Category: Technology

(un)Helpful Errors
By: Date: April 9, 2014 Categories: Business,Technology

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]:…

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Argh Kelly
By: Date: March 27, 2014 Categories: Business,Technology

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…

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Ofcom “Accredited” Comparison Sites
By: Date: March 6, 2013 Categories: Business,Technology

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…

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HTC Desire S -vs- HTC Desire
By: Date: May 19, 2011 Categories: Technology

I’ve now had the new HTC Desire S for about a week. My previous phone was the original HTC Desire. Lots of people have asked me whether it’s better, what changes have been made etc. So I thought I’d write a blog post about it. In summary : I am very pleased with the HTC…

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Spotify, no more chances.
By: Date: May 10, 2011 Categories: Sound,Technology

Inspired by my friend James’ post on how annoyed he has become with Spotify, I thought I’d join the chorus. I too have become very fed up with Spotify, despite being one of the first people I knew to have a £10 a month premium account. Placebo – not as good as the real thing? …

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