PostsIt's official - Windows 8 was rubbish, here is Windows 10 7th August 2015 11:12 AM
“Good by peeps ,see you on the flip side ,if I make it over hehehe ..About to start my windows 10 upgrade
” nnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooo.............. He'll never be online again... looking for business partner 7th August 2015 11:10 AM I have lots of consumer based pizza experience... particularly Dominoes in Warwick, who must have nearly gone bust when I moved house The Pizza by the slice market is pretty busy, you are competing with High Street brands such as Greggs. So are you selling from a single retail outlet or is it more of a mobile service? Remember seeing a mobile outlet at an Airshow this year, it was about £6 for a slice of Pizza, probably an expensive pitch, but still some serious markup! Best of luck with your venture. Storage Temple Ltd - fake storage business 7th August 2015 9:29 AM Wonder how many I'll have to add before they get in touch Storage Tottenham Ltd - FAKE doesn't exist 25 Ashley Road Alternative Description: We are a bunch of clowns who can't take the hint that we're not welcome and seem obsessed in listing fake business listings and oodles of duplicate content Hmm, no success in phoning them and getting past the call centre, emails never answered and are throw away ones, blocking IP addresses doesn't seem to work. According to their Whois Record, the website owner is based here: Registrant's address: So here we have the nerve centre of operation spam...
Who parked that bus there? And to Finish this Month of Nicely....... 6th August 2015 3:11 PM Sounds like a serious design fault then? Can hear the cash register ringing from here Nice pay out and (not so early) retirement. Venturing into the world of Facebook advertising. 6th August 2015 12:33 PM $64 million dollar question Maybe you are looking at it from the wrong angle. Instead of thinking of a cute image, look at it as a sales message. You can still have text in the image, it just can't be the main focus. Proofreadings a tough sell, most people can read and write, and use a spell checker, and most people wouldn't consider the expense of asking someone else to do it for them. In the same way most people can drive a car, but there are times when you really need a taxi So maybe concentrate on the value of having your web content professionally checked. Maybe two images side by side showing a call to action, one of them with a typo. Then something cheesy like "Frank wondered why sales were down 37% since the new website went live..." Be proofread from only £xyx. Here's one currently in my timeline. Not endorsing Fiverr, but it's a good example of how an image conveys a message, even with minimal or no text. A simple headline which you will scan read, and you know exactly what this is.
If you are in the market for a 'toon version of yourself, then maybe you'll click the link. Out of thousands of page impressions, only takes a few clicks to make it worthwhile. Get the creative juices flowing Tube strike misery for London 6th August 2015 12:01 PM
“I agree with you, though why would automated trains be able to increase passenger volume? Are you assuming, automated means more trains could run?
 ”Based on the Paris system, this seems to be the case: Here's an excerpt from the Engineering Director whose firm automated the Metro, and will be doing the Tube. HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT AUTOMATION ON EXISTING LINE On Line 1 the system has reduced the minimum headway from 105 to 85 seconds, decreased the size of the required fleet from 52 to 49 trains while increasing individual train capacity from 680 to 720 passengers and capacity per-hour per-direction from 24,000 on the conventional line to 30,000 on the new automated service. “The main objective was to improve traffic flow and increase the flexibility of the line to help absorb the traffic in busy stations by ensuring the line is operating at maximum capacity,” says Emmanuel Janand, Director of Systems and Mobility in RATP’s Department of Engineering. “Automation allows us to adapt our supply to the demands of the traveller in real-time.” So automated trains can run more efficiently, adapt to congestion bottlenecks, run closer together if required, and carry more people. Plus you need fewer trains, sounds like a winner to me. But in true British fashion we will no doubt debate it for another 10 years, watch the project costs double, pay too much for the trains, and then implement it half arsed o keep the unions happy, and have the trains manned, to counter the mythical public panic about driverless trains. By the time it's rolled out, we'll all be cruising round in driver-less cars anyway More wisdom from Seth, ignore people that shout 6th August 2015 11:48 AM This was one of those Seth Godin blog posts which triggered a light bulb and I realised I'm guilty of this "It seems to make sense to prioritize in order of priority. Do the urgent stuff first. Deal with the cranky customer who's about to walk out, the disenchanted and difficult employee who hasn't had the right sort of guidance (lately), the partner who is stomping his foot. The problem with this rational priotization is that it means that the good customers, the valuable employees and the long-suffering but loyal partners are neglected. And they realize that they should either get squeaky or leave. If the only way to get your attention is to represent a risk, people will figure that out. (The other problem is that you end up spending all your time with cranky, disenchanted, difficult people who are stomping their feet.)" So are we all encouraging people to be cranky and vocal, or are you enlightened and park the grumpy people? Some things define an era of life and this is one of them... 6th August 2015 11:40 AM ahh noooo , used to love minder Tube strike misery for London 6th August 2015 10:09 AM Must be a nightmare if you are working or out and about in London today, as it looks like gridlock from the news reports This has to help fuel the argument for a faster roll out of driver-less trains? The Dockland Light Railway has been running for years as a driver-less service. Current plans are for parts of the Tube network to run driver-less capable trains by the mid 2020's, but the trains will still carry an operator/driver. According to a report from the London Standard from last year, it will be 2030 before London runs driver-less trains. So looks like it will be a long while before Tube Strikes become a thing of the past I didn't realise until today that some of the Tube already runs as an automated service, and all the driver does is close the doors, and keep an eye out for obstacles! The Paris Metro has been running driver-less trains since 1998, I don't understand why we are so slow in adopting the technology? Surely cost can be mitigated by efficiency savings and increased passenger volume that automated trains would allow?
image courtesy of railway-technology.com Anyone affected by todays disruption? Storage Temple Ltd - fake storage business 6th August 2015 9:26 AM Meanwhile, in the war on spam and the axis of evil, storage, locksmiths and cleaners... We get absolutely bombarded with fake listings from locksmiths, storage companies and cleaning companies. They all follow a the same format, basic template website, keyword rich domain name, normally with the town location, and always fake addresses They are basically flogging leads, but they spam us to death with literally thousands of fake listings. We tried phoning them, countless times, emailing, but normally all you get is a pleb at a call centre who if pushed, hands you to the supervisor, which is normally the bod sat next to them, or just slams the phone down. So shall try a new approach, and let them have their free advertising via the forum Latest listing: Storage Temple Ltd Hmmm, company doesn't seem to legally exist... Here's the address 32 Ludgate Hill At least it will be handy if you get the munchies at lunch time....
"If your office space is overflowing, simply store your excess with us, knowing that it is readily accessible for you when you need it!" "We can accommodate your books, computer, furniture, anything you want us to and we guarantee the lowest self storage prices..." Where? What I can confirm is the superb call centre they use, and is a model of customer service excellence... not. Maybe they will stop putting the phone down, or even stop listing? Maybe even get in touch |
Minder was a classic.”
