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You might want to read part 1 of this blog post first! So, after getting more than a little annoyed with Very (in particular their spare parts department) we decided to make a complaint via their website rather than wait around yet again for another phone call which we probably wouldn’t receive. So I eagerly filled [...]

Way back in May (the 14th to be accurate) we ordered a shiny new wardrobe from Additions (who have sence rebranded themselves to “Very”). So, with clothes in piles all over the bedroom we sat back and egerly waited for our delivery. Two weeks passed and our delivery arrived. I felt quite sorry for the [...]

After a couple of months worth of work I’m happy to see the first version of our website rate-wine.co.uk go live. There isn’t much in the way of content there at the moment but we’ll be adding new content and features as quickly as we can. Please, feel free to take a look and buy [...]

While speaking to the woman in my computer, with whom I converse regularly, I mentioned that I hadn’t written anything on my blog for a while now because I was suffering from … well … a lack of anything of any note. She said that it didn’t matter what I wrote about, it was more [...]

Over the course of my life I’ve been very lucky to have found or been shown some presentations that have not only extended my understanding of what we know to exist in the universe, but also fill me with a sense of wonder and amazement. Here are just a few of them: This video shows [...]

One of my dearest friends has just released (ok it was released a while ago now) a book called “Gardening in the dark”. Well done Jen!

Dear ICANN… While I can understand that “getting there first” entitles you to certain privileges in life, I’m sure you’ve heard of the phrase “use it or lose it”.

Forcing numbers and/or special characters in passwords is counter-productive. Increasing the required complexity of passwords decreases its memorability, forcing users to either write their passwords on post-it notes attached to their monitors or to continually request password reminders (which are generally sent using the not-so-secure medium of email).

I’m delighted to advice* (more on this later) you that your order with Electronicshop have been gently taken from our shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.

People say that the first blog post is the hardest. Didn’t seem that difficult to me!