Uk

TechCrunch (UK) launches

TechCrunch (with a focus on the UK) launches.

[Via BlogHerald]

YCNMIU

Norton Canes Services - M6 (Toll). Three clocks behind the till:-

Clackett Lane - 13:59
Norton Canes - 13:57
Watford Gap - 13:58

You genuinely could not make it up.

Cockneys 'R' Us

I was enjoying a stroll along The Embankment yesterday morning, dressed in my Pearly King outfit, listening to Chas’n’Dave tunes on my iPod, munching on cockles and mussels, when I noticed banners hanging from each lamppost proudly proclaiming ‘We are Londoners’.

The letter ‘D’ was shrunk to accommodate the rest of the letters. Just like a kid writing a Thank You letter to Auntie Joan and suddenly realising he’s going to run out of space.

Hotel Inspector

The scheduling goddess has granted me a second successive week in Birmingham; West Bromwich to be precise. I was shocked to discover that, following my unfavourable review last December, the Days Inn Hotel has subsequently been taken over by the budget chain, Premier Travel Inn.

My greeting at reception wasn’t too promising: ‘Ah - Good evening Mr. Brightside. A double smoking room, I believe’. ‘Err no. I booked a single, non-smoking room if you have one please.’

word of caution

Take my advice. Never buy flowers for your wife. Ever.

I am working at home, trying to finish a report. I don’t have a home office so I work on the kitchen table.

For the last couple of days, two things have been slowly nagging away at me like a dripping tap.

My wireless mouse sometimes loses the will to carry on working at such a frantic pace. It squeakily demands a cup of coffee or just half an hour of ‘Richard and Judy’. I stoutly refuse so the mouse pointer slowly descends vertically down the screen which is fairly irritating and virus-like.

Broadband for the masses

Last night’s ’ Money Program' was about the increasing consumer demand for broadband services and the various options available from the suppliers.

Broadband services from the major players (Carphone Warehouse, BT, NTL and newcomer Sky) were all reviewed for various households with different requirements.

British Telecom has an incredibly strong brand with the older generation. One grandmother on the show simply opted for a BT Video Phone because she implicitly trusts that the service will work because ‘it is from BT’.

in utero

I just watched this but I am starting to wish I hadn’t.

wheels on fire

Arrived at a client’s offices in Birmingham this morning just as Radio Five news reported a major power cut affecting businesses and homes in the area.

Apparently, vandals had set fire to two tyres and rolled them into the electricity sub-station last night.

Whatever happened to the good old days of getting drunk, singing songs and placing red cones on top of traffic lights.

Still, the outage freed up two hours for an interesting discussion about disaster recovery.

Hook Norton

As predicted, another fantastic weekend.

P45 for British blogger

Quelle horreur !

A female UK blogger is sacked by a French company, supposedly for ‘gross misconduct’.

I went to look at the actual blog to discover what juicy office gossip she had revealed, but the blog is such an incoherent, rambling mess of disjointed thoughts using pseudonyms to conceal her true identity, I simply gave up.

Inevitably, Robert Scoble thinks this is very, very important. I don’t.