My Orange contract expired last week so I was in the market for a new phone. I had my eye on a Nokia 6630 as the Orange web site said that I could get one for £30. But when I called Orange to arrange it thy said that it would actually cost me £150. This… Continue reading New Phone
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Please Forget Me
The previous entry about Rojo (and, in particular, Aristole’s comment) reminds me of big complaint that I have about pretty much all web sites – which is that they like to make it incredibly difficult to close your account with them. Oh, I understand completely why that is. If you’ve registered with a web site… Continue reading Please Forget Me
Rojo.com – How Not To Send Email
Rojo is an RSS reader. I tried it out for a week or so last year, but soon decided that I still prefered Bloglines and forgot about Rojo. That is, I forgot about them until a couple of weeks ago. Then I got an email from them. They had decided that they would start to… Continue reading Rojo.com – How Not To Send Email
Dell Again
The new Dell computer I recently ordered has been shipped. I predict a weekend of Linux installation. And remember my complaints about their customer service and how I didn’t get the free delivery I thought I was entitled to? Well that’s all been sorted out and they’re refunding the money.
Ruby on Rails
All the cool kids are talking about Ruby on Rails. It’s apparently the next big thing in web development. As Danny O’Brien said at OSCON, Ruby on Rails seems to have gone through the whole “first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win” process in about three… Continue reading Ruby on Rails
The Internet is 10
The internet is 10 this week. Well, no, of course it isn’t. It’s been around in some form or another since 1969. But a leader in today’s Guardian says that this week is being celebrated as the tenth anniversary of the internet as a mass phenomenon – and I can’t really argue with that. Interestingly,… Continue reading The Internet is 10
Enterprise Perl
I’ll be speaking at the LinuxExpo Conference in London on October 5th. The subject of my talk is “Enterprise Perl”. Here’s the blurb. Perl has always been used by some of the largest and most successful companies in the world. In this session we will take a look at what makes Perl so useful to… Continue reading Enterprise Perl
Dell Web Site
To an extent, the problems with the Trainline and Ticketmaster web sites that I’ve mentioned before could be excused because… well because they’re non-technical companies and they don’t know any better. Of course, it’s easy to argue that they should be employing technical people who do know better, but still… But over the last couple… Continue reading Dell Web Site
New Social Networking Site
O’Reilly have launched their new social networking site Connection. I seem to spend a lot of my time recreating my social network on whatever is the current trendy social networking site. In the last couple of years I’ve been on Ecademy, Orkut, Friendster, LinkedIn and probably a few more that I’ve forgotten. Anyway, I’ve signed… Continue reading New Social Networking Site
Confusing Web Pages
Another little rant about the usability of web pages. We’re planning a weekend away visiting friends in the West Country (I know, I should make sure my passport is up to date) and we’re going to travel by train – leaving on Friday evening and returning on Sunday afternoon. So I decided to book tickets… Continue reading Confusing Web Pages