Feeling at home with Three?
Earlier this summer, UK mobile network Three announced a massive expansion of their “Feel at Home” scheme, essentially adding all the missing European countries to…
View Article$300 ransom? It’s the price of doing business
Today computers across the world have been hit by ransomware – notably including the UK’s NHS, and Spanish telco Telefonica. Some initial comments suggested “well,…
View ArticleUK censorship gets ever closer
I’ve written here before about politicians and technology, including the daft attempts by Theresa May to try and outlaw end to end encryption in the…
View ArticleStrange “Windows” phone call
This morning brought a weird voicemail; the start is cut off, because presumably the computer making the call didn’t realise it was talking to another…
View ArticleFlixster flops, ne plus Ultraviolet
If you’ve been using Flixster (or before that, Blinkbox/TalkTalk TV) to access “ultraviolet” movies, you’ll probably have had a reminder that you need to migrate…
View ArticleIn praise of anonymity
Cleaning house starts with those who set the tone. It should not begin by seeking to frighten the Nameless into quiet submission.
View ArticleWeek notes, 5th March 1991
Thursday 28th February After an evening with friends and too much drink, and a row about a girl, my twin brother Patrick gets into his…
View ArticlePost-COVID, let’s get Britain cottaging
If you’ve been around the UK tech scene for a while, you might remember something called the Highlands and Islands Telecommunications Initiative. Kicked off in…
View ArticleManaging EU sales post-Brexit
Since there’s been a fair bit of interest, I thought I’d write down some notes about how I’ve handled the issue of selling things to…
View ArticleInternet anonymity – a letter to my MP
Following the shocking murder of an MP in October 2021, many politicians have called for curbs on internet anonymity – though there’s not at present…
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