Avoiding British Gas’s “Homecare”; Microsoft’s mad maps; Edgeio on the edge?
- I need a gas maintainer. Not British Gas’s Homecare
An incredible tale of rubbish plumbing and a contract not worth the paper it’s written on from Guy Kewney, who’s suffering British Gas’s Homecare 300. Did you know British Gas makes more profit from those contracts than from pumping gas? Oh yes. Avoid.
(Seen at The I-Kew) - Maps, satellite photos and Grand Theft Stupid
Mathew Ingram (who I only discovered through a trackback on a post that followed the post referred to above) with a very nice observation. Oh, and he’s a journalist, for Canada’s Globe and Mail.
(Seen at mathewingram.com/work) - A requiem (beta) for Edgeio
Edgeio, the much-hyped Web 2.0 tag-sale site, has only been live for a few hours, but it’s already wearing a corpselike look.
Oh man, this internet 2.0 stuff is so much faster than it used to be.
(Seen at Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog)
- These posts might be related (the database thinks..):
- Your EULAs analysed, Microsoft's widg.. gadgets, Ive interviewed, iPod Tube maps, and the upcoming iTunes video store (18 September 2005; score: 57.57%)
- There's a whole lot of searching going on (27 April 2005; score: 41.68%)
- What's the point in embargoes? It's not to keep things sikrit (25 July 2005; score: 35.43%)
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