Resources are scarce – we know this much. So what can be interesting is seeing how people deal with that. We’re lucky enough to be on holiday in South Africa for the 2nd time in 12 months, and there’s a
Loadshedding.
Isn’t living in the future marvellous?
Yesterday I needed to phone my broadband provider to give them the news that we’re moving to another company, on account of the fact that their modus operandi is to sign users up for a certain monthly fee and then
Dear Henry…
For someone who’s worked in the tech industry since 1998 I’m constantly astounded at how frigging difficult I find it to do things. In this case, I’d been doing some work for someone on a WordPress site about 5 years
That infernal goddamn machine
Haven’t blogged in a while but I enjoyed writing about that black metal gig, and realised that I’m never so happy as when I’m sarcastically complaining about something – so I thought I’d take a moment and recognise the contribution
Pillockry and privacy
I left my phone on the bus yesterday. Generally I’ve done pretty well at not losing phones or other tech gadgets compared to many of my contemporaries, but even as a once off* I still felt pretty bloody silly about
Obligatory post-election post
I’ve gone on at length before about how I don’t like the British electoral system, and last night’s General Election is a shining example of why. Before going further I’d like to make it clear that this viewpoint is totally
Some things I learned today
So, today’s been quite instructive.
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The gripping chronological account of our hero’s valiant but predictably futile attempts to try to sign up for a new mobile phone. Unmissable. ** The Scotsman.