written by Martin on Dec 29, 2002 Comments Off
Apologies
My apologies for the lack of updates over the past few days.
Normal service will be resumed shortly.
written by Martin on Dec 22, 2002 Comments Off
Hangover cures
Hangover cures at the BBC’s H2G2 site.
They didn’t help me yesterday.
Cream Crackers and Bovril usually do the trick for me.
I remember once reading about a doctor in the USA who studied hangovers. He would get volunteers drunk and put mini cameras into their stomachs to observe the effects of various hangover cures.
The only thing he found that would conclusively calm down the hungover stomach, was more alcohol.
(Link from LMG).
written by Martin on Dec 17, 2002 Comments Off
Get rid of spam
SneakMail – a useful redirectable, disposable email address.
Free too.
written by Martin on Dec 15, 2002 Comments Off
Feedreader
A few weeks ago, when I introduced the RSS/XML feed to The Copydesk, I downloaded a nifty little utility called Feed Reader.
It does exactly what it says on the tin.
written by Martin on Dec 12, 2002 Comments Off
Running on empty
I’ve made my rant about Scotland and Ireland’s failure to secure hosting for Euro 2008 over at Scotblog.
written by Martin on Dec 12, 2002 Comments Off
Osama Bin Website
Some people don’t know how to take a joke.
written by Martin on Dec 11, 2002 Comments Off
What’s his name?
Aberdeen appointed a new manager today, former Inverness Caley Thistle boss Steve Paterson.
At least The Guardian were honest about not having a picture of the guy.
written by Martin on Dec 10, 2002 Comments Off
Hand over all your money
A credit or debit card transaction is almost immediate.
In the case of a Switch payment, the funds are usually debited from your bank account on the next available working day.
With a credit card, the EPOS transaction can be accepted or denied on the spot.
Why then, does it take a credit card overpayment five working days before it can be refunded, when the bank account and credit card in question are serviced by the same company?