Monthly Archives: March 2008

Phorm & Internet advertising

I’ve had enough of big companies making money out of mucking around with my data in an irresponsible and incompetent manner. To get this at least partly in perspective, you need to understand something about me. I loath advertising. I … Continue reading

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4 down, 1 to go!

It was a bit of a messy game, and not the finest moment for a number of players from both sides, but Wales defeated Ireland by 16-12 yesterday. France beat Italy today, so the Grand Slam decider will be the … Continue reading

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Unhackable databases

Oh Dear, Jacqui Smith. I feel I should point out that on yesterday’s “Today” programme on Radio 4, you were wrong. Totally, completely, and ignorantly wrong. Who on Earth advises you people on technology? Let me guess… the contractors with … Continue reading

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Bloomin’ medical trainee recruitment

Right.  Last year’s mess of medical recruitment was utter chaos as a result of complete disorganisation (in multiple areas for a multitude of reasons), technical failings, lack of fairness reigning supreme and overall widespread dissatisfaction with the monumental screw-up of … Continue reading

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Bloomin’ targets

I have well and truly had enough of da management response to political targets. It’s ‘incentive month’ in Wales: the four hour 95% target is to be met at all costs, and absolutely no patients are allowed to spend more … Continue reading

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GSM. Bloody GSM.

Call completion. What does that mean? If you listen to the MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) “call completion” means that your call to or from a cell phone got answered. Period. If you ask me, a “completed call” is when two … Continue reading

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Bloomin’ government

They’re pants. More specifically, the Department of Health are pants. Whopping great big neck pants. Prof Sir John Tooke worked his socks off fulfilling their request that he independently review the MTAS debacle of last year. He asked loads and … Continue reading

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Harry’s back in Blighty

So The Royal Harry is home. I don’t really have a considered opinion on whether he should be in Afghanistan or not. What I don’t understand is why the Royal Family, The Government and The Armed Forces don’t seem to … Continue reading

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Nothing to see here… move along

What a disappointment. I was expecting some kind of technical challenge to get WordPress running, but aside from having to remember how to create a MySQL user and give it a password it was all boringly easy. The hard part … Continue reading

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