Archive for the 'General' Category



The iPad: two weeks on

Published on 14 June, 2010

A little over two weeks ago, I bought an iPad. I wasn’t really excited about the device and I did wonder if it really was a necessary purchase. So, after two weeks am I still using it? Well, yes! I still maintain that it is a luxury item – it’s not something you necessarily need, [...]


Hacked off

Published on 9 June, 2010

Last Saturday my Blog was hacked with the ZettaPetta hack. basically all my PHP files had some malicious code injected somehow. Information about how this happened is quite cagey – various people on the internet have commented that it is across a lot of sites, and not necessarily just WordPress sites. Apologies if you’ve visited [...]


Delayed Repay

Published on 27 May, 2009

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Mainly because I wanted to try and get away from the usual whingeing, complaining, moaning tone that I seem to have adopted in my posts. Unfortunately, I’ve not been able to write anything positive, so I’ll carry on whingeing. Some time last year, I became aware that the [...]


Snow thing like Customer Service

Published on 3 February, 2009

As the UK again grinds to a halt because of a relatively small amount of Crystallised water, online retailers reported a spike in sales. It is easy to imagine many people sitting at home in front of a cosy fire because they cannot get to work, or because their children have been sent home from [...]


The big VAT debacle

Published on 24 November, 2008

I’m not a political blogger, I don’t even pretend to have the slightest interest in british politics unless they have any direct impact on me, or more usually, if they are going to cost me more money. The 2.5% cut in UK Sales Tax (Value Added Tax) is one such example. In a desperate attempt [...]