Sleepertrain

I like working in IT, I’m not really that interested in the finer details of servers or comms but occasionally the geeks I work with show me something cool that I really like.   I’ve never really considered my team to be the stereotypical IT nerds portrayed on TV but occasionally I’m reminded that it’s there, in all of them.  We have the usual office chats about what’s on TV, current affairs and the usual dramas within our own lives, but once in a while something will bring the office to a halt and it takes an enormous effort to get everyone to focus on the job again. Read more »

With just over a weeks worth of growth, I was going to shave this morning but had the thought “should I grow my first proper beard?”.  This is about as long as I have ever grown a beard and now would be a good time to commit to growing something thicker and more substantial. Read more »

This is my original 15 minutes of internet fame, a letter I sent to Nestle around 2001 which went viral (before the term viral applied to internet postings).  To this day a Google search shows it can still be found posted in the archives of many forums.

Dear Sir/Ma’am,

May I start by saying how much my colleagues and I enjoy Nestle Smarties. So much so, that our snack machine has to be filled with more tubes of Smarties than anything else.

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Dear Rekha Khatwani,

Bravo!  Well done!  Really, well done!  Your email demonstrates the inconsistent service and pure incompetence of Vodafone that fills me with the urge to call Vodafone and scream profanities.  As you’re a huge faceless organisation I won’t, as I think it would be unfair on the poor soul who answers my call, although I can’t help wonder if their actual reaction will be more along the lines of “here’s another one, how have we messed things up for him?”. Read more »