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121 photos of our recent holiday round the world
May 17th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Vee and I spent all of March on a month’s holiday that was the longest and furthest we have been away: Australia and New Zealand with stop-overs in Bangkok and San Francisco, making it truly a round the world experience. Since I was blogging about the trip each day, when I came home, I was […]
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Ofcom. Ofwat. Off to both …
May 13th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
This morning, I have an appointment at the London headquarters of Ofcom, the communications regulator. We have a meeting of the 4G/TV Coexistence Oversight Board of at800, the body responsible for the mitigation measures for interference of 4G mobile services on digital terrestrial television, and I shall be there in my capacity as the Non-Executive Member with a special interest […]
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What do I think about the Internet?
May 7th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
I gave this interview to Virgin Media.
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What do you do with your holiday photographs?
April 21st, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Like most people, I take a digital camera on my holidays. I really enjoy selecting things to photograph and composing the shots – it’s a part of the holiday. On our recent month-long trip to Australia & New Zealand, I took almost 1100 photos. While on holiday, I try to do some editing as I go […]
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We’ve decided that spring has arrived – at last
April 20th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Here in Britain, we had a long, miserable winter followed by a long, cold spring – although Vee and I managed to be in sunny Australia and New Zealand while the UK had its coldest March for 40 years. We returned from holiday to experience snow flurries and, over the past couple of weeks, there’s […]
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A new photo of my granddaughter Catrin
April 18th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Did I mention that I have a granddaughter called Catrin? I did? Well, I haven’t posted a picture of her for two months and, while I was away in Australia & New Zealand, I did not see her for a month. Believe me, she is growing fast and chattering away. She is now two and […]
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TalkTalk still letting down its customers (2)
April 13th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Twenty four hours after I did a posting on my e-mail problem with TalkTalk, I have heard nothing more from the company – but the issue is now resolved. This afternoon, Vee’s nephew Martin came round for tea with his wife and children. Although he works in IT, I didn’t want to bother him with […]
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TalkTalk still letting down its customers (1)
April 12th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Four years ago, I lost my Internet service for 10 days and blogged about the horrendous experience here. This week I fell into another black hole in cyberspace … My Internet service provider is TalkTalk which, ever since Ofcom has published comparative complaints data, has been an outlier with the worst record of any ISP. The latest data […]
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My Thought For The Week
April 8th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Each weekend for more than 13 years, I have sent out an e-mail Thought For The Week to friends and colleagues. You can check out all the thoughts here. The lsit of recipients has grown and grown and, following my recent holiday in Australia & New Zealand, the circulation list has passed the 2,000 mark. […]
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How many countries have you visited?
April 5th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
I have always believed the old adage that travel broadens the mind. I love visiting new countrires and experiencing new cultures because I learn so much. Our recent round the world trip has added three nations to my total, so that I have now visited 60. You can view the list – and a world […]
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