Archive for December, 2006

Moving House with BT

Thursday, 28th December, 2006

We’re moving house shortly, and one of the many things we need to take care of is the phone line.
We are currently with ntl for both telephone and broadband, but the new address, despite being in an ntl area with all surrounding streets having cable service, was never cabled up. That means switching to BT.
Even […]

Register Office Farce

Friday, 22nd December, 2006

Having just been presented with a beautiful baby daughter, we have a legal obligation to register her birth within 42 days.
Not being able to do so before the end of the year, due to work commitments, we tried to make an appointment with the local register office for January, only to be told “Sorry, we […]

So who’s ripping who off exactly?

Wednesday, 20th December, 2006

Heard this story on Radio 4’s PM programme last night, that a fashion designer label, Jimmy Choo, had complained to M&S that they had ripped off their £495 handbag and were selling it for a tenner.
Now excuse me, but if you have the cheek to charge 500 quid for a handbag, you won’t get much […]

Say Hello to Ruby

Tuesday, 12th December, 2006

Ruby was born today in the early hours.

10 Seamless Extensions for Firefox 2

Thursday, 7th December, 2006

Here’s a nice little collection of extensions for Firefox 2.

VMS Signs - a wasted opportunity

Tuesday, 5th December, 2006

This morning I sat in crawling traffic on the M61 between Junctions 5 and 3 (roughly four miles). Just as I got to junction 3, there are two Variable Message Signs (VMS), proudly stating
“QUEUE CAUTION”
You don’t say!! I wondered what I had been doing for the past four miles. Talk about stating the bleeding obvious.
Far […]

Bush Senior’s Advice to Dubya

Friday, 1st December, 2006

George Bush Snr. gives some friendly advice to his son:
Bush Snr: “Son, you’re making the same mistake in Iraq that I made with your mother.
I didn’t pull out in time…”