May 2010
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Catch 22 when moving to the UK
Most Britons don’t think of it twice (and why would they?) but their country is rigged with catch 22 situations for people, trying to move to the UK. Here are couple examples: 1. In order to get a national insurance number, you have to be working. However, in order to get a work, a lot of employers will require national insurance number on a job application; 2. In order to register as a...
March 2010
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This is not how Lennon imagined it
In short: Liverpool airport sucks and so does RyanAir. Full story: Today I was supposed to attend the biggest internet and new media conference in the Baltic states - Login 2010, but I’m sitting at work, following its twitter feed instead. Why? Because I’ve missed my flight on Monday. After coming back to Liverpool from Krakow on Sunday, I’ve decided not to go back to Carlisle...
February 2010
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Periscope simulated timeout expired
I wrote a little rant about Google a couple of days ago. Since they have not yet solved the problem (or even attempted to), I found a temporary workaround posted here. Basically what you need to do is take your original feed (not FeedBurner address) and create a pipe for it at Yahoo! Pipes (you will need a Yahoo! account). For example in WordPress the default feed address is www.yourblog.com/feed....
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Google doesn't care about you... Get over it!
Today I’ve noticed that FeedBurner does not update feed for one of my blogs. I’ve started investigating and ran into a weird error when trying to resync the feed: “Periscope simulated timeout expired”
Googling that error returns only a handfull of results. Searching WordPress forums, FeedBurner Google Group, and Twitter, adds couple more results to the bunch.
So far it...
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Rammstein in Manchester
I went to Rammstein concert in Manchester last week. Actually, calling it a concert is not very accurate - is a show, and not just any show… It’s a mash-up of music, fire, lasers, and more…
Even though I’ve been a fan for years, this was the first Rammstein show I have attended. Before going to the concert I was a bit worried that it might not be as great as my...
January 2010
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What will you do, when you phone gets stolen (or...
A friend of mine has recently lost his phone. Someone found it and turned the device off right away. The thing he was worried about most was not the phone itself, but all the data like e-mails, phone numbers, kids’ photos, etc. It’s definitely not very pleasant knowing someone is going thought your personal stuff.
I decided not to wait till I loose my phone and started looking for...
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Defending Android
I like Android — that’s not a big secret. Currently I own T-Mobile G1 and I hope to get Nexus One (or Two?) some time soon. And I would also never ever even consider buying an iPhone. Why? Because I like to do things my way and not the way Steve tells me to.
I was shocked, amazed, and angered while listening to the latest episode of TWig. Two of the hosts — Leo Laporte and Gina...
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Managing multiple twitter accounts
As long as I only had two twitter accounts, I would simply use separate browsers to logon to them. Firefox for the main one and Chrome for the secondary one. However, with the addition of @KarlPoe, it became a little more complicated to juggle multiple accounts.
At first I tried Brizzly. It seemed OK, but what I did not like was that it used it’s own service (instead of Twitpic) to host...
CyanogenMod vs Super D
Even though I love CyanogenMod ROM for it’s stability and extensive features, recently it has been going downhill with every new update. Slower and slower and slower…
That sort of forced me into doing some exploration and I have stumbled upon Super D. This ROM is phenomenal. It’s not as stable as CM, but it’s crazy fast. Also, the battery life seems to be much better on...
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Instead of "Hello world"
I always wanted to blog in English. After all, English was the language I have started my blogging “career” in. However, I didn’t want to abandon my main blog, and maintaining two at the same time was just too much for my OCD.
Anyway, sometimes I get these urges to start something new. Tonight was one of those nights. After hearing about #CarlisleTweetup, my new Twitter account...