Vodafone UK have redesigned their on-line billing interface (about time too) but they have either forgotten or decided to omit security in their planning. The new pages are all accessed over non-secure links.
After trying the ‘Safety’ camera trial on Tomtom, it appears that the demo file is severely limited. Most of the the known cameras are missing.
However, I found the pocketgps.co.uk website where you can download free POI files for speed camera locations for Tomtom and other GPS units.
I’ve had a Garmin eTrex for a while now, which I use when both walking and driving. While it is more than adequate for walking, it lacks the underlying road map when driving, so I decided to invest in a Tomtom unit.
Last night at 8:30pm the power went off here. When I picked up the phone to call the electricity company, I was surprised to find the phone was also dead.
Back in 1990, I purchased a Panasonic TX24-A1 24″ TV (along with an NV-F70 Video recorder). The TV served me well for 15 years until the sound started going on the right channel. Feeling that I’d had a good innings out of the TV, and sensing a long awaited excuse to upgrade to a widescreen model, I purchased a Panasonic TX32-PD50 in April from Sound and Vision in Farnworth, Bolton.
Now, only two months down the line, the TV has developed a fault. Read more…
A warning to all those who host a website using Apache built into Mac OS X.
Installing Tiger will overwrite your httpd.conf file.
I’m amazed at the number of road signs which are either:
This seems to have got worse since local councils took on the responsibility for this.
If you know of any, please send me details (include a picture if possible) and I will add them here.
Well, I placed an order for Tiger yesterday.
I was initially upset to see that the UK price was UKP 89 compared to the US price of USD 129 which is about UKP 68 – 21 quid less!, but apparently, the US price does not include VAT (or sales tax), whereas the UK price does.
Forgive the pun, but they’re not comparing apples with apples.
Yet another US-centric offer on .mac.
Come one Apple, give us offers we can all use!
