Inconvenience Stores: A Lazy Geezer's Guide to Lame VOD vs PPC
If there’s one thing you Americans have mastered, it’s the art of convenience. From drive thru anything (banks have always been a particular favorite) to video on demand, if there’s a way to make something less difficult and more convenient, you’ll nail it. Although there has to be an inversely [...]
Cable Thievery, Corporate Numbskullerry, and the Unfortunate Rise of those With a Clue
You’ll be pleased to know I’ve just passed the longest period of uninterrupted home Internet access with the illustrious Comcast. More or less ever since I moved into my apartment last June I’d lose service for unconscionably long periods. Various Comcast ‘techs’ had run so many wires through the place [...]
What's Worse Than Reds Under Your Beds?
I was brought up in the latter part of the Cold War. As a child I remember being terrified of the marauding red menace and of their ability and willingness to invade England via Scotland at a second’s notice. Mutually assured destruction was the backdrop. No wonder I wet the [...]
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
And thus the saga continues…….. There are two types of people in this world – those who love what they do and those who just do it for the money. Yes, we all need a dollar or two to keep the wolf from the door, but not all of us [...]
The New Pony Express
Finally, after nearly two weeks of waiting rather impatiently, we had the cable chap round to do his installation thing round at our place. But, it obviously wasn’t without a modicum of incident. I fondly bid my adorable lady adieu yesterday morning safe in the knowledge that she knew to [...]

