Category: General Entries
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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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Finding your childhood bully on Facebook. Nope, not going to add that one to my friends list, that’s for sure. Flashback to around 1990. Nine years old, a bit naive, with very big hair: He was throwing 1 cent candy…
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I saw this crashed Ferrari this morning on the way to work, and we stopped to take a snap of it. It was a sad sight, nearly brought tears to my eyes… but then I realised it was light gold.…
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Are you the kind of person who goes to Glasto every year? Do you like putting your wellies on and wading around the mud? Or are you more likely to be seen at the Proms in September, sitting on a…
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A few weeks ago, Facebook wasn’t really on my radar. I knew it was a slightly-less-young version of MySpace, but didn’t think much of it, and didn’t know more than a handful of people using it. But somehow, it must’ve…
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Everyone’s having kittens over getting an invite to Joost these days, with it being one of the most coveted invite-only beta of the moment, and apparently the greatest thing since caramel popcorn. I’ve had an invite for a few weeks…
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You know you’re a proper geek when you can write in LOLCODE, the latest and greatest programming language to grace the Interweb. It’s a simple language written for the cats, by the cats. File open example HAI CAN HAS STDIO?…
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I usually get aggravated by websites that force their music and animations onto you, especially without giving a pause, stop or, at the very least, a mute button. This ad is completely different. It’s Audi’s latest A5 advert, and the…
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So it’s happened, I’ve given in and joined Facebook. It’s a growing monstrous beast with, apparently, approx 18 million users as of Feb 2007. Now, I’ve got a few friends and acquaintances with whom I’m linked, and a few groups…
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I think this weekend, Andrew and I have achieved Peep Show* overdose. On Thursday night, we started watching the first series, which star David Mitchell and Robert Webb**, the two guys from the recent UK Apple adverts. From thereon, it…
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