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Category: old blogging

  • My horoscope has me in

    My horoscope has me in stitches this morning:

    Your attractiveness is turning heads all over the place. It really doesn’t matter if you are dressed to kill or donning a potato sack. Something about you is glowing under the Taurus Moon, and even your worst enemy cannot fight off a smile for very long. While you could use this power to manipulate people and stake a claim in something that you know you neither really need nor deserve, you could also use the limelight to spread good will. You will do the right, you know — just as you usually do.

  • Marketers are becoming less popular

    Marketers are becoming less popular by the day. Particularly in the techie community.

  • Hurrah! The wonderful Brenda has

    Hurrah! The wonderful Brenda has fixed me up with a ticket for tonight’s Real Ale and Jazz Festival in Priory Park – just when I had pretty much given up hope of getting one.
    She’s a star. Full report later.

  • EvilDuvet II was using all

    EvilDuvet II was using all her powers this morning. Or maybe it was last night’s beers.

  • Beer tonight with Aris, Arron,

    Beer tonight with Aris, Arron, Paul F, Nick and Anne. Also seen were Paul S, Simone, Claudette and Joel.

  • all that she said was

    all that she said was true
    all that she said was true
    give her some time
    give her some space
    all that she said was true

    all that she meant was good
    all that she meant was good
    give her some time
    give her some space
    all that she meant was good

    how you reacted was right
    how you reacted was right
    give her some time
    give her some space
    how you reacted was right

    Björk – You’ve Been Flirting Again

  • I linked this when I

    I linked this when I first started playing it, but I have to say that, in spite of really finding football very boring indeed on the whole, itsagoal.com is completely addicitve. My team have scored three wins in a row, and moved from 20th in division 17 to 11th. You do need to spend about five minutes a day managing your team and making sure your squad is in top form, but it’s easy to use, and best of all, is free. Not sure where the business model is for this – maybe it’s just been built for kicks (ask Mo, who has his finger on the pulse) – either way, I like it.

  • Debauchery? In Chichester?? Whatever next?

    Debauchery? In Chichester?? Whatever next? [I’d be interested to know where Paul’s friend went].
    People do come down here to die, but if you want to see a lot of old people, Worthing is the place to go to. They have even more old people (as a percentage of population) than we do here.
    But life isn’t exactly wild here, it has to be said – although it can be. You just have to know where to look. And I like it that way.
    As for being Chichester’s Love Machine – hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

  • You remember the dancing crabs?

    You remember the dancing crabs? Well, meet Hitler crab.

  • Let me tell you a

    Let me tell you a story of bad customer service:
    Last night, I used Novatech‘s website to check availability of a memory upgrade I need for my PC. It showed the item to be in stock. So, today, I drove 25 miles to their shop, which they encourage people to do, in order to purchase said item, rather than going through the rigmarole of setting up a corporate account and waiting for it to be sent – I wanted to do this, even though they offer free delivery, because I didn’t want to be delayed. No problems so far.
    On arrival, after queuing for five minutes or so (queue of about 7 or 8 people, one person serving, two others chatting in full view of waiting customers – not good), I explained what I was looking for, only to be told that it was out of stock. Thinks I: fair enough, these things happen. So I asked if I could pay for the item, and have it sent on when it was available again.
    Novatech: No.
    Graybo: What?? No??
    N: Well, you can, but there is a delivery charge of £4.95.
    G: But your website says you deliver things for free.
    N: Yes we do, but only if you order it online.
    G: So, even though I’m prepared to pay you now, in cash, and even though you offer free delivery if I order online, AND even though your website told me the item was in stock in spite of the fact that it isn’t ….. you won’t send my DIMM for free?
    N: That’s right.
    G: That’s ridiculous.

    There are little puffs of steam coming out my ears at the moment. I’ve just fired off a terse missive to their customer service department (how strange – their website seems to have no place where you can make complaints or offer feedback). For a business that claims to be so very customer oriented, they really are not. Maybe I should offer some consultancy services?

    UPDATE: I’ve just had a telephone call from Novatech. They are going to send me the memory upgrade, carriage free, and are happy for me to send a cheque to them rather than set up a full corporate account. I’m appeased.