Echo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
Posted: Fri 21 September, 2007 Filed under: D4D™ 5 Comments »Is it me, or have things gone a bit quiet round here, comment-wise?
I suspect it’s just the August/September lull, but it may be that (gasp) I’m getting boring. I dunno – you decide…
“Observant”
Posted: Fri 21 September, 2007 Filed under: Customer Services, Cynicism 2 Comments »I’ve been using online banking for years now. I look at it at least every couple of days, and keep a fairly close eye on what’s coming in and out of the account, which means I also look at the online statement on a regular basis.
A lot of the transaction details start off with four numbers, something like “8217 iTunes”. I’d never really paid attention to them, just figuring that it was some kind of bank code. In a way I was right.
You see, I’ve just figured out what those numbers actually are.
Recently, the bank sent me an updated Switch/Maestro card- nice of them, considering I hadn’t asked for it- which (obviously had a different 16-digit number on the front to the one I already had.
Yes, the four numbers on the bank statement are the last four on the card. Turns out I’d forgotten to update the card details on my iTunes account, so the old card (which should’ve been “immediately cancelled once I started using the new one”, according to my fuckwit bank) was used when I downloaded some music from them. And lo, the old card’s four numbers are listed against iTunes.
Clever, innit?
Wood Pile
Posted: Thu 20 September, 2007 Filed under: Domestic, Green Garden, Photography 1 Comment »So, all the wood from the delivery on Monday is now stored in the wood pile. Twenty wheelbarrow loads, and this is what it looks like. (Apologies for the ropy cameraphone image, but there we go)
I have to say, I’m really quite pleased with it. And yes, I so need to get out more…
Bilingual
Posted: Thu 20 September, 2007 Filed under: Geeky Leave a comment »I’ve written about this before, but in a lot of ways it’s still current, so I’m going to write about it again. Hey Ho.
Anyway, as a web developer, I seem to be something of a rarity – according to various contacts and IT agencies, anyway – in that I can easily write websites using either ASP or PHP. God knows, I prefer to work in PHP, because ASP sucks the balls of rancid donkeys, but sometimes you just have to do it all the same.
If by now you’ve no idea what I’m whittling about, don’t worry. If you’re interested, carry on below…
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21+
Posted: Thu 20 September, 2007 Filed under: Customer Services, Cynicism Leave a comment »In light of this ridiculous story where a 71 year old man was refused alcohol “because he wouldn’t confirm he was over 21 when asked”, I wonder how long it will be before someone else comes forward and says “I’m 16, and the same store let me buy alcohol”?
Offended/Offending
Posted: Wed 19 September, 2007 Filed under: 1BEM, Cynicism Leave a comment »Charlie Brooker, you are a god.
Long Exposure
Posted: Wed 19 September, 2007 Filed under: Photography Leave a comment »Recently I’ve been starting to look at doing some photos at night, which requires much longer exposures. As it is, I’ve got the necessary stuff – a decent tripod, and the PClix that I got a while ago to manage long exposures.
I’ve had the PClix (pronounced pee-clicks, apparently) for a year or so now and never really got round to using it properly. It’s a clever little device, entirely programmed by two numbered wheels, and one button – although that means there’s quite a learning curve to the thing, and it’s one that I’m only just starting on, to be honest.
The minorly annoying part is that because I didn’t really get round to using the Pclix until the last couple of weeks, I’ve missed out on taking some of the photos I was planning to take this year – but that’s no great hardship, the same type of photos will be there next year. In the meantime, though, I’m going to make some effort to get familiar with all the settings and gubbins that go into it – and to be honest, it’s probably better to be playing with evening and night-time long-exposure shots during autumn and winter than summer anyway, so it’s likely to all work out for the best anyway. Well, that’s the theory.
Whatever happens, it’ll be fun to see how things work out with the Pclix, and it might just chuck out some interesting images as well. Along with some right shite, obviously.