We’ve all seen stories of what couriers do a in vain attempt to deliver a parcel but what actually happens when Amazon are unable to do so? I’ve experienced it this week and, it has to be said, it didn’t go very well.
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I Take It Back – Don’t buy from Game
A while ago I talked about how you should support your local high street games retailer and, in particular, Game. However, after a recent experience I’m taking that back.
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Bye bye BT
Right now an outage is on-going for many BT broadband customers across the UK. With many websites accessible, it may take days to resolve. It started last night, and coincided with a loss of their DNS server as well, but even 12 hours later they weren’t reporting any issues other than for a small number of places. The system status checker showed no issues in my area, even though I was talking with people on Twitter, living nearby, who had the same problems.
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Is it wrong to misrepresent an informal poll?
As well as my technical chops, I’m a bit of an amateur enthusiast when it comes to numbers and statistics. They can be a powerful weapon but equally used badly so I strongly believe in calling out when I see this happening, whether accidentally or otherwise. Recently I’ve had a bit of a Twitter argument with the Police. Or rather a specific Police Officer.
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Getting started with YouTube Embed for WordPress
For those with a self-hosted WordPress site, there’s no better way to embed videos than with the YouTube Embed plugin. Free to use with no adverts, it’s already had over 400,000 downloads.
And to make things even easier the people at Webucator have put together an excellent video showing you how to get started with it.
Learn more about the WordPress training courses (both online and onsite) that Webucator provides.