Posted in Unexpected on June 13th, 2003 1 Comment »
Electricity was switched on in a tiny village for the first time last week. Until now, people in Cwm Brefi, West Wales, have relied on diesel generators for a couple of hours a day - usually for evening TV. But a £250,000 project has now connected its 11 homes to the national grid via 197 […]
Posted in Unexpected on June 9th, 2003 No Comments »
Surprising to see that Sendo are suing Orange UK for an alleged patent infringement with the SPV. My understanding was that Orange SPV was designed and manufactured by a Far East company on Oranges’ behalf.
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Posted in Unexpected on May 31st, 2003 1 Comment »
There was a story in the UK last year when fourteen English plane spotters were arrested on spying charges in Greece after they had been sitting outside air bases making notes and taking photo’s. It was viewed with some amusement in the English press, that the Greek authorities could have thought these plainly harmless people […]
Posted in Unexpected on May 30th, 2003 No Comments »
A pair of rats can breed a litter of twelve in four weeks.
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Posted in Unexpected on May 29th, 2003 1 Comment »
I received a spam email today promoting a broadband service - from BT! I am 100% sure this was unrequested as it was to my daughters’ domain, and given she’s a little short of three, I know she didn’t sign up to receive promotional emails.
What strikes me about this is the total hypocrisy of BT […]
Posted in Unexpected on May 23rd, 2003 No Comments »
I found this in the London freebie paper, MetroPolice raided a house after a tip-off a body was inside - and found a coffin being used as a coffee table. They swooped after Mick Fowell, who bought the casket for his own funeral, told a social worked visiting his Norfolk home: “Ignore the box - […]
Posted in Unexpected on May 20th, 2003 No Comments »
For the first time I’m contacting senior Japanese business people and I’m really unsure of the cultural do’s & don’t’s. So basic was my knowledge, that I needed to find out how to introduce myself having never met them before. I now know a little more thanks to the comprehensive list at Asia Source. There […]
Posted in Unexpected on May 14th, 2003 123 Comments »
And you thought pets.com was a dumb idea … well here’s PrimateStore.com, strap line “Everything for Primate Lovers”. They’ve even got pet monkeys for sale.
[via Neil Reynolds]
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Posted in Unexpected on May 12th, 2003 No Comments »
Amazing to see that the DoCoMo Wristphone sold out in 20 minutes.
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Posted in Unexpected on May 6th, 2003 No Comments »
After reading Guy Kewney’s piece on the confusion of airlines and their attitude to mobile phones, I wrote this comment to him
I read your piece with interest as it’s been a question I’ve been asking for a few years.
To further muddy the waters, the BBC has a news story today about Siemens running 3G on-board […]
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