Category: G.O.M.

This is the section of the BLOG where you will find the stuff that grinds Nick’s gears. He tries not to moan too much, but there are times when he just HAS to get it off his chest!

Suicide Solution – Goodbye To Facebook

On Christmas Eve 2011, I intend to commit suicide, as a Samurai would to regain his honour – or in reality, commit virtual seppuku. I’ve pretty much had it with the festering, turgid, data-mining advertising feed, AKA Facebook. Following an enlightening BBC programme it seems that like Google, Facebook’s sole raison d’être is to generate… Continue reading Suicide Solution – Goodbye To Facebook

Highways Agency, Cheshire, Farce

MISSING: Single brain cell, partially functioning, if found, please return to Highways Agency, Cheshire. Apparently, they have two sheds full of diversion signs, one shed named ‘Obvious’, the other, ‘Ambiguous’. Thank you so much, Highways Agency, Cheshire, for that aimless, undirected detour around the outskirts of Chester this morning. Myself and the HGV drivers thoroughly… Continue reading Highways Agency, Cheshire, Farce

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The Tale Of The missing Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate

Here’s a little story about how some online mail-order companies can remain unaccountable to their customers by sitting behind a convenient wall of ambiguously worded text. In the case of Amazon.co.uk, I happened to be browsing their website towards the end of November 2010 looking to buy a pair of portable USB 3.0 external hard… Continue reading The Tale Of The missing Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate