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Loadshedding.

Loadshedding.

Resources are scarce – we know this much. So what can be interesting is seeing how people deal with that. We’re lucky enough to be on holiday in South Africa for the 2nd time in 12 months, and there’s a

jasonbstanding Saturday 25th February, 2023Saturday 25th February, 2023 general whining, Musing No Comments Read more

Isn’t living in the future marvellous?

Isn’t living in the future marvellous?

Yesterday I needed to phone my broadband provider to give them the news that we’re moving to another company, on account of the fact that their modus operandi is to sign users up for a certain monthly fee and then

jasonbstanding Wednesday 2nd February, 2022Thursday 26th January, 2023 Featured, general whining No Comments Read more

Dear Henry…

Dear Henry…

For someone who’s worked in the tech industry since 1998 I’m constantly astounded at how frigging difficult I find it to do things. In this case, I’d been doing some work for someone on a WordPress site about 5 years

jasonbstanding Tuesday 13th March, 2018 general whining No Comments Read more

That infernal goddamn machine

That infernal goddamn machine

Haven’t blogged in a while but I enjoyed writing about that black metal gig, and realised that I’m never so happy as when I’m sarcastically complaining about something – so I thought I’d take a moment and recognise the contribution

jasonbstanding Sunday 27th March, 2016 general whining No Comments Read more

Pillockry and privacy

I left my phone on the bus yesterday. Generally I’ve done pretty well at not losing phones or other tech gadgets compared to many of my contemporaries, but even as a once off* I still felt pretty bloody silly about

jasonbstanding Friday 12th June, 2015 general whining No Comments Read more

Obligatory post-election post

Obligatory post-election post

I’ve gone on at length before about how I don’t like the British electoral system, and last night’s General Election is a shining example of why. Before going further I’d like to make it clear that this viewpoint is totally

jasonbstanding Friday 8th May, 2015 general whining No Comments Read more

Some things I learned today

Some things I learned today

So, today’s been quite instructive.

jasonbstanding Tuesday 25th November, 2014Tuesday 25th November, 2014 general whining No Comments Read more

Your call is important to us. Please choose from the following options.

The gripping chronological account of our hero’s valiant but predictably futile attempts to try to sign up for a new mobile phone. Unmissable. ** The Scotsman.

jasonbstanding Monday 12th August, 2013Monday 25th November, 2013 general whining, Headline, Moaning about London 3 Comments Read more
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  • DANGER! DANGER! (pause) HIGH VOLTAGE! etcTuesday 7th February, 2023
  • I am a self-facilitating media node (aka you are what you consume)Saturday 14th January, 2023
  • The Dog’s BallsThursday 15th December, 2022
  • The sort of really important thoughts that take place round hereSaturday 10th December, 2022
  • The MachineMonday 2nd May, 2022
  • Isn’t living in the future marvellous?Wednesday 2nd February, 2022

The last book I finished was...

Jacket potato

As you get older, life serves up certain inevitabilities. In 1994 I was contacted by the Boy Scouts of America to inform me that I’d been succes

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