Category: My blog

Google, I bloody hate you at times

Google have blocked Coolsmartphone from displaying ads. So I asked them why. They told me I’d “broken the Google Policies” and to check my Google account for messages. I did. There aren’t any. They told me to submit my account for reconsideration. I tried, but the reconsideration system won’t work because according to it I’ve NOT broken any policies. I… Read more →

On Twitter, the truth doesn’t really matter

Sometimes Twitter is like the Daily Mail, but turned up to 11. Truth really doesn’t matter and, as we saw in the riots here in the UK a while ago. Today it’s this image, which has been retweeted a great number of times.. Yes, it seems pretty bad, but that second image doesn’t have any info on the image, so… Read more →

Climate Change. Really, do you have to ask?

Climate Change? We’ve had weeks of constant, unrelenting storms and floods here in the UK. The US has experienced a “Polar Vortex” and America has seen record low temperatures, Right now they’re now seeing yet another snow storm which is causing devastation as it moves north. Meanwhile, in Tokyo there’s disruption to trains and planes and they’ve experienced record snowfall… Read more →

That Jaguar advert…

This was featured on Top Gear this evening. It’s on YouTube and has been posted by Jaguar USA, so this is going all over America right now. Boom. Love the Jag.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bls1KKDwmo Read more →

Hey Microsoft, Bing is nothing but a clone

I accidentally found myself on Bing recently. It’s the Microsoft search engine which is basically like Google, but not. Initially Microsoft made big noises about how fresh and different their search engine was, but after using it today I’m pretty amazed at how much Microsoft have copied the Google interface. Here’s a shot of me doing a search for “Gears”… Read more →

I’m your private dancer, wanna buy a Mini?

Blimey. How things change eh? She’s a brilliant singer and has had a right load of grief off that Ike fella. However, now she seems to be trying to sell me a Mini. Now, Tina. We’ve got a Mini already darling. However, I’d perhaps think about buying another one if you could do me a quick blast of Nutbush City… Read more →

npower – An utter failure

Right, just to bring you up to speed in case you’re following my npower tale of woe. Firstly this happened, then it got worse. Last week I called npower. I called their official complaints line that they’d told me to call in their online apology. It was 5.15PM. I was in a queue for exactly 15 minutes, then I got… Read more →

Fun signs on the Tube

You’ve probably seen this before but it’s still going on and the signs are getting better and better. I don’t know who’s responsible for detecting and removing these but they must be a nightmare to spot as they’re so well done. Get more pictures here. Read more →

The internet is broken and nobody will fix it

We live in a world where our internet feeds are fast becoming moderated and filtered. No illegal downloading, age-restrictions and data caps. However, the big websites continue to ignore most of the basic rules and do little to protect their users. YouTube has many thousands of videos that are offensive or violent. Some people report them, but most don’t because… Read more →

Piers Morgan tries to be all high and mighty. Fails.

Piers Morgan is getting all upset on Twitter. Not because of anything that’s happened to him, but because others are getting grief on Twitter (like Stan Collymore, who’s getting a lot of racist tweets at the moment). Anyway, Piers has elbowed his way into the discussion, even though he wasn’t part of it (classic attention-seeking media tactic). It’s fair to… Read more →

HP returns to offering Windows 7

There was a big fuss yesterday about the fact that HP USA have “brought back” Windows 7 as an OS on their machines. Let’s all be honest. If people want a touch-screen GUI they’ll get a tablet and it probably won’t be a Windows device. If they want something with any real keyboard and work-style desktop PC then they’ll want… Read more →

npower – Can it get any worse? Yes, yes it can

Four days ago I wrote about npower. I’ll give you the short version. Basically, npower chose to whack up their prices so we decided to leave and switch to another provider. We successfully moved in November and switched across to Scottish Power. Days later npower made nearly 1,500 people redundant. Time went by. npower told me that my final bill… Read more →