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Last year I had lots of new year resolutions. I successfully completed 2 (work more), 4 (play more) and 5 (stay awesome), but didn't really touch the rest.
This year I am going to focus on resolution 6 from last year - keep in touch. When a friend e-mails me, no longer shall I put it to one side to reply to "when I have more time", because I will never have more time - I still have an e-mail here I've been meaning to reply to since July. Two years ago.
I will also try to start conversations with ...
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If you walk around in shorts and flip-flops in the middle of winter, everyone will smile at you.
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At some point between 09:23 and 09:25, my phone line went down. Guess who has a two-minute cron job ;)
After donning my deerstalker and popping my pipe into my mouth, I followed the trail of clues to the BT van parked in the driveway. I eventually located the driver of the van, just as he coming out of one of the upstairs flats.
"Good day to you sir! My telephone appears to have malfunctioned whilst you were in its vicinity! Might the two be connected?"
"No. F*** off."
Well, ok, neither of us used exactly those words, but ...
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It is now 7 years since the year 2000. I mean I know that makes perfect mathematical sense, but... 7 years?! It can't be?
Happy New Year!
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Earlier today I read about a change to the Companies Act, which basically means that corporate websites need to display certain information, which they didn't necessarily have to before. If you manage corporate sites and haven't heard of this, you may like to read the article on OUT-LAW for more details.
That article links to a page on OUT-LAW, which has the details about the legislation. Most of it makes perfect sense, and a lot of it came in a while back, but the bit that gets me is this:
The email address of the service provider must ...
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