(Originally posted as a note on my Facebook account, reposted here…) Too many people are far too addicted to Facebook, and seem to be at a complete loss for something to do when the site isn’t working properly. Here, therefore, are ten suggestions for things to do when Facebook is down or not working properly – or even, just to do instead for a change!
Read MoreA short walk in the snow, 6th January 2010
Some more photographs on Facebook, this time taken when I went for a wander in the snow on 6th January 2010. Some of these are in the Blaise Estate (Bristol) and some in a nearby wood which I don’t know the name of – if it even has one!
Read MoreA short walk on Christmas Day (pt 2)
I’ve now uploaded a selection of photographs from my walk in the Brecon Beacons on Christmas Day to my Facebook account.
Read MoreA short walk on Christmas Day
As anyone who knows me is aware, I’m not a particularly big fan of Christmas – which really means I can’t stand it – for a number of reasons, which chiefly involve me hating it as a religious festival because I’m an atheist, and hating the commercial aspects (specifically the buying and giving of gifts) because… well, let’s just say I think Charles Dickens probably had access to a time machine, and actually based the character Ebenezer Scrooge on me. This year, I decided the best way to avoid Christmas Day itself was to pop over to The Brecon Beacons for a nice little walk.
Read MoreTips – well, one tip, anyway – for driving in snow.
The view from my window this morning was of a small white covering on everything: snow. This isn’t deep snow I’m talking about – there was only about an inch of it, judging by the flat, undisturbed surfaces in my garden – but upon seeing it my first thought was “Oh no.” People who drive in and around Bristol can’t cope with small amounts of snow. If only three snowflakes fall, and even those three are nothing more than a rumour, then traffic becomes slow: this seems to have happened…
Read MoreNo way, Mr Spammer
I wondered how long it would take – and the answer is one and a half to two months. One and a half to two months, that is, before spammers found a new potential outlet for their rubbish: the comments section on this blog. (Not that there are very many people reading it!) No spammer has actually tried using the comments to spread their garbage as yet, but today I received a user registration from a very spammy looking address. Well, I have news for you Mr Potential-Spammer – any…
Read MoreTeleBilling Call Back Scam
I received the following invoice a few days ago from TeleBilling Ltd, showing a total amount payable of £39.50. I didn’t recognise the name TeleBilling Ltd. I didn’t recognise the number supposedly called. I didn’t recognise the service that I was apparently being charged for. And I also didn’t recognise the number given as “my” telephone number:
Read MoreBarclaycard expects customers to ignore sensible practices
I forgot to pay my Barclaycard bill this month. The amount I forgot to pay was massive. Absolutely huge. Yes, the balance from my statement last month was a staggering £21.28. Okay, that small amount of sarcasm aside (almost as small as the amount in question), at the end of the day the payment was due and I forgot to make it. It was my mistake, so let’s just get on to the point of this:
Read MoreThe curious coincidence of ‘Carriers’ and ‘The Crazies’
Okay, it’s not that interesting – in fact pretty boring – but when it happened, the absolutely amazing alliteration advanced itself into my mind and I just wanted to use it. Basically, the complete non-story is that when I gave my nephew a lift somewhere yesterday, he commented that he’d been to the cinema the night before and seen a trailer for a film that was about some kind of virus, but it made him think of zombies due to the what happens to the infected, the way they behaved.…
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