Category Archives: my stuff

Comet helpline is a complete (meteor) shower.

Well, fat load of good Comet were when I called about watching the Perseids meteor shower. Call yourselves a comet helpline? [Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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Twittering at last!

I’m tweeting at last – and only about 8 months behind everyone else, so it seems. Here’s what I’ve learnt over the last few weeks: You’ll need a client, eitherĀ  Tweetdeck or Destroy Twitter (note: it doesn’t!) http://search.twitter.com/Search tweets http://hashtags.org/ … Continue reading

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Other people’s Moonpig cards…

I don’t like to call this a “hack” cos it’s not, but there’s a simple way of seeing the “front of card” preview of other people’s moonpig cards. Not the inside, or the person to or from or any account … Continue reading

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Weston Grand Pier fire – MI5 and FBI conspiracy

In late July 2008, fire took hold at the heart of Britain’s economy on Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare. The government would like us to believe it was just a blaze – but are we being told the truth? Look at … Continue reading

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Free Imperial Majesty Nassau Cruise – survey cold call

I got a cold call earlier (I am on TPS) and recorded it. Have a listen: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Key phrases in the call include: This is a public opinion poll. You will receive two free … Continue reading

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Three customer services – phone call from hell

You know, it’s a simple enough question – “Why are the downloads from my Mobilcast/Melodeo application [provided by Three] of such low quality?”. Mobilcast/Melodeo never reply anyway, so I emailed three. The phone call you hear below is unedited – … Continue reading

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The Dalai Yoda

This isn’t the denigrate or make light of the troubles in Tibet, but every time I hear the Dalai Lama, I just can’t helping thinking of Yoda. Get the Flash Player to see the wordTube Media Player. var WT1_1 = … Continue reading

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UK Debt information line – phone call recorded

UPDATE! New call recorded 22/May/2008 (original call below) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] By popular request, a shorter slightly less dull version of the above (note that this is still sequentially linear, but the middle section where I’m … Continue reading

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