In my earlier post I showed a screenshot of the Virgin Media status screen. For our area it showed a fault with the On Demand facility. However, it was being fixed. Sure, it was going to take three days, but they would definitely have it fixed by today, April 21st… Yay! Oh …. Wait though… After experiencing yet more problems… Read more →
Situation report – Virgin Media, a month in
Bloody hell. The speed is great, the TV service is OK.. but… oh dear, everything else has just been terrible. The On Demand wasn’t working for days on end, so I complained. They eventually fixed it. Then parts of it broke again and, days later, it’s still not fixed. This is how things are tonight. Access to Facebook has broken… Read more →
Day 2 of our Virgin Media outage
I’m a brand new customer. So far I’ve had really good speeds but a botched install and I’ve never been able to use the “On Demand” system because it was broken on my first attempt. Yesterday they said it would be fixed by lunchtime tomorrow. Now though, the fix time has been put back and it’ll take even longer to… Read more →
Hello Virgin Media..
I’ve recently switched to Virgin Media. I wrote a large and rather geeky feature about it. The broadband speed is good. Very good. In fact, if you get your WiFi setup right then you can easily get more than you’re paying for. Here, for example, is my 200Mbps broadband speed test.. Trouble is, today is Tuesday and none of the… Read more →
Fake News!
To a very, very, very minor extent, Trump does have a point (but I won’t for a minute stop pointing out that he’s a massive bellend). Fake news does exist, and it’s designed to sell magazines and newspapers… This is how your tabloid newspaper stories are made… pic.twitter.com/SfbwRs4CN9 — Gears (@gears) February 6, 2017 Read more →
Confessions of the Paparazzi
Basically, never believe those tabloid celebrity stories. They’re either made up by the celebs themselves (controlled shots on the beach), made up by the photographers to get more cash or made up by the reporters themselves to get more clicks… This is how the Daily Mail is created pic.twitter.com/tfqwpDvthN — Gears (@gears) February 6, 2017 Read more →
More Donald Trump
This one from Dr.Dunno on b3ta.. Read more →
Donald Trump
This has been royally stolen from b3ta (HappyToast) Read more →
What a brilliant advert
An ad for a TV channel in Denmark. Properly good… Read more →
Trainspotting 2 – It’s here
I’ve not seen it yet but this track, which is actually three years old already, is really rather good. It’s a bit unsafe for work in places but delightfully random… Read more →
So today…
I took my son swimming. The pool has very limited viewing facilities and all the parents have is a bus-stop-style area which isn’t exactly roomy. Normally this isn’t too bad, as people will somehow move down with a few pleasantries. However, it was really packed today. It was so busy that I ended up standing behind the seats, and there… Read more →
Donald Trump gets sassy
America has gone truly insane. There’s nothing else you can say. Bat shit fucking crazy. They’ve voted a guy in who encouraged fake news about his opponent and now he doesn’t like supposedly fake news about him. This is a guy who courts publicity then goes utterly mental on Twitter when a news outlet isn’t singing his tune. He doesn’t… Read more →
Listen to live radio all over the world by navigating an interactive globe. Good huh? Strangely addictive! Read more →
Blimey. Twitter killed my blog!
Back in the old days I used to post stuff here quite a bit. Now I put tiny thoughts onto Twitter instead. Now it’s Christmas 2016 and .. woah.. where did that year go eh? Anyways.. here’s a strange man singing… Read more →
He’s back again – Diamond Dave!!!
Oh sweet lord
This guy has some skillz! Read more →
Wait a minute Mr Trump…
Errr.. Read more →
Meanwhile, on QVC
Wait a minute, they’re selling PIES? And they’re HOW MUCH?! QVC is already a strange thing, but.. Read more →
Crime of the century
This one is from Northants police. Sadly their website doesn’t render properly on mobile, so here is their latest news post. Man sought following theft of venetian blind from Dunelm Mill, Northampton Police have released a picture of a man who they wish to trace in connection with an alleged theft of a venetian blind from the Dunelm Mill store… Read more →
The Government approved Fracking.
In Lancashine this week the UK Government went against the decision of the local council, against environmentalists and local campaign groups. The go-ahead was given for UK shale rock to be fracked horizontally to extract gas. Yeah.. Here’s how that turned out down in Australia… Read more →
America. Think carefully when you vote.
Honestly, I love America, but there’s a very good chance that the country is about to go back several decades. There’s a very good chance that every other country in the world will move away from them and cut diplomatic ties. It could all get very ugly.. Read more →
MUSIC. Some MUSIC
Red Rack’em – Wonky Bassline Disco Banger Kaytranada – Lite Spots Read more →