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E-retailer one-ups

I had two mailshots this morning from two e-retailers, the second one looks like a classic piece of one-upping (although I’m sure it isn’t). See for yourselves…

I can’t help thinking that someone at Play got the email from Amazon and said “£5! We can beat that!”

Some people might say I have [...]

Next

So I’ve kinda decided that I’m going to try to do the CCSE next. It’ll be a challenge because it’s over a year since I did the  course, and it’s usually best to do the exams as soon after the course as possible so that you don’t fall into too many real-world bad habits, [...]

Boring holidays

I’ve been told my last post was boring, in fact I often get told that my posts are boring. But it’s usually the ones that I find interesting that other people tell me are boring. I guess I’m just odd.

My boss had words with me this week. Apparently I don’t take enough holiday [...]

Enabling telnet:// in firefox on Linux

Following on from my earlier post about enabling putty as a telnet handler for ie7, a friend recently asked me about enabling a telnet handler for firefox on Linux.

Now he and I are both using Firefox 3 on Ubuntu, so your mileage may vary, but this was how we did it… Continue reading Enabling telnet:// in firefox on Linux

New gizmo

I bought a new gadget! I like buying new gadgets, it makes me feel good.

This time I have signed up to a Vodafone mobile broadband service. It gets me a USB “pebble” style modem as pictured, and internets wherever I am! I will never be internetless again!

The speed of the connection is [...]