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The National Lottery

oliver — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:47:18 +0000

Got an email from the national lottery last night..it went a bit like this:
*email received*
“News about your ticket!”
*open email*
“We have some news about the ticket that you bought for the Tuesday 05 July draw!”
It’s probably just a tenner…
*click*
It’ll just be a tenner.
*browser opens*
A poxy tenner…
*page loads*
..but what if it’s more?
*enter user/pass*
oh my god, what if I’ve won £150,000,000?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*page starts to load*
Hello Maserati/rolls/ferrari/aston and mansions around the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*page loads*
‘Account Balance:£5.10′
Five crappy pounds?!? FIVE QUID?!!??! Whats the feckin point for a fiver!!!!!!!!!?????????

On another note.. it’s rolled to £166m.

Posted from Lambeth, England, United Kingdom.

Easter Sailing

oliver — Tue, 03 May 2011 09:43:05 +0000

Just spent 6 great days over easter sailing along the south coast with my parents and had an awesome time! I don’t think I really saw a cloud all week, we had good wind for the most part and even got to see dolphins too! There was the odd submarine, some great countryside and read some good books too! We left Falmouth mid morning on Saturday and sailed over to Fowey to spend two nights there for Easter – I even went for an easter dip in the river to wake myself up on Sunday Morning – it was cold and the act wasn’t repeated!

On Monday we sailed to Salcombe and although it was quite hazy, we were accompanied by Dolphins (the magic of this never gets old!). On our arrival in Salcombe the sun had burned off the haze and the shelter of the bay meant it was very hot! After navigating our way around some huge Sunseeker’s that made Wazobia look like a dinghy we went for a couple of drinks in the sun and had dinner.

Tuesday saw us heading over to Dartmouth, my second time sailing in to there – the last time (3 years ago) occured when we sailed Wazobia from the Hamble to Falmouth in two and a half days (that was a mission!). This time, shortly after mooring, we saw several of Sunsails new fleet of Benteau 40.1′s – we will be taking one of these for the Round the Island race this year and they looked awesome! A great upgrade from the their ageing fleet of Jeaneau’s.

On wednesday we started our return leg and we tested the rigging for Wazobia’s new cruising chute whilst making our way to our overnight stop on the Yealm river, just east of Plymouth. I highly recommend this beautiful little place! It was very peaceful, one of the best nights I’ve ever spent on a boat and the facilities at the marina are great too (if a little shallow – so watch the tide!).

Thursday, our last full day and the wind was from the east and very gentle which meant we motored home – we did intend to get the cruising chute up but the wind just wasn’t strong enough! Watching a submarine make it’s way out of plymouth was a great end to a great week too. I’m really looking forward to the Round the Island Race now!

Posted from Lambeth, England, United Kingdom.

Disgusting, Farcical & Needless Waste

oliver — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:08:03 +0000

This morning a Toshiba displayport cable, that I had ordered from eBay arrived in the post and I was quite shocked when I opened the box. Not one thick booklet, but two – a ‘User Guide’ (WTF?) and a warranty booklet (Even greater ‘WTF?’). Is it just me, or is this a massive amount of totally unnecessary paper for a simple cable? No? How about if you multiply this by the (tens of?) thousands of cables which Toshiba (and countless others) have had manufactured?

There was less paperwork with my MacBook!

Come on guys – sort it out! If the environmental aspect isn’t attractive, then think about the money you would save not having to transport fields of trees across the worlds oceans!

Posted from London, England, United Kingdom.

Flights for 50p?

oliver — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 09:52:12 +0000

Following my recent mention of Dark Pattern UI design, I thought I’d share this, which I was sent this morning – seems more than appropriate!

Posted from London, England, United Kingdom.

Ski, ski, ski, crash, bang.

oliver — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 22:01:02 +0000

Just spent an awesome week with friends and family in Les Carroz! Highlights involved almost empty pistes every morning, rides on Piste Bashers, high speed runs, big air, free beer, high speed crashes (I still can’t walk properly), great food and, oh, did I mention we got to ride in a piste basher?! Pics from flickr are emeded below, you’ll have to forgive the one of me in makeup – it’s a pic from the end of the ‘Circus’ themed fancy dress night.

Posted from London, England, United Kingdom.

Happy New Year

oliver — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:27:57 +0000

Anyone else eaten too much, drunk far too much and then eaten some more? Went for my first run of the 2011 yesterday and boy do I know about it now.

Must get fit for skiing.
Must get fit for skiing.
Must get fit for skiing.

Going to Les Carroz at the end of the month and I can’t wait! It’s a strange one though.. if I detox, then I won’t be able to drink properly when I’m there, so It’s kind of a drinking detox fitness binge…

..the best kind.(?)

Christmas Time!

oliver — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:09:08 +0000

May have had a mulled wine, Christmas tree decorating session with Gem last night. Even had the Christmas playlist on the Apple TV too

Posted from London, England, United Kingdom.

Online fraud..

oliver — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:08:24 +0000

I’m selling my motorbike and I just received the following email:

Hello,
I am much Interested in your bike and wish to be the next owner. I will be making my payment via Bankers draft and i will arrange pick up after the Bankers draftis cleared.

The bike is being purchase for my Dad.

I will be including the shipment and General Maintenance fee on the Bankers draft, so immediately you get the Bankers draft you will deduct your money and the rest would be for transport agency so that all papers works(DVLA) and other documentation for the shipment will be done to make the transaction complete.My private transporter will take of all necessary documentation and Registration that need to be done will be taken care by Him.

I want you to get back to me with all the necessary information listed below in order to make out the Bankers draft

Name : –
Address : –
City: -
Post Code : -
State….
Mobile Number : -
Office Phone : – # if available
Home Phone : – # if available
Selling Price : – ? ..

I will make sure the Bankers draft get to you within 7 working days. Awaiting for your swift response and your payment Information

Best Regards,
Joey Evans

So, you want to buy without viewing the bike, pay by bankers draft and you want my personal information. Combined with the dodgy pick up information and Joey’s shoddy grasp of the english language makes me think this might not be genuine…

Now, don’t take this the wrong way Joey, but get ******.

Oooh – now that feels much better.

Posted from London, England, United Kingdom.

SkullCandy (SkullCrappy?) headphones

oliver — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 09:05:19 +0000

The saga continues:

So eventually after much debate, I was eventually sent a replacement for my crap SkullCandy headphones that kept electrocuting me (really not fun, and then, to top it off, they died)… they didn’t have the same model so I was sent some earbuds of a lower spec: ‘Titan’ earbuds: no remote control for my iphone.

This was probably a blessing in disguise as I suspect it was my old skull candy Full Metal Jackets that broke my old iPhones ability to respond to any inline remote control or mic.. so, the new pair – came with a cool case and a slightly better cable with an anti-tangle device, which was nice.

So, 3 days in and I plug them into my iPhone at my desk.. and boom – they fall apart. Great.

Posted from London, England, United Kingdom.

Borring product..?

oliver — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 07:15:35 +0000

..use sex to sell it! Good work by Bennets to sell bike insurance!

Posted from London, England, United Kingdom.