There are millions of sites out there offering some form of webhosting. With prices ranging from fifty dollars a year to thousands of dollars a month, it can be difficult to make the right choice. Before you spend your hard earned dollars, know what... Read >

Targeting seniors for mobile phones

I remember my grandfather telling me about his first experience with the telephone. It was 1942. He had just enlisted, was in St. John's, Newfoundland, undergoing basic training before crossing the great North Atlantic for eventual deployment in Ita... Read >

Why You Need A Website

One of the questions we're asked most often is "Do I really need a website?". The short answer is yes. Whether you run a typical mom-and-pop operation or employ hundreds of people, your business can definitely benefit from having a website. Here are a fe... Read >

Real Estate Content Management System (CMS)

As real estate web experts we know that real estate clients are often bemused and frustrated at real estate websites. With 69% of real estate clients not being sure what they are looking for exactly, easy browsing options on websites are essential for hel... Read >

Pacman

In 1980 a little known distributor by the name of Midway released a game destined to become one of the greatest arcade classics of all time. Developed by Namco, Pacman is a maze game in which a player navigates Pac-man, a yellow figure, through a maze eat... Read >

Tetris

In 1985, Alexey Pazhitnov invented Tetris as part of a science project for the University of Sciences in Moscow. The name Tetris is derived from the Greek word "Tetra" which stands for four – as all the pieces in the game are made of four blocks. Seve... Read >