Category Archives: pointless whinging

My life – an update

Posted on Monday, March 29, 2010 by Howie

As Golfy rightly pointed out – it’s been a bit quiet in here recently. The reasons for this have been several, not least a cooling off period following a couple of career upsets, which I won’t go into for fear … Continue reading →

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How spurious

Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 by Howie

I’ve had one of those days. First off, my meeting with the Strasbulles web team was put asunder thanks to a spurious general error on the Strasbulles website. Secondly, I was unable to connect to the internet because my laptop … Continue reading →

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limited connection

Posted on Monday, January 18, 2010 by Howie

Ever had that annoying little yellow triangle alert symbol appear over your network connection, and no matter what you do to alter your network settings, you just can’t seem to get connected to the internet? This happened to me this … Continue reading →

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International sports rights

Posted on Saturday, January 16, 2010 by Howie

There’s nothing more frustrating to sit down in front of your computer 5 seconds before the match starts to be presented with a standard copyright notice, usually along the lines of “Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available … Continue reading →

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The postcode lottery

Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 by Howie

From one type of lottery to another – no this has nothing to do with the level of childcare nor hospital facilities (thankfully) but er… postcodes. While I accept that being abroad, and expecting to be able to carry on … Continue reading →

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Outlook with Business Contact Manager 2007

Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008 by Howie

Ok, so this has nothing to do with Strasbourg, but I’ve got a blog, and I need to whinge. Microsoft have persisted with this frankly second-rate software product for a five years or so, and having tried both the 2003 … Continue reading →

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