Monthly Archives: February 2008

Earthquake

Published February 27, 2008

Oooer. We were most rudely awakened at 1am this morning by the entire house shaking back and forth for a good few seconds. Apparently the quake measured 5.2 and was felt across the country [news.bbc.co.uk]. The last one I noticed was about 6 years ago now in the West Midlands, but this one was much [...]

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Little Sticks

Published February 16, 2008

So we didn’t win the 90 million pound Euromillions jackpot the other week. Man that was unexpected, I felt sure of a win. Ahh well. In the absence of that life carried on as normal. It was valentine’s day this week, so that involved the traditional sharing of cutsey gifts. Funnily, the traditional shops such [...]

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It’s the end of an era!

Published February 9, 2008

As Polaroid ceases production of its film [news.bbc.co.uk]. Stocks are expected to see the year out, but then that will be that, unless some other company licenses the technology. The format war in this case has landed quite firmly in the digital camp, with Polaroid moving their focus onto digital devices. I never had a [...]

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Ebay Feedback Madness

Published February 5, 2008

A random story surfaced on BBC News today that Ebay is going to remove the ability for sellers to leave negative feedback about buyers. Yep. Buyers can still leave neg feedback about sellers, but not the other way around. Apparently the reasoning behing this move is that buyers do not leave neg feedback for fear [...]

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