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[OT] Tesco’s overuse of “Price Cut” signs!
October 4th, 2009 at 12:25 pm » Comments (0)
Spotted in Tesco, Dunfermline, last month: To think, they paid staff to put those signs up...in every single aisle. How long would that take? Tesco: 4,984 more "Price Cuts" signs than ...more »Sky downgrade their “Mid” package from 40GB to 10GB per month – FAIL
July 5th, 2009 at 10:46 pm » Comments (11)
How to lose customers in 15 months We've been Sky subscribers since February 2008. We moved to Sky because the reception from Freeview was (and still is) frankly appalling - ...more »Charity collections at supermarket checkouts…is my idea really so hard to understand?
December 31st, 2008 at 5:26 pm » Comments (2)
Here in the UK, charity collections at supermarket checkouts have become popular. The idea is simple: one or two volunteers, usually youngsters, stand at the checkout where the bag dispenser is ...more »Sky+ built-in COPY failed during November, Star Trek DVD mountain!
December 6th, 2008 at 12:40 am » Comments (3)
[As quoted in the Guardian SKY HASSLES: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2008/dec/14/technology-letters-blogs-full] If you caught my tweets last month, you may have noticed that I noted that my Sky+ box was generating copy protection signals ...more »How to Talk to (Geek)Girls Online…Etiquette (link through)
November 8th, 2008 at 3:18 am » Comments (3)
Via Twitter (@UMLGuy), I found myself reading a blog post by Dana Coffey (@crazeegeekchick) Now, even if I wasn't married, I wouldn't dream of doing any of the crazy things that ...more »Yet a lot of firms have instigated a blanket ban…
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 am » Comments (4)
Just yesterday one of my friends e-mailed me with a small Outlook 2007 font size problem. There is, it appears, no solution as yet. However, unrelated to his ...more »Murphy’s Week – 23/06/08
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:31 pm » Comments (1)
On Monday… Flight delays. Once again I find myself shocked and surprised at the audacity of my fellow traveller. I have started being very selective ...more »Profiteering from fuel shortage…
April 25th, 2008 at 3:05 pm » Comments (6)
In the midst of a fuel crisis, I was somewhat appalled to learn that some garages are raising the price of their fuel...the most famous case so far appears to ...more »This isn’t just any gin & tonic and glass of red wine…
March 15th, 2008 at 12:12 am » Comments (2)
Here at the Hotel Pas bon marché we like to think of our guests as king. However, that rules out the fairer sex, so we really like to think ...more »A runway, a rucksack, heightened security, just one idiot?
March 14th, 2008 at 11:51 pm » Comments (1)
My trip to London on Wednesday and Thursday was meant to be simple and run-of-the-mill. I had even planned to meet up with @irascian and @olivers thanks to the ...more »So what’s wrong with 3-Column WordPress themes?
October 14th, 2007 at 7:33 pm » Comments (1)
A while ago I fired off a tweet about WordPress themes. Gary responded, as did Oliver. I can't seem to find one that just works out of the box. ...more »More hassle at airports
September 6th, 2007 at 11:58 am » Comments (3)
Germany Last year, 2006, when I was traveling back from Dussledorf, my flight was "rearranged" on my behalf by the airline. This meant that I had to spend a few ...more »Social…
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