An “open letter” to an unspecified party
Yesterday, I felt the need to send the email below to a VirtualAcorn-list subscriber. I said (as quoted in the message) that I may publish this as an “open letter”… Read more »
Author Archives: VinceH
You may not be able to teach an old dog new tricks
But what about new dogs and old tricks? A few days ago I saw a request for help on a usenet discussion group. The person was asking a question on… Read more »
I think you want him, not me
I received an email this afternoon that read (in summary) “Hi Geoff, can you play ‘Are You Sure’ by So? It doesn’t get played on the radio often enough.” Out… Read more »
Ryanair: a website and telephone support FAIL
This morning, I booked some flights with Ryanair on behalf of my parents, who don’t feel confident enough with computers and the internet to do this sort of thing themselves…. Read more »
Excellent parking!
By parking this car where they have, the driver of this vehicle, who appeared to be visiting someone a couple of doors up, has cunningly avoided colliding with the car… Read more »
Replies from the ICO about Sage and FindMyPast
While talking about the junk email I’d received from Virgin Media, I mentioned my previous junk emails from Sage and from FindMyPast. These are instances where I’d decided to report… Read more »
Virgin Media joins the ranks of spammers
As I’ve said before in a number of posts (such as this one about Sage and this one about FindMyPast), as a general rule if I have to give an… Read more »
Apple still trying to be clever in response to their UK court order
Everyone and their dog, as well as their dog’s fleas, must by now know of the many suits Apple has brought around the world against Samsung, in which there are… Read more »
Sage joins the ranks of spammers
I have worked for pretty much my entire adult life in the field of accounts, and throughout that period I have almost always used, to varying degrees, a package from… Read more »
Sky One shows contempt for their viewers. Again.
Back in May I had a little rant about Sky One ruining Stargate Universe with an annoying banner, advertising a bit of celebrity gossip that was anything but important enough… Read more »