32 posts tagged “uk”

Woolworths and the Credit Crunch on flickr !

The Three 3 3G broadband USB dongle stick (for £99 from CarPhoneWarehouse for 12GB or 12 months (whichever first)) is absolutely brill !

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It only takes a couple of hours to set up and install its software update then you can surf almost anywhere in the UK on almost any 3G network !

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It lights up in three colours green, blue & cyan (which means it's connected at the highest speed.

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and SpeedTest.Net calculates a download speed of 333K from three's gateway hub (?) in Ireland !

It also doubles as a MicroSD card reader / stick !

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Tech Info:

• Model E160G
• 3connect software supplied is 1.0.0 BL 36
• 3connect software updates to 1.0.0 BL 53
• 3 3G broadband tel no is *99***1#

Air Shows UK - GOG

Soon

• http://www.bournemouthair.co.uk/
• http://www.shorehamairshow.com/
  

• http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/shows/showdate.htm
• http://www.airsceneuk.org.uk/preview.htm
• http://www.militaryairshows.co.uk/
  

GOG Flickr London

• http://www.flickr.com/groups/londonparks/
  
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/londonparksandgardens/
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/londoneye/
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/londonsunsets/
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/londondocklands/
  
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/611887@N24/
• http://www.flickr.com/groups/london_lettering/

According to WikiPedia it depends if you are the EEC or not !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.gb

.gb is a reserved Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom. Introduced at the same time as the UK's other top-level domain (.uk), it was never widely used. It is no longer possible to register under this domain.

Imperfect implementations

Starting in 1985, two-letter codes have been used in the domain name system as country code top-level domainsInternet Assigned Numbers Authority assign the ccTLDs, mostly following the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes, but with a few exceptions (e.g., the United Kingdom requested an exceptional reservation of .uk for their ccTLD instead of their native .gb).^[1] (ccTLDs). Currently, the

The WIPO coding standard ST.3 uses alpha-2 codes for encoding states, other entities and intergovernmental organizations (and their Patent/Trademark Offices), but includes a number of additional codes. For these additional codes, see the section Codes currently agreed not to use.

NATO country codes are also based on ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.

The European Commission uses ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 with two exceptions: EL (not GR) is used for Greece, and UK (not GB) is used for the United Kingdom.^[2]

The United Nations uses a combination of ISO 3166 two- and three- letter codes, along with codes that pre-date ISO 3166, for international vehicle registration codes, the codes on the oval stickers used to identify foreign road vehicles.

Yesterday I phoned one of my broadband suppliers and they said they were "sorry" for the 24 hr outage but that I couldn't cancel my contract until December but would I like a "free" Wi-Fi modem router worth £40 ?

(Stupidly) I slept on the deal and phoned them back today only to told they "never" gave away Wi-Fi routers but they could offer me 25p compensation and that I could "cancel" my account at any time !

I'll be recording my calls for QA purposes from now on ! So make sure you listen for that beep !

You can test your ADSL/Cable/3G broadband speed at :

• http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
  
• http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/

The results from my Virgin Media cable connection were (2000Kb down 250Kb up) and
here are the results from my 3G mobile connection (250Kb down 50Kb up) :

• http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/121276553498560310467.html

And if you want to switch ISPs there is a list of tel nos where you can get your MAC code from @:

• http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/switch_broadband.aspx
  

three.co.uk have just lauched PAYG 3G broadband access

First decide how much bandwidth you need
(PS I've just been surfing for 1hr and used 20M (upload & download) of my 1G limit)

Procedures:

1. Buy a voucher
   
2. Enter and activate voucher code
3. Use USB dongle (£50) or phone modem (from £12/m) to connect and use
   

• 1G bandwidth £10 (expires after 30 days)
  
• 3G bandwidth £15 (expires after 30 days)

One Planet Living in Sutton is an ever-evolving programme of projects that will cover all of the One Planet Living principles and deliver the Sustainability Action Plan. We work with many partners and share knowledge to ensure that together we come up with the right solutions for a sustainable Sutton.

One Planet Living in Sutton is a hugely ambitious programme of work - getting the whole borough from a 3 planet level to a 1 planet level will take imagination, hard work and innovation from every resident, business and organisation in Sutton as well as input from organisations with expertise in each of the principles.

But its not all hard work - we hope that it will be fun, inspirational and great for building community spirit.

One Planet Living in Sutton are using OpenStreetMap and a number of Web 2.0 sites to spread their message !

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• Flickr   
  
• YouTube    
  
• BioRegional    
• Wordpress

Now you can do your supermarket shopping online and compare other supermarket prices at the same time by using mysupermarket !

Why use mySupermarket?

You still select items, buy them and get delivery from your usual supermarket - but you have much more control over the contents and price of your trolley.Your shopping experience will be easier and your wallet better off:

• Find what you want with a consumer friendly image-based shelf display
• Watch your potential savings increase while you shop
• Keep an eye on how much your trolley costs in the other supermarkets
• Switch your entire trolley seamlessly to any other supermarket, or
• Don't switch: stay in your usual supermarket and use the 'Price Checker' feature to check whether you can swap some of your items for others on special offer or better value.
• You can also use the 'Health Checker' feature to check whether you can swap some of your items for similar products with fewer calories, or lower salt, sugar, fat or saturated fat.
• Find all the offers and deals in one place in the Special Offers Department.

and according to term 3.20.2 of their TermsAndConditions they use AI to make your shopping more healthy !

• we may offer you alternative items which are more healthy (meaning that the traffic lights Health Information generally show a more healthy alternative on balance, although some particular traffic light colours among the mix, may signal that one or more aspects may be less healthy; however, on balance the traffic light health signalling will be more healthy in our view and we bias our health algorithm towards lower fat content)

They even have their own WordPress blog @ http://mysupermarket.wordpress.com/