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February, 2007
28.02.2007 links for 2007-02-28
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A showroom of nice looking simple downloadable DHTML and AJAX scripts
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27.02.2007 Open the BBC iPlayer!
The BBC plans to launch an on-demand tv service which uses software that will only be available to Windows users. The BBC should not be allowed to show commercial bias in this way, or to exclude certain groups of the population from using its services. The BBC say that they provide ’services for everyone, free of commercial interests and political bias’. Locking the new service’s users into Microsoft Windows whilst ignoring those members of society who use other operating systems should does not fit in with the BBC’s ethos and should not be allowed.
If you want to ensure that the BBC’s new on-demand service is available to everyone, irrespective of operating system, then you need to sign the petition! (only open to UK citizens):
24.02.2007 links for 2007-02-24
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Handy ways to make money with a digital camera.
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10 More Handy ways to make money with a digital camera.
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19.02.2007 links for 2007-02-19
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I’m not a cat person, but this is funny as hell!
19.02.2007 Eeeek! It’s gone and got real!
It’s strange… even though I was the one who proposed in the first place and we’ve decided on a venue, the whole wedding thing didn’t really seem all that real before today. Why did it end today? Because today my girlfriend Fiancé went and bought THE DRESS.
That’s right, not just any dress – the wedding dress. Of course, it would be bad luck for me to see the dress, but that hasn’t stopped her yacking about it none stop. She seems to think that she’ll be picking what I’m wearing on the day as well, but when it comes to visiting the suit hire shop closer to the day, she can think again.
I don’t do fancy, I don’t do prissy – I will be wearing a plain black suit. She’ll be lucky if I even wear a coloured tie. This is the death of my freedom here, I might commiserate that occasion by doing the whole funeral getup.
You know what’s even sadder… I’m acting like the big man here saying that I’ll stand up for what I want to wear, but you know what… when it comes down the crunch, I’ll probably just let her choose. Can you tell who wears the trousers in our relationship? 
17.02.2007 links for 2007-02-17
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interesting guide on how to utilise caching to save your wordpress blog from the digg effect or being slashdotted etc
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15.02.2007 links for 2007-02-15
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Funny video of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs includes a light saber fight and singing finder! (is it just me or does Bill gates sound like Kermit the frog?)
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13.02.2007 links for 2007-02-13
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Interesting guide to creating bar charts with PHP and styling them with CSS
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11.02.2007 Andy vs Alliance & Leicester – Part 1
You can probably tell from my recent post that I’m not especially happy with Alliance and Leicester lately. There are a number of reasons for this, the first being their (kinda) shoddy internet banking security and the other being their insistance on charging unlawful fees for things like failed payments and the like.
In case you weren’t aware, when a bank charges you £30 for failing a direct debit or for going over your agreed overdraft, they are actually breaking the law. The reason for this is that under UK law, a bank may not lawfully charge you more than it costs them to actually issue a letter. So… £2 to send a letter would be acceptable, £30 is just plain wrong.
The sad news is that many people just accept these charges, thinking that because a bank is doing it then it’s ok. The good news is that because all banks state in their terms and conditions that they agree to operate in a lawful fashion – you can demand that they return up to the last six years worth of unlawful banking fees to you knowing full well that you have the law on your side.
Several thousand people have already successfully claimed back these charges, so you would think that by now the process would be pretty easy. Guess again. I’ve been reading up on the subject and it would appear that even after losing in the small claims courts quite a few times, the banks will still argue the case and make it as difficult as possible for you to claim back their charges.
08.02.2007 Snow Day!
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Originally uploaded by andy206uk.
Yay! We have snow today – taking this photo was the first thing I did when I got out of bed this morning. Is hanging out of a 4th floor window in nothing but your boxers at 7am a good idea? Who knows…. but the photo was worth it!
Check my flickr feed for more snow day pics!
