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Entries from April 2008

Reporting Crime….. I Give up!

April 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Feltham

Well online reporting doesn’t work either! The Police called me last week, to tell me that the damage wasn’t criminal damage, and was just a road accident.
This means I can’t report it online. When I explained the problems around reporting it I was helpfully told that if I wanted to I could

go to Hounslow Police [...]

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The Three Horseshoes revisited

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Feltham, Home, ToDo

When I first moved to Feltham I visited most of the pubs close to home but did not find one I liked enough to go back to regularly. However I am writing this from the newly (re-opened today) refurbished Three Horseshoes in Feltham.
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Its ideal for me because its next to the [...]

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Try and Win a Free Football!

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Home

Mars are giving away 100,000 Footballs. Why not see if you are one of the lucky ones?

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Crime Reporting Now Online

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Home

Apparently you should now report non-emergency crimes online. I guess this is seen as a better use of resources.
I have now reported the damage that way and we will see what comes of it when an investigator contacts me in “the next 72 hours”.

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Open Letter to Passengers At Richmond Station

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments · London

I know you are on your way to your jobs in Central London, and I know its vital that you get your train despite you being that few seconds later than you intended, however you should please note the following.

I have no intention of diving out of your way as you run at the train [...]

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More on Feltham Policing

April 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Home

Well apparently, not only is there not much crime to report at the weekends, but also not much in the mornings either. Feltham Police Station is only open for crime reports from 12 noon until 5pm Monday to Friday.
How lovely for them, I’d like to say its because they are all out on the beat, [...]

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Car Accident

April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Home

Someone hit my car between 6pm last night and 9am this morning. No details left, just plenty of red paint and scratches. All covered by insurance but its not the point.
You see clearly this gap is much too small to get a car through…..

and so they felt the need to try and make the gap [...]

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Now this is clever!

April 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Technologoy

I stumbled upon this, its very clever, once it’s loaded just keep clicking on the box to zoom in……
Clever Photo Zoom

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I think I want one of these…..

April 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Technologoy

This Parrot car radio looks to have an amazing array of features!

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BBC announces Nintendo Wii deal

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Technologoy

The BBC’s iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii.
The iPlayer on the Wii is currently being tested and the BBC expects to
release more test versions in late 2008. An early version of the
service is available from 9 April. It is only available in the UK to
licence-fee payers.

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More web sites again….

April 7th, 2008 · No Comments · General Site News

I’ve decided that there is so much software and specialised things available for the UMPCs (my Samsung specifically too) that I should reuse FOSTON.com for UMPC stuff, and keep TEDDYS WEB for more interesting stuff from around the web.

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We have SNOW!!!

April 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Desktop Tools, Home

For the first time in ages some snow….. not masses but enough to build a snowman!

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