Updated Sun 20th July (see red update at end) We needed some new bedroom furniture. We had an oak bed custom made by a carpenter, and we are pleased with that, but needed some other pieces to match. So we looked on Oak Furniture Land’s website, and found a range called “Windsor” which looked perfect….
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For somewhere between 1 and 2 years we have had the same BT account manager, Martin. This length of tenure is rare for us. We seem to wear them out or break them far faster usually. Prior to Martin, we had had two in just six months. Prior to that, we’d had none for ages…
Read More →I sent an email to our BT account manager. I attached two call recordings. The message size in total was only about 30MB. Our mail systems regularly deal with multi-hundred MB attachments. I’m not even sure they have a limit as such. SMTP error from remote mail server after MAIL FROM:<alex.bloor@aa.net.uk> SIZE=44091640: host smtpb1.bt.com [62.7.242.141]:…
Read More →Yesterday morning, as I left my flat for work, I noticed a Kelly Communications engineer in the hallway of my block of flats. Outside on the road, the familiar van was parked. Since I do love to post an amusing photo on FaceBook, no matter how small the audience that will “get” the joke, I…
Read More →This blogpost has been updated, please see the bottom for more recent edits. I work for an ISP, Andrews & Arnold Ltd. We are a small provider, catering for business users who value quality and technical adeptness over cost. That’s not to say we are expensive. We believe we offer “good value” even if that…
Read More →As is probably obvious by this blog, I work in IT. For this reason going abroad and travel in general has always been ‘of concern’ to me. I am responsible for servers, have clients who may need me to remotely fix something, or even visit them in person. Obviously, if I’m on the other side…
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