Monthly Archives: February 2008

Pass the paracetamol

I’m not sure which depresses me more; this, or this? The former shows how many colour printers secretly print yellow dots to tell The Man the serial number of your printer and the time and date of printing. In the … Continue reading

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Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?

…in the words of Mr William Bragg. We were walking home tonight and saw an amazingly bright satellite tracking across the sky, far brighter than any I’ve seen before. And I’ve seen a few – I love watching bits of … Continue reading

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Bad Egg

Credit card company egg say they are ditching 161,000 customers with poor credit ratings. But it looks like that’s a lie – if the comments on the BBC web site and on the Radio 4 Today programme are anything to … Continue reading

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