One of my favourite YouTube videos (video)
I love this, not just because it is hot. But also because it is funny in many different ways, such as the guy who walks in but then gives up and walks out.
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AA batteries that recharge by USB
Here’s a great idea. The top of the rechargeable AA battery flips to reveal a USB plug. You just plug the battery into a spare USB port on your PC and it charges up. Nothing else needed. I love rechargeable batteries. If you take care of them, they can last for years. I have four … AA batteries that recharge by USB
British taxpayers may have lost £8.4bn to VAT fraudsters
BBC Panorama reports on a European investigation which suggests that a VAT (sales tax) scam may have cost the UK up to £8.4 billion (£8,400,000,000). The theft comes from so-called ‘carousel fraud’, where crooks repeatedly import and export high value goods such as mobile phones, failing to pay VAT but then claiming it back from … British taxpayers may have lost £8.4bn to VAT fraudsters
Red Squirrel Week
Excited to see a red squirrel in the garden this morning. It was being chased by more than a dozen sparrows. They have made the overgrown clematis their base and I expect they saw the squirrel as a predator. From 30th September to 8th October 2006 it’s Red Squirrel Week. This one was nine days … Red Squirrel Week
An inconvenient truth: Gay Manchester was better 20 years ago
I get tired of newspaper articles that make out that the gay ‘scene’ in Manchester used to be so seedy and bad years ago, but now it is so wonderful. It just isn’t true. Take this article from 2003 which appeared in The Manchester Evening News — a newspaper that can be relied on to … An inconvenient truth: Gay Manchester was better 20 years ago
Mystery calls on my BT phone bill
Tonight I received the latest quarterly telephone bill from British Telecom for the house here. I arrived here on 29 July. So, as you would expect, there are no calls listed on the bill until 29 July … That is, except for two calls to the premium rate numbers 09066 361152 and 09066 361153, on … Mystery calls on my BT phone bill
Skype says I ‘must’ upgrade and shuts down
Tonight a chat friend asked if we could talk on Skype, which I hardly use anymore. I started it up, but it told me I ‘must’ upgrade and then shut itself down. I tried again and the same thing happened. What if I happened to be on dial-up right now and needed to have a … Skype says I ‘must’ upgrade and shuts down
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