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Published: Saturday, 12 October 2013 23:10
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Written by Ben Tasker
It's been a sad week, on Monday I took my Volvo 440 for its MOT, knowing I'd get a few 'must fix' items back - emissions being the usual headache. This year, emissions passed with flying colours, but it was noticed that the sills have seen better days. Or as the garage I took it to for a confirming opinion said - if we remove the plastic covers to check, you won't have sills anymore!
So after 3 years of hard service, my car has finally gone to the scrapyard. I only ever expected it to last a year, so it's done well, but it's still quite sad to be left with nothing but spares to sell, especially as it was otherwise mechanically sound.
Still, on the upside, at least I'd gone in knowing there was a chance of a fail so it wasn't a complete shock. Life goes on, and cars don't last forever (parts were getting a little scarce too), though it's going to take quite some time to find a car that drives quite as well, something that's going to bug me for quite a while on my daily commute.
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Published: Friday, 25 October 2013 23:50
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Written by Ben Tasker
Originally published on Benscomputer.no-ip.org 06 Jun 2008
Most people have heard of 121Media,
although they may not be able to place where they heard the name. Well
121Media are back as Phorm, and so far they've created quite a stir.
They are pushing a new style of Targeted Advertising whereby they place
some hardware between your computer and the Internet and analyse the
pages you access in order to serve you with 'more relevant'
advertising. Unlike many other online advertisers, Phorm will not just
base adverts on partner pages that you have previously accessed, but
will actively analyze the contents of almost every page you view.
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