Category: In the News
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These days, so many companies skimp on customer service, hiring teenage-bots who can’t make decisions in-store or outsourcing to a call centre that’s so disconnected from reality, there’s no hope of finding help there. And inevitably, it results in unhappy…
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Lately, I’ve been getting a bit sick of staring at a screen all day. Email in, email out, do this, do that. Blergh! But looks like Google has solved my problem, again! Gmail Paper is a new service, just arrived…
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I gasped at the stats I heard this morning on Radio 1 and had to go find the original article myself for a bit more information. Research highlights our lack of imagination in the kitchen, with few of us bothering…
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Hugh McLeod, of gapingvoid fame, and Tim Atkin, of virtual wine, have come up with my favourite fundraising idea of all times: A cross-blog auction for one of Hugh’s cartoons and a selection of wines from Tim’s cellar. Cool cartoon…
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Mmmmkay, that was lame, I know. But it’s that time of the year again: Red Nose Day happens in March and the noses are on sale at Sainsbury’s. How about you decorate that nose and send me a picture? I’ll…
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It’s a two-episode finale, and we’ll be recording it. Just a note to others to Sky Plus it, since the Series Link seems to have failed. For those who have yet to take the time to appreciate quite how good…
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It was announced over a week ago that the Doctor Who spin-off show, Torchwood, will come back for a second season. It took me a week to post it, but I was thrilled to hear about it. Especially that it’ll…
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I watched the “F*** Off, I’m Fat” show on BBC Three this evening, and I’m seething at the thought that the Beebs has produced such a pile of tosh. Now, as a disclaimer before I start, I’m not a wee…
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Now, I won’t be the first to comment on this. He’s already angered Kat, Andy, Ashley and a number of other bloggers. So who’s this man? He’s Keith Waterhouse (see the 2nd article) , an aging technophobe who writes for…
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