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» ß 10:27 13 February
2003 (14 comments)
Welcome to the future of computing
» ß 14:40 10 February 2003 (0 comments)
as we have suspected for some time, the world is full of stupid people
parrot is going to be very very fast
the tale has been updated, thanks to Jonathan Pelphrey
an oldy but a goody: Seven Deadly Sins of Introductory Programming Language Design, by Damien Conway
not only was "My So-called Life" the best programme on telly, ever, but it also has a cool soundtrack
» ß 16:33 08 February 2003 (19 comments)
Here are the photos from last night's gathering of weblog folk.
there are a few names missing and some of them may be wildly inacurate, so please send me corrections or add comments to this post. ta
Other people's photos:
gerard
» ß 20:29 02 February 2003 (26 comments)
why ebuyer.com will lose customers
i wanted to buy a wireless usb access point, and ebuyer.com have it for a pretty good price, almost £5 less than the always reliable dabs.com.
i found the product, added it to my basket and went to the checkout. after filling out a registration form that requires a landline for your daytime telephone number (which is stupid, since i don't have a daytime landline) it told me i couldn't register. someone had already registered at my address (probably my brother) and they don't let two people register at the same address. i'm already pretty annoyed, since i've had to fill out a lot of stuff to get this far.
in the case of two registrations at the same address, it tells you to send an email to csupport@ebuyer.com. i sent a fairly irate email asking if they wanted my custom or whether i should go somewhere else. a few minutes later, i get an automated reply, telling me they no longer allow customers to contact them by email, but instead you have to use a system they call "enotes". the automated mail provides a link to the "enotes" system. i'm now even more annoyed, since it was the site that had told me to use that email address. i found the email i'd already sent and added a complaint about the site not containing timely information. so far, not a good user experience and i'm thinking the extra £5 is probably worth the ease of ordering from dabs.
so i visit the enotes system, to be told that you need to be registered to use it. so basically, i can't register because their system stops me, and i can't do anything about it because their system requires me to register to contact them. they have a customer phone line that opens from 9am tomorrow morning, but that's 13 hours away. i'm going to use dabs.com from now on.
anyone else have any bad customer support stories from Internet stores? or perhaps good customer support stories? then post them as a reply to this message.
» ß 18:00 28 January 2003 (7 comments)
Two new sites from the iamcal network:
iamcal software, version 2
pigeon street.com
"lot of us do some of our shopping in supermarkets. They're quite cheap, conveniently located and have very attractive strip lighting." you need to subscribe to the innocent drinks newletter
» ß 00:06 26 January 2003 (10 comments)
The internet is currently having big problems due to a MS-SQL worm causing DOS style problems.
more info:
http://212.100.234.54/content/56/29027.html
http://forums.military.com/1/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=78919038&f=409192893&m=4551982416
http://www.americanintelligence.us/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=76
traffic analysis:
http://www.internetpulse.net/
http://average.matrix.net/
» ß 17:20 16 January 2003 (8 comments)
my wishlist appears to be working now, for those of you how were trying to buy me something :)
» ß 16:17 15 January 2003 (11 comments)
Friday (Jan 17th) is my birthday. I will be 22. On a totally unrealted note, my wishlist is here
There's a new version of noted available. It's not strictly new, since it's been in cvs for about 6 months, but it has a few enhancements that build 5028 didn't have, including a partly working ftp client.
Problems with mcirosoft products? (Quite likely). Try the microsoft newsgroups, which are far more helpful than you'd think.
at ease is even better than green plastic. more lyrics, more info; just more stuff.
You may remember me going on about a cd by a guy called drew a few weeks ago. Well, now you can buy it online. do so - it is good.
» ß 17:52 14 January 2003 (7 comments)
The tale has been updated.
Over christmas i made a new, sexier, version of slice
almost a fan site:
[23:17] <tavaryn> heh, cal
[23:17] <tavaryn> you know how your site is iamcal.com?
[23:17] <tavaryn> i found a site called soycal.com
[23:18] <tavaryn> meaning the same thing in spanish
The lovely Beth Gibbons (of portishead fame) has a solo album out. And a web site [via efli]
i don't understand it, but it's oddly compelling [via ody]
» ß 08:47 08 January 2003 (18 comments)
It's snowing. It's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing.
Outside my office. Anyone want to come and build a snowman?
Search | Older Stuff >>
Welcome to the future of computing
» ß 14:40 10 February 2003 (0 comments)
as we have suspected for some time, the world is full of stupid people
parrot is going to be very very fast
the tale has been updated, thanks to Jonathan Pelphrey
an oldy but a goody: Seven Deadly Sins of Introductory Programming Language Design, by Damien Conway
not only was "My So-called Life" the best programme on telly, ever, but it also has a cool soundtrack
» ß 16:33 08 February 2003 (19 comments)
Here are the photos from last night's gathering of weblog folk.
there are a few names missing and some of them may be wildly inacurate, so please send me corrections or add comments to this post. ta
Other people's photos:
gerard
» ß 20:29 02 February 2003 (26 comments)
why ebuyer.com will lose customers
i wanted to buy a wireless usb access point, and ebuyer.com have it for a pretty good price, almost £5 less than the always reliable dabs.com.
i found the product, added it to my basket and went to the checkout. after filling out a registration form that requires a landline for your daytime telephone number (which is stupid, since i don't have a daytime landline) it told me i couldn't register. someone had already registered at my address (probably my brother) and they don't let two people register at the same address. i'm already pretty annoyed, since i've had to fill out a lot of stuff to get this far.
in the case of two registrations at the same address, it tells you to send an email to csupport@ebuyer.com. i sent a fairly irate email asking if they wanted my custom or whether i should go somewhere else. a few minutes later, i get an automated reply, telling me they no longer allow customers to contact them by email, but instead you have to use a system they call "enotes". the automated mail provides a link to the "enotes" system. i'm now even more annoyed, since it was the site that had told me to use that email address. i found the email i'd already sent and added a complaint about the site not containing timely information. so far, not a good user experience and i'm thinking the extra £5 is probably worth the ease of ordering from dabs.
so i visit the enotes system, to be told that you need to be registered to use it. so basically, i can't register because their system stops me, and i can't do anything about it because their system requires me to register to contact them. they have a customer phone line that opens from 9am tomorrow morning, but that's 13 hours away. i'm going to use dabs.com from now on.
anyone else have any bad customer support stories from Internet stores? or perhaps good customer support stories? then post them as a reply to this message.
» ß 18:00 28 January 2003 (7 comments)
Two new sites from the iamcal network:
iamcal software, version 2
pigeon street.com
"lot of us do some of our shopping in supermarkets. They're quite cheap, conveniently located and have very attractive strip lighting." you need to subscribe to the innocent drinks newletter
» ß 00:06 26 January 2003 (10 comments)
The internet is currently having big problems due to a MS-SQL worm causing DOS style problems.
more info:
http://212.100.234.54/content/56/29027.html
http://forums.military.com/1/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=78919038&f=409192893&m=4551982416
http://www.americanintelligence.us/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=76
traffic analysis:
http://www.internetpulse.net/
http://average.matrix.net/
» ß 17:20 16 January 2003 (8 comments)
my wishlist appears to be working now, for those of you how were trying to buy me something :)
» ß 16:17 15 January 2003 (11 comments)
Friday (Jan 17th) is my birthday. I will be 22. On a totally unrealted note, my wishlist is here
There's a new version of noted available. It's not strictly new, since it's been in cvs for about 6 months, but it has a few enhancements that build 5028 didn't have, including a partly working ftp client.
Problems with mcirosoft products? (Quite likely). Try the microsoft newsgroups, which are far more helpful than you'd think.
at ease is even better than green plastic. more lyrics, more info; just more stuff.
You may remember me going on about a cd by a guy called drew a few weeks ago. Well, now you can buy it online. do so - it is good.
» ß 17:52 14 January 2003 (7 comments)
The tale has been updated.
Over christmas i made a new, sexier, version of slice
almost a fan site:
[23:17] <tavaryn> heh, cal
[23:17] <tavaryn> you know how your site is iamcal.com?
[23:17] <tavaryn> i found a site called soycal.com
[23:18] <tavaryn> meaning the same thing in spanish
The lovely Beth Gibbons (of portishead fame) has a solo album out. And a web site [via efli]
i don't understand it, but it's oddly compelling [via ody]
» ß 08:47 08 January 2003 (18 comments)
It's snowing. It's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing it's snowing.
Outside my office. Anyone want to come and build a snowman?
Search | Older Stuff >>