Category Archives: Rants

Posts where I’m ranting about someone or something

Internet Explorer… what a pile of Crap

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Steve

For a change of scene I’ve been working on a set of Last.FM widgets which will allow you to dispaly Last.FM widgets in the sidebars on the blogs… and you should be able to see one there right now. It … Continue reading →

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PHPBB Mods – why the hell do we bother?

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Steve

I’ve coded up a couple of mods for phpbb and The total down loads of these two mods is not huge but its not zero. There was a bug in the Registration Variable MOD that no-one noticed.. or if they … Continue reading →

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How not to bill customers

Posted on December 27, 2006 by Steve

I recently decided to move my Gas and Electricity supplies to one provider rather than 2 – estimated savings of about �200. I was with NPower for my electricity. I’ve been paying by Direct Debit for years. Anyway we got … Continue reading →

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Netscape – what a bunch of Morons

Posted on December 19, 2006 by Steve

No doubt others have experienced this on their blogs: You have Trackbacks enabled and the trackbacks fill up with crap posted there by scum advertising drugs, pornography and so on. S I’ve been having a lot of problems with crap … Continue reading →

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Banks

Posted on November 16, 2005 by Steve

Saturday we went to the bank to put my wife’s name on the account. Can’t be too complicated can it? Can’t take more than a few minutes can it? BZZZTTTTT – WRONG!! The bank say that a passport, marriage certificate … Continue reading →

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Hackers, crackers and other annoyances

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Steve

My server was getting swamped the other day, checking into it I found that it was links from LiveJournal to a pic in my photo albums which someone had used to illustrate a tack poem. Livejournal users had then copied … Continue reading →

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Health Service?? Where does the Service come into it?

Posted on November 7, 2005 by Steve

Saw the doctor the other week about a medical condition and he said he’d contact the hospital. Letter arrived on Friday – I need to phone the hospital to make an appointment. Wife phoned the number before 5pm – no … Continue reading →

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Why bother….

Posted on February 11, 2005 by Steve

… having a website and an email form for enquiries/quotes if you are not going to respond? I recently emailed a garage that specialises in gearbox work for a quote to replace the Governor seals and accumulator springs on my … Continue reading →

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Was it YOU?

Posted on February 9, 2005 by Steve

Were you in the Coronation Square Carpark this time last week? Were you driving a truck with orange/red paint on it? Did you clip the rear drivers side of a Blue Renault Clio.. If it was you … BASTARD!! You … Continue reading →

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DIY – what a pain.

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Steve

DIY has to be one of the most annoying things in life. We are currently in the middle of a kitchen re-design.. yes you read that correctly.. re-design. We haven’t actually done anything physical (like rip out any cupboards) but … Continue reading →

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