I’m usually skeptical of statistics that are bandied about by the mainstream media. I’m especially skeptical when those figures come from the entertainment industry. From their wildly over estimated numbers of sales to the ludicrous notion that everyone who has ever downloaded something would buy it at full r.r.p. if the download were not available. Even [...]
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There are some phrases that we all know. “Don’t rock the boat.”, “Leave well enough alone” and “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”. I not only know all of these but also follow them wherever possible. Every now and then though I fail to heed them and always regret it. My latest lapse has resulted in no Internet access for two days. Of course my failure to follow the sage advice wasn’t entirely to blame, it also required ineptitude from BT and dire customer service procedures from Virgin Media. Some people have an almost irrational opposition to Microsoft and everything they do. I’m not one of them, when they do good things I praise them, when they do bad things I criticise. So this morning they are well and truly in the corner with their dunce cap on. What has brought this about? The XBox Live upgrade. I’m sure we’ve all had those mind boggling conversations with call centre operatives but I have just had the best one I’ve personally experienced to date. I recently received a new credit card to replace an expiring one. Upon receipt I had to do the usual call to activate process but unlike some that are now [...] I was reading the news the other day when I came across a story about a group of chancers trying to get out of their speeding fines. This was the final straw. I have been going to put this rant down in writing many times but this one finally tipped the balance. So, what was [...] I picked up on a blog post today, the author posted a summary of thoughts on the Month of Apple Bugs that ran throughout January. Tales of Being TJ » Blog Archive » What did I learn from the MOAB? Not much Having read the post I commented as follows; — I would agree that the hype around MOAB has [...] I’m a fan of Google Mail (that’s GMail for those of us in territories where the name was already taken) and route all of my email accounts through it, thereby giving me an instant backup of all my mail. One of the features that I’ve always liked is the ability to add the + sign [...] |
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