Monthly Archive for July, 2010

Rockingham Trackday

Published on 27 July 2010 in Diary, Motorcycle Folly, photos, Rockingham, Syndicated, trackday and Trackdays. Closed

Well it was time for me and the Blade to play properly on track and break in my new leathers and n00bish virgin kneesliders.

So off we went to the Motorcycle Folly‘s Rockingham trackday on 19 July 2010. The weather was just right despite the Sunday before and the Tuesday after being wet and miserable; indeed I even got a bit sunburnt.

First session out there having led the Novice group round for the first session and I started pushing it a little faster each time until I was getting my knee down on both left and right handers. Indeed in most of the photos of the day of me – taken by the ever-fabulous EDP Photo News – I seem to have my knee down lap after lap.

Anyway, here are some photos:

Ready to head out

Look at these 'sliders!

Portly Blue with Virgin Kneesliders

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1&1 – You Can Cancel Any Time You Want…

Published on 26 July 2010 in 1&1, fraud, inompetence, Syndicated and wankers. Closed

…but you can never leave (or at least you can expect to be repeatedly billed for services they don’t provide).

Yes, they’re at it yet again and it’s getting really tiresome.

And what’s worse is that these fecktards can’t even operate their phone system properly, constantly hanging up or dropping calls.

“1&1 Accounts: The Home of Special Needs”

iPhone 4

Published on 6 July 2010 in 3, Apple, iPad and iPhone. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Well as I mentioned over at Crass Stupidity, I’d been considering an iPhone 4 after it was announced and given it a guarded ‘maybe’, so I’d registered an interest in it with 3 and indeed Vodafone.

Recent searches had also indicated that 3 might well be offering free tethering, whereby you use your phone’s data package with other devices like laptops and indeed an iPad to save you having to splash out on a separate data contract. And yes, I am beginning to be tempted by the thought of an iPad as well, having had a photographer friend extol the virtues of his and having played with one at Meadowhell last weekend.

Merely having expressed interest, I’d been surprised to receive this text from 3 on the 22nd June:

“Great news: You’ll get an iPhone 4 upgrade and we’ve already reserved one for you…”

I didn’t even say I wanted one yet!

Then on the 24th June:

“Update. Your iPhone 4 is still reserved. Due to high demand we’ll contact you when we can process your order. View tariff details at three.co.uk/iphone”

The next day, I received this text:

“Great news. Your iPhone 4 will be available w/c 19 July. We’ll contact you between 1 & 7 July to process your upgrade…”

Well I’ve just received that call late this afternoon. They’re offering me a 16GB iPhone 4 on a 24 month contract with a one-payment to start with. In other words, it’s the same offer as anyone else would get, except that:

  1. I wouldn’t want a 16GB one as I’d intend to actually use it and fill up the phone with music, video and of course work.
  2. Why the hell would I want a 24 month contract when Tesco are offering a 12 month one?
  3. Why the hell would I want a 24 month contract when my current one is a 12 month one?
  4. Why the hell would I want a 24 month contract when Apple tend to launch a newer, better iPhone every year?
  5. Why the hell would I necessarily want to stay with 3 when I have two pay monthly phones and want to combine the two into one?

Time to talk to 3′s customer retention department, I think…

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