Posts by Jolyon

Spammers stuff PlusNet email accounts (again)

Email details plus what else?

I used a mail address at a non-plusnet hosted domain that I own to sign up to plusnet's services, this address was a one-off for that purpose only and has never been used for anything else at all.

It is now receiving spam.

As this address was provided at the same time as my payment details I'm left wondering what other data are now in the hands of the viagra merchants.

Still, after losing a load of our mail it is thoughtful of them to provide us with some extra to make up for it.

Why I won't buy a Dell next time

Paid by the word?

Pages and pages of whiny rubbish.

Almost convinced me to buy a Dell.

Or was that the aim all along?

Still 10/10 for ego.

If I hadn't check the spec, if I had bought an expensive monitor and was running it at lower than its native resolution, if I had installed a new operating system hosing away the supplier's support tools in the process and if my doorbell not working had delayed delivery I'd be a bit embarrassed about it. Particularly if I was a 'tech journo'.

But I guess if we have learned anything from Big Brother it's that showing yourself to be an idiot needn't harm a career.

Liverpool Victoria blows £2m to become LV=

Elvis

Although the lawyers will squish that.

So you can do an 'Elvis has left the building society' headline.