Woe is me! I thought I was too experienced to get caught in a simple Internet scam but I fell for this one, hook, line and sinker. Kyle (my stepson) reported this morning that his Xbox360 was scratching disks. As the games he plays cost around £45 each, this seemed a serious issue and so… Continue reading GameCopyPro Scam
Month: October 2008
Farmers Law
A few incidents yesterday got me thinking about the law and farming. Somehow the farming community seems to be a law completely unto itself, exempt from the rules that apply to other folk. Sunday was the annual sponsored walk supporting Teenage Cancer Trust. It was a lovely day on Dartmoor but for me was slightly… Continue reading Farmers Law
Recursive chmod
My music collection is complicated, I rip my CD’s on a Linux server, FTP them to a Windows server. Manipulate ID tags and filenames using various means, then FTP them back again in order to play them through my Squeezebox. This recently caused me grief when I used an incorrect umask on a massive transfer,… Continue reading Recursive chmod
0845 0262572
Yet another number that’s been calling my mobile on a daily basis over the last couple of weeks. This one belongs to Phones 4U, a company in the UK mobile phone industry which firmly believes in the hard sell ethos. At the moment they aren’t going to sell me anything because despite calling me many… Continue reading 0845 0262572