Both my personal and business credit cards are with AIB. From time to time credit card services need to contact me. Unfortunately a lot of the calls I get from them and other parts of the bank come from a blocked number ie. I cannot see who is calling me when I answer the call on my mobile. I really don't like answering calls from blocked numbers .. So I raised the … [Read more...] about AIB Take Logic To New Low
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More Aer Lingus Stealth Charges
I'm heading over to Rome next week to attend a friend's wedding, but being a small bit disorganised I only got round to organising the trip in the last couple of days.Rome is the capital of Italy. Dublin is the capital of Ireland. You would think that in 2009 the cost of getting between two capital cities wouldn't be horrendous and that you'd have a reasonable number of "sane" … [Read more...] about More Aer Lingus Stealth Charges
Silly User Interface Things
American Express offer an online service to their card holders that allows them to check their balance, charges and payments.The problem is that if you go to the American Express website to login you will end up getting a bit frustrated and confused.Why?Well it's really simple. While there is a nice little button on the main page inviting you to register for the service, there … [Read more...] about Silly User Interface Things