As part of the response to the 'no' vote in Scotland's independence referendum, various Tory MPs – from the Prime Minister downwards – have been talking about the answer to the West Lothian question* by having only people elected in … Continue reading
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.. because I cannot email you at the moment. (You don't need to have a @yahoo email address to be shackled to this bunch of incompetents either: if you're a customer of Sky or BT broadband, your @sky.com etc email … Continue reading
Yesterday, the front page story in the Nottingham Post was basically 'Local-ish* team Nottingham Forest to play mid-season second-tier football league match'. Something about a boring double killing was buried away on page seven: a couple admitted that they'd unlawfully … Continue reading
I find it difficult to find a mouse I actually like. Most are too small, and moving one around a lot can be a literal pain. So when a friend mentioned that she used a Logitech M570 trackball, I had … Continue reading
Although I hate to admit it, I have too many board games. So some are for sale on BGG or Amazon. Someone's just bought one, and when I packed it up, I weighed it and discovered it was less than … Continue reading
The ruling against the availability checker on bt.com is here. I didn't think to complain to them. I went to Ofcom because it is clearly anticompetitive. The house is at the very edge of an inner London exchange's area, even … Continue reading
I like Amazon a lot, even though it is not perfect.* Most of the time, my orders go through with no problem. It's when there is one that there are things you need to fix. Here's an example. On the … Continue reading
I highly recommend using an online backup service. If you're not familiar with the concept, the idea is that you upload stuff you don't want to lose to a server somewhere belonging to someone who, you trust, has a decent … Continue reading