RSS feed
Wilson's Fourteen Points on eBay feedback

Wilson’s Fourteen Points on eBay feedback

For about a month I've been scribbling a post about eBay feedback and the recent changes. But it was getting long and convoluted and rather like one of my university history essays. How to make it digestable? Then I remembered one history essay I wrote about the League of Nations.... and Woodrow ... Read more »
Great Escape Festival Diary: 17/v/08

Great Escape Festival Diary: 17/v/08

Esser braves the Saturday afternoon rain at Jubilee Square, but I miss it. I'm girding my loins for a struggle to see Santogold and a possible 2am gig if we miss her at Digital earlier in the evening. But all bets are off when she cancels both gigs. So we head for the nearest venue: Komedia for the ... Read more »
Great Escape Festival Diary: 16/v/08

Great Escape Festival Diary: 16/v/08

We go in search of afternoon entertainment. Soweto Kinch and Mr Hudson play an impromptu pretty fun mini-set on the Theatre Royal Balcony. Energetic and entertaining, it gets the juices flowing. And I see another band (I don't catch the name) at the Water Margin. It's probably just as well that I ... Read more »
Great Escape Festival Diary: 15/v/08

Great Escape Festival Diary: 15/v/08

I'm down at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton and, so far, not an auspicious start. Team attempt to see the majestic Vampire Weekend fell at the first hurdle with the impossibly huge queue snaking out of Concorde 2 and although some of our merry band persisted and watched 'em though a side ... Read more »
Doctor Who, Series 4. Discuss.

Doctor Who, Series 4. Discuss.

Ever since Rose Tyler left Doctor Who at the end of Series 2, Saturday night's highlight show had lost a bit of its sheen. Freema was pretty good. Blink was superb. Paul Cornell's episodes were a tour de force. But The Shakespeare Code was terrible, the Daleks in Manhatten disappointed and 42 was ... Read more »
Wilson on the Web: 12/v/2008

Wilson on the Web: 12/v/2008

Here are some other places I've been contributing online, of late: vzaar: Why negative feedback + bad sellers = unhappy buyers On the vzaar blog, the case for abolishing the right for sellers to leave negative feedback on eBay. Based on a personal experience. Auctionbytes: Why is QXL ... Read more »
Pro-forma Apology Sheet for Boris Johnson

Pro-forma Apology Sheet for Boris Johnson

In the hope of saving a bit of time the next time Boris Johnson, the new Mayor of London, opens his mouth to change feet, I have taken the liberty of preparing him a ready-made apology sheet. 'Comments I made on my recent visit to a mosque/temple/old peoples' home/school for the blind/gay ... Read more »