After a few days of looking around for my friends on myspace - most of whom I must say are not present (maybe they have something better to do with their time than online social networking) I came accross an account with Mr T listed as one of the friends, how amazingly cool - someone is friends with Mr T.
I instantly wanted to add Mr T - but after looking at his profile I soon became aware he wasnt the realy Mr T. Grrrr! This intrigued me though. How many fake celebrity profiles are there on there? After a quick search I soon found many Mr T's and quite a few Kelly Brooks (I had quite a thing for her in my teenage years). Obviously most celeb profiles are fakes. It still looks good to have these people listed as friends - but I feel a little let down that they are not the real deal. Some people have gone to a great deal of effort to make these profiles look authentic - and Im sure these people get a lot of pleasure out of posing as their favorite celebrities. But surely there must be a way of authenticating these accounts? To make sure the info you get is accurate. I know you can join their official fan club - but wouldn't it be nice to have all fan clubs in one place.
Well now there is. Click Here for a verified celebs list. Unfortunatley the only person I knew who was on the list was Gary Bucey - a man I once heard described as an actor whose face had the intensity to make babies cry. I have added him as a friend.
My unverified celeb friends include - Lucy Pinder (what great boobs), Borat (although Im sure he's the real deal) and Bill Hicks - who has been dead for quite a while now - so I doubt its him. Although I wouldnt put it past him.
Are you a faker? what experiences have you had? Is it against the T & C - does anyone care?
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Little Miss Sunshine
Well, last night, I got to see a prescreening of Little Miss Sunshine. On my way to see it I knew very little about it. To be honest it sounded like a screen adaptation of a Roger Hardgreaves book (Author of the Mr Men & Little Misses Series). I wasn't expecting much but I was pleasantly suprised.
The film focuses on a disfunctional family on a road trip to a beauty pagent in California so that 8 year old Olive can compete. The Father is obesessed by success - and pushes his daughter too hard despite his own failings. His mother is pro-honesty and feels that Olive shouldn't be shielded from some of lifes less pleasant moments. The gay uncle who recently failed in a suicide attempt comes along along with a heroin snorting grandfather and a mute older brother.
The trailers give little or no indication of how funny this film is. It is dark comedy and also a feel good movie if thats possible.
Keep an eye out for the grandad - he is by far the funniest character in the film and I could despite his constant crude comments I could not fault one bit of his advice.
This is a must see film.
The film focuses on a disfunctional family on a road trip to a beauty pagent in California so that 8 year old Olive can compete. The Father is obesessed by success - and pushes his daughter too hard despite his own failings. His mother is pro-honesty and feels that Olive shouldn't be shielded from some of lifes less pleasant moments. The gay uncle who recently failed in a suicide attempt comes along along with a heroin snorting grandfather and a mute older brother.
The trailers give little or no indication of how funny this film is. It is dark comedy and also a feel good movie if thats possible.
Keep an eye out for the grandad - he is by far the funniest character in the film and I could despite his constant crude comments I could not fault one bit of his advice.
This is a must see film.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Cornwall
I have just returned from four days in cornwall. In a little place called Hayle. Just outside of St Ives.
I had a great time. The beaches are clean and the golden sand stretches for miles.
There are lots of local pubs I recommend the Copperhouse in Hayle - a friendly pub with an open mic night that I thoroughly enjoyed - and good nightlife in St Ives. I recommend the ISO bar.
At night outisde of town it is so quiet - that a city boy like me actually found it hard to sleep.
Seagulls are a a bit of a pest round there - and noisy in the mornings. On a clear night you can see so many more stars than you can in London.
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Google crawled my site and blog
Hooray, Google finally crawled my site and blog. Although it hasnt crawled all the pages I have a good set of pages on there. In fact I am now top search result for masters of creation. although that isn't a big feat in itself. Im going to see how high I can get http://mastersofcreation.com up the ranking for the term "viral email" A search term that has over 27,000,000 results.
I will keep you posted as to my progress.
A handy tool for finding out how far up or down the rankings you are is:
http://request.acerhosting.net/tool.aspx
I will keep you posted as to my progress.
A handy tool for finding out how far up or down the rankings you are is:
http://request.acerhosting.net/tool.aspx
Friday, August 18, 2006
One girl in a big city.
After a couple of weeks of blogging I have actually managed to recruit another blogger.
As she is blogging anonymously I will call her by her blog name "One girl in a big city".
I'll be keeping a close eye on her blog over the coming weeks - hopefully we can help each other develop our blogs for the better. I'll be interested to see what sort of audience it attracts - and if its more popular than mine.
Does a lifestyle blog generate more money via adsense than a computing blog?
Who knows?
I've tried to diversify with a blog about my pets and a holiday im going on but it hasnt made it more popular - I've been visited by a couple of randoms and most of my friends have read it. I still haven't had many visitors though. Im sure as content builds and I start getting listed in search engines that I will attract lots of new people....
You can visit One girl in a big citys blog by clicking here
As she is blogging anonymously I will call her by her blog name "One girl in a big city".
