Clenched Teeth Archive

Irony


I was contacted yesterday by a company representing O2 to answer a few questions on my recent contact with O2 customer services and my opinion of them as an operator. I don’t normally answer calls that come up on my phone as blocked nor do I usually entertain market research calls but O2 have always [...]

Can you hear me now…


I got a cheap Bluetooth headset at Christmas to use with the PS3 and while it worked it wasn’t very good. It looked and felt cheap, and there was an audible hiss when using it. So when I saw the Official headset back in stock at Gameplay I thought it was worth a punt. Straight [...]

Alone in the dark


I was going to post a few weeks ago about the dark nights drawing in and the lack of light in the mornings. In the end I didn’t. I knew the change was being felt from Tweets and good old fashioned verbal conversations I had with people. I only mention it now as I was [...]

Comment notification mails


At some point way back when I stopped getting emails when people left comments. There was no apparent reason for this and searching the net revealed that I wasn’t alone. One solution was to install Swift SMTP. It did seem to a work but some users were posting comments without me getting a mail and [...]

Spore? Erm.. kthxbye


Thanks EA.. you never cease to amaze me on how annoying you can be

Sky Anytime


I just spotted an email sat in my junk mail folder from Sky touting their new Sky Anytime player. The small print at the bottom amused me. “PC with Microsoft Windows XP or Vista or Mac with compatible virtualisation software required.” So that would be XP and Vista them and you just wanted to get [...]

Virgin on the ridiculous


I’m not completely blameless in the story I’m about to relay, that should be said, but this is a tale of poor customer care and inability to reach a compromise. As to who should be making the most concessions I’ll let you decide. Our tale starts at the back end of last year. Work was [...]

BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Uefa Cup fans clash with police


BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Uefa Cup fans clash with police I had planned going into town to soak up the atmosphere but it appears that if I had done just that then the afternoon was the time to go. I really can’t believe some of the comments posted in that article. But [...]

If you want in on the act, get it right (way round)


I was watching episode 6 of the Bionic Woman the other night. Do you think anyone should tell him that he’s holding the iPhone upside down?

ITV Catch Up


ITV Catch Up And I complained about the iPlayer (which incidentally is brilliant on the iPhone). I noticed the ITV Catchup on TV last night and thought I’d give it a try as looked to be cross platform. As it turns out it may or may not be depending on the availability of a Microsoft [...]