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Entries from February 20th, 2008

Begrudging praise for Virgin Media

February 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Begrudging praise for Virgin Media · Technology

If it was not good that Virgin Media’s e-mail telling me how they were going to increase my bandwidth for free came after several days of no e-mail, it was even worse that a day or two later we had no connection at all.

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Alternative medicine success story?

February 20th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Technology

According to this story: (which refers to this earlier story) There is growing evidence that acupuncture can greatly increase a woman’s chance of becoming pregnant I am more than a bit sceptical about claims for medical treatment based on theories like “the body’s major organs use energy pathways to communicate and that malaise occurs whenever […]

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Mobile mania

February 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Technology

I was very surprised today when I got to work and realised I had left my mobile phone at home and then found myself feeling that something was missing all day.  The truth is that I use it like a sort of pocket watch more than I ever use it as a phone, which is […]

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