After being mentioned on the New Scientist Website a while ago (see my blog post) I have now found my backstage project listed on the notes of a computer science lecture this lear (PDF, HTML).
This was one of the more interesting courses I did, but with the comment that watching paint dry was more exciting than some of the courses puts that statement in a different light.
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The rate is going back down to 2.4% from september!
I’ve updated my first backstage project after 7 months,
see it in action here: http://bbc.blueghost.co.uk/site4.php
Has made it on to google video.
Quite good 
I went to see Stephen Lee take on Anthony Hamilton in the Welsh Open on Saturday. I’m not a big Rugby fan, but knew to check to see there were no 6 Nations matches at Cardiff - I didn’t know there would be 2 Powergen cup matches their until a few days before. So what to central trains do, put on a 2 carriage train that was packed at Birmingham with NO room at all.
When we were there, I took a look on my phone during a 5 minute frame interval to look at the football scores - then some welsh nazi guard comes out to tell me off - but allows his welsh friends to eat and drink in an arena that states “No food or drink allowed”.
It seems it wasn’t just word of mouth that made milliondollarhomepage.com so popular, but the use of a $7000/month PR agent. Who know the truth? Who cares?
Well done to alex for, almost, reaching 1,000,000 pixels sold and becoming an American Millionaire. Personally I think it’s all pointless but people will spend money on anything nowadays.
0800 2796620 - straight through to their indian call centre ( although its more helpful than some )
0208 6369451 - automated menu options for tracking orders and customer services.
Interesting post about amazon’s price reduction policy. I’ve tried it and it works.
Rpoints : View topic - Amazon’s price reduction refund policy
Incase you can’t view the forum post below, here is the text:
Just a little tip I wanted to share with my fellow VIP’s… if you order from Amazon.co.uk and the item is reduced in price within 30 days of despatch you can get the difference refunded. I think I read it on these very forums a while ago (couldn’t find it again when I searched - so many posts with ‘amazon’ and ‘price’ in etc!), but with Xmas coming this could be very useful as many items bought full price are often reduced shortly after (I seem to remember ordering from their ‘January’ sale on Christmas Eve last year, I must be mad!).
For example, last week I ordered an item and found that yesterday it had been reduced £3.00, so I contacted Amazon and just a few hours later they credited my gift certificate account by £3 Very Happy An easy way to contact them for a refund is to first make sure you are logged in, then click ‘Help’, then ‘Contact Us’ –> ‘Return & Refund Questions’ –> ‘I have a question about returns that’s not listed above’, then select ‘Refund Policy Questions’, click Continue, and it will then show you which items are within the refund window and just click the ‘Add’ button to construct the email and attach a little note asking for a refund for the extra amount you paid, easy as that.
So pretty impressed with Amazon’s customer services, *almost* makes up for their lack of a decent cashback offer to Rpoints, almost… Very Happy
Oh and they’ve extended the 30 day returns period over Xmas - “Items dispatched between November 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005 may be returned until January 31, 2006 for a full refund, subject to the other restrictions of our 30-day returns guarantee”
Hope that helps someone!
Mark
No doubt one of the reasons why sky got the cricket coverage
Special Sky offers for ESCC members - England Supporters’ Cricket Club - Fans - ECB
Shane Connor (aka Joe Scully from Neighbours) has won his court case against the program makers of Neighbours.
BBC News report