I'll be keeping a close eye on her blog over the coming weeks - hopefully we can help each other develop our blogs for the better. I'll be interested to see what sort of audience it attracts - and if its more popular than mine.
Does a lifestyle blog generate more money via adsense than a computing blog?
Who knows?
I've tried to diversify with a blog about my pets and a holiday im going on but it hasnt made it more popular - I've been visited by a couple of randoms and most of my friends have read it. I still haven't had many visitors though. Im sure as content builds and I start getting listed in search engines that I will attract lots of new people....
You can visit One girl in a big citys blog by clicking here
Rant about www.exciteit.co.uk - don't use them
I have made many purchases online in my time - and every transaction that I have ever made I have been satisfied with - bar one time I order two PCs from dell - got billed for two and only one turned up. Thats another story though - I can assure you that one had a reasonably happy ending.
On the 28th of June 2006 I placed an order with Excite IT after searching Froogle and getting the best price from them. (£159.41)
I paid by debit card. (A mistake apparently). Via a service called nochex. Im told funds were released to Excite IT on the 1st of August. A week or so later my AMD dual core CPU had not turned up. Concerned by this I went back to the website to try and get a contact phone number. But could find none. This concerned me greatly. However, I was not at the pulling my hair out stage yet. I emailed Excite IT the following email:
Re: Order Number - XXXXXXXX
I have still not received my order. Can you tell me when it will arrive.
Regards
Garry.
I received the following reply:
Dear Garry
Today I have spoken direct with our supplier of this item and have been informed they have now declared the item discontinued and stock currently is none obtainable.
At this point I urge you to consider an alternative item which I will make sure arrives with you immediately.
Failing this I will honour your request to cancel and refund your order if that’s your final decision.
I would of course completely understand under the circumstance if you wish to do so but I do ask that you take advantage of my services as I am here rectify this situation for you as swiftly as possible.
I anticipate your response
Kind regards
Customer service
Excite I.T
The item is apparently discontinued? this is a brand new dual core chip. So I wrote back:
Other suppliers stock the AMD chip - its new out? - how can it be discontinued.Can you arrange for an immediate refund.
Regards
Garry.
I got this reply:
Dear Sir
As our supplier is not able to provide us with an ETA for this CPU I could only assume that it was end of line.
If I am incorrect in my assumption, I apologize.
You will be happy to know that your refund request has been authorized and is now being processed for you. Please be aware we are running a little behind due to necessary expansion of our offices and fulfilment operation. Due to this refunds can take up to 3 - 5 working days to process. We apologize for the inconvenience caused however once this process is completed you will receive an e-mail confirmation from our payment provider Nochex. Once you have receipt of this mail your funds have been released. Please allow 24/48 hours for you bank to process this payment on your behalf.
We apologize for any delays. If you feel you have waited longer than this time please do not hesitate to contact us on enquires@exciteit.co.uk.
Once again we thank you for your patience
Sincerely
Service Desk
Excite IT.
3 to 5 working days! This is the digital age guys? surely you can do better than that. I waited another 10 days. Then I wrote this:
It has been 10 days since I requested a refund. I still do not have one. This is a major inconvenience for me. Please make the refund immediatley - or I will be forced to report this matter to my credit card company.
I got this reply:
Dear Sir / Madam
Have again forwarded your Email to our accounts department, this time you should receive a confirmation of refund Email from NoChex within the next 3 working days at the latest.
Our apologies for the delay.
Kind regards
Customer services
Excite I.T
Now - I'd had enough. Who were excite it? and why do they keep fobbing me off? why do they not publish a contact number - and where are they registered.
On their site it says their address is:
Excite I.T. Ltd Unit 16
Eckland Lodge Business Park
Desborough rd
Market Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 8HB
This directory lists their telephone number as:
Customer Service: Tel: 0845 4502321 Fax: 01536 760075
However, I have tried this several times and it has just rung and rung. What next I thought. So I did a whois on the domain name - to see who the registrant was:
Domain name: exciteit.co.uk
Registrant: Excite I.T. Ltd
Registrant type: UK Limited Company, (Company number: 5235682)
Registrant's address:
39 Valley Walk
Kettering
Northants
NN16 0LU
GB
This is a residential address as far as Im aware. But still no luck actually speaking to anyone.
I finally phoned my bank - and have disputed the payment. But still may not get it back.
So in conclusion, Don't ever use this company - they are the crap. If anyone has any further information and can let me know how to get in touch with the owner - or can tell a similar story please comment here.
.
On the 28th of June 2006 I placed an order with Excite IT after searching Froogle and getting the best price from them. (£159.41)
I paid by debit card. (A mistake apparently). Via a service called nochex. Im told funds were released to Excite IT on the 1st of August. A week or so later my AMD dual core CPU had not turned up. Concerned by this I went back to the website to try and get a contact phone number. But could find none. This concerned me greatly. However, I was not at the pulling my hair out stage yet. I emailed Excite IT the following email:
Re: Order Number - XXXXXXXX
I have still not received my order. Can you tell me when it will arrive.
Regards
Garry.
I received the following reply:
Dear Garry
Today I have spoken direct with our supplier of this item and have been informed they have now declared the item discontinued and stock currently is none obtainable.
At this point I urge you to consider an alternative item which I will make sure arrives with you immediately.
Failing this I will honour your request to cancel and refund your order if that’s your final decision.
I would of course completely understand under the circumstance if you wish to do so but I do ask that you take advantage of my services as I am here rectify this situation for you as swiftly as possible.
I anticipate your response
Kind regards
Customer service
Excite I.T
The item is apparently discontinued? this is a brand new dual core chip. So I wrote back:
Other suppliers stock the AMD chip - its new out? - how can it be discontinued.Can you arrange for an immediate refund.
Regards
Garry.
I got this reply:
Dear Sir
As our supplier is not able to provide us with an ETA for this CPU I could only assume that it was end of line.
If I am incorrect in my assumption, I apologize.
You will be happy to know that your refund request has been authorized and is now being processed for you. Please be aware we are running a little behind due to necessary expansion of our offices and fulfilment operation. Due to this refunds can take up to 3 - 5 working days to process. We apologize for the inconvenience caused however once this process is completed you will receive an e-mail confirmation from our payment provider Nochex. Once you have receipt of this mail your funds have been released. Please allow 24/48 hours for you bank to process this payment on your behalf.
We apologize for any delays. If you feel you have waited longer than this time please do not hesitate to contact us on enquires@exciteit.co.uk.
Once again we thank you for your patience
Sincerely
Service Desk
Excite IT.
3 to 5 working days! This is the digital age guys? surely you can do better than that. I waited another 10 days. Then I wrote this:
It has been 10 days since I requested a refund. I still do not have one. This is a major inconvenience for me. Please make the refund immediatley - or I will be forced to report this matter to my credit card company.
I got this reply:
Dear Sir / Madam
Have again forwarded your Email to our accounts department, this time you should receive a confirmation of refund Email from NoChex within the next 3 working days at the latest.
Our apologies for the delay.
Kind regards
Customer services
Excite I.T
Now - I'd had enough. Who were excite it? and why do they keep fobbing me off? why do they not publish a contact number - and where are they registered.
On their site it says their address is:
Excite I.T. Ltd Unit 16
Eckland Lodge Business Park
Desborough rd
Market Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 8HB
This directory lists their telephone number as:
Customer Service: Tel: 0845 4502321 Fax: 01536 760075
However, I have tried this several times and it has just rung and rung. What next I thought. So I did a whois on the domain name - to see who the registrant was:
Domain name: exciteit.co.uk
Registrant: Excite I.T. Ltd
Registrant type: UK Limited Company, (Company number: 5235682)
Registrant's address:
39 Valley Walk
Kettering
Northants
NN16 0LU
GB
This is a residential address as far as Im aware. But still no luck actually speaking to anyone.
I finally phoned my bank - and have disputed the payment. But still may not get it back.
So in conclusion, Don't ever use this company - they are the crap. If anyone has any further information and can let me know how to get in touch with the owner - or can tell a similar story please comment here.
.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Blogging, Bearshare and Adaware
Well, Ive been blogging for about a month now - and Ive had hardly any visitors - or comments - I had to turn off the email me section after getting inundated with porn ads. I wish people wouldn't do that - I will go and find porn when I feel the need - its not as if its hard. Oh - a little tip for all you people who like free things - including porn - but mostly movies and music - even sheet music, software - everything. Firstly it's illegal in most countries to use so you have to have a total disregard for copyright law. Why not download bearshare - from http://bearshare.com - get the ad supported version and then download adaware from lavasoft - and most of the ads will go - bar the odd pop up whilst you are running the software. I've had limited success with bearshare lite (which of course I only use for wholesome legal activities) as it doesnt always connect correctly. Anyway, once you have done that then have access to just about every popular movie and song ever made. Torrents are good if you want high quality DVD rips thepiratebay.org - is a very good sites for torrents - although you will have to download a torrent client. I use bitlord - which can also be downloaded free.
Anyway, I digress, the point was no one has come to my blog. Am I blogging about the wrong things? I thought I'd try and blog about things I knew about - issues and problems I had had of a technical nature - as I figured other people would probably have these issues too. I have spared you from the mundaneness of "I got up at 8.30 and had a cup of tea, the weather was slightly overcast. My heart sank as I realised that I only had 5 minutes before I had to leave for work.... I wonder if that girl with the nice boobs will be in the bakers again? Some feedback please? positive or negative - from anyone.
Anyway, I digress, the point was no one has come to my blog. Am I blogging about the wrong things? I thought I'd try and blog about things I knew about - issues and problems I had had of a technical nature - as I figured other people would probably have these issues too. I have spared you from the mundaneness of "I got up at 8.30 and had a cup of tea, the weather was slightly overcast. My heart sank as I realised that I only had 5 minutes before I had to leave for work.... I wonder if that girl with the nice boobs will be in the bakers again? Some feedback please? positive or negative - from anyone.
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