The government has recently started running a “Digital by default” online system. They take online security very seriously… Your username is assigned to you, your password is at least 8 charictors long. you can’t have special characters. your email adddress is locked and never mentioned again So when I lost […]
Rant
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Every so often O2 reminds me that as a ‘valued’ ‘long term’ customer that I can have a free upgrade to a better tariff, occasionally I have a look, more often than not its a load of Carp. What I currently get from O2: Yes I know I am slipping with my data use; but to […]
I finally got an answer back from O2 regarding the blocking of my website; it would appear that they have unilaterally decided that //skippy.org.uk and //skippy.org.uk are Parental Controlled… The Website status checker [note http://urlchecker.o2.co.uk/urlcheck.aspx] when you type in //skippy.org.uk gives you this screen: Which to be honest is about as much use as a chocolate teapot; […]
I have been collecting some images for the screensaver of my work machine, I have come across these two, the first being: What do I fear? I fear stagnation and lack of progress. I fear never reaching my potential and being average. I fear being forgotten… The Past… Yesterday’s news. I […]
One of those things that TOC’s seem to be fond of installing at Stations is ATGs (Automatic Ticket Gate see RIS-7701-INS – Rail Industry Standard for Automatic Ticket Gates at Stations). Ostensibly they claim that these are installed for revenue protection (reduction of ticket less travel), Reduce anti-social behaviour, and also seem to […]
Abi Rant’s “River Rats and Other Derogatory Terms” is a poem that hits a cord with me; it’s a performance poetry piece so you really are better listening to the file [podcast]//skippy.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/river-rats-and-other-derogatory-terms-abi-rant.mp3[/podcast] I want the freedom to be different, I don’t have to live like you, I’m not the cause of moral panic, […]
Bustitution Etymology Blend of bus and substitution Pronunciation (UK) IPA: /ˈbʌst.ɪ.tjuː.ʃən/, SAMPA: /"bVst.I.tju:[email protected]/ Noun bustitution (plural bustitutions) (rail transport) The temporary or permanent substitution of a rail (train, tram, etc) service with a bus service. Usage notes Bustitution can refer to either the permanent cessation of the rail service, or a […]
Further to my letter to the North Swindon Practice at Home Ground Surgery, Thames Avenue, Swindon, SN25 1QQ, I got this letter back from Chris: What she doesnt say in this is that 01793 705 783 maps to 08444 996 631 directly and places you in the Que. I will have to have a think […]
I have moved back to Swindon, and due to continuing requirment to engage with the health care profession; I needed to register with a new Doctors, I have registered with the North Swindon Practice at Home Ground Surgery, who list 08444 996 631 as the only phone number they offer. As some […]
One of the things I love about WordPress is that it is an awesome CMS, I use it to run a number of sites including this one, Loupie.co.uk, UKgoth.info and CamCrew.co.uk It can deal with all the sites, and the plugins required by each to make them work as required. […]
While I don’t agree that AV (Alternative Vote) is the best system; it’s the one we are being offered; it also looks like the official Yes! to Fairer Votes campaign is being run by a bunch of people who don’t get the web. The Arguments put forwards by the group […]
Walking round the country side, I see a number of these signs on the side of foot paths, they are not very subtile. I am going to stick my neck out, and assume the idiot who did this understands what the above sign means, and though that bagging their dog’s […]
Dear Michael Francis Middleton, and Carole Elizabeth Middleton (née Goldsmith); Please find attached an invoice to compensate myself for the loss of earnings for Friday 29 April 2011; I like other people in this country am a contractor, this means that as someone who is unsalaried I get paid by […]