note to self

So iPhone applications come and go but recently my favourite application
has been deactivated. Worse national rail have made an inferior product and want a fiver for it!
So now not only do trains run late but you have to pay to check if it’s late!

after 20 minutes of the same message whilst waiting to buy Michael Jackson tickets on ticketmaster…
There was a problem processing your request.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
(0×100080) If you submitted an order, and are not sure if it went through, please check Order History or contact Customer Service.
Grrr
Anyway off to work now so it [...]

Sadly though the website isn’t. Now don’t judge me about trying to buy Michael Jackson tickets – I’m not a fan but since Andrew isn’t a Take That fan and bought tickets I thought I should reciprocate.
The o2 blueroom website or o2priority website designed to allow o2 customers to purchase tickets before they go on [...]

So London has closed down due to snow. It’s the most snow we have had in 18 years apparently and more to come today. All very exciting but means I can’t make it into the office and neither can most other people unless they can walk. Another ten centimetres forecast for today which means most [...]

No it’s not the new Harry Potter book title. The moral of this story though is never ever leave a MacBook on even if it is cosed and asleep. Ever!
I was out but I presume the sleeping Apple laptop was hotter than the tempered glass dining table could take :-(
No more dining table and a [...]

Hackers are believed to have stolen the personal details of millions of people using the online job site Monster.
Users around the world have been affected, including the 4.5 million users of the UK site.
They of course didn’t think to email me or change account passwords by default instead they put a tiny notification about [...]

It’s interesting that there doesn’t seem to be that much information about Notes and Mac OS X since this site now seems to attract a lot of visitors from Google because of this post about gripes with Lotus Notes on OS X maybe I’ll slowly build up a resource page for things related to Notes.
So [...]

Why do I need to know what database I am connecting to? Why do I need to have a degree in computer science to change the default browser?
I’ve got my lovely new MacBook Pro in the office so need to set up a whole heap of preferences in Notes – of course not all the [...]

So in my quest to get a Freeview+ box with DVD player/recorder I ended up buying an LG RHT297H which is great in most ways (a few niggles like losing the time and hence recording times when the power cuts) but is forced to only play region 2 DVDs. Now I’ve said it before and [...]

So a slight problem recently with contacts.
I use a number of tools and web apps in my daily life to keep things organised beacuse I work for myself I use a number of machines in a number of offices so it’s easier to rely on web applications for some tasks.
30 boxes (30boxes.com) for a calendar [...]