Category Archives: General

Jessops go bye bye?

Posted on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 by dmc

Yes yes, a blog post. Got a bill to renew my hosting and it reminded me 🙂 Over a year since the last rant post it seems – that’s pretty poor even by my blogshy history… anyway… Seems that Jessops … Continue reading →

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Barclaycard fraud fail

Posted on Thursday, November 3, 2011 by dmc

I get in this evening to find an answerphone message on my mobile: barclaycard voicemail Hmmm. That’s not great. My card has been compromised? Hang on, maybe this is a scam and it’s not barclaycard at all. Lets google the … Continue reading →

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Zavvi.com fail?

Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011 by dmc

Jake has been saving up for the new release of Dirt 3 for the Xbox. I’d forgotten all about it till today when I suddenly realised it was out tomorrow. No problem, Amazon have it and with prime it’ll be … Continue reading →

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spoke too soon :-)

Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 by dmc

Just got my bill from vodafone, and seems I was a little premature in my earlier post where I suggested it was all sorted. Seems I’ve been charge 75p a call and still have passport on my account. Don’t really … Continue reading →

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Disneyland Paris iPhone app data usage

Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 by dmc

Since posting about the Disneyland App I’ve had a couple of emails asking what the data usage was, and also how good the app is. Well, it works – and the queue times appear “live”. We were standing at the … Continue reading →

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Disneyland Paris hurrah!

Posted on Saturday, February 26, 2011 by dmc

Well, we are back – a fantastic few days at Disney. After Disney’s cockup with our booking, we didn’t know if we would be able to complete the check in process at ashford or not. Turns out we could, although … Continue reading →

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end of UK TiVo, launch of UK TiVo

Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2011 by dmc

Getting on for 10 years ago, I bought a TiVo. Never really pushed in the UK (but now massive in the US) it was pretty much the first PVR available – and remains one of the best for several reasons. … Continue reading →

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Vodafone – beware their online support chat

Posted on Monday, February 14, 2011 by dmc

Off to Disney Paris for a few days next week, and Disney have a new App that lets you see queue times (and other less useful propaganda) while you wander around the park. Could be handy if it works, but … Continue reading →

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Disneyland Paris… yay (and grrrrrr)

Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2011 by dmc

We are off to Disneyland Paris again next week, and this time we are taking my parents (mum has always fancied it). We booked in Sept 2010, and my parents also booked separately and then I phoned Disney to get … Continue reading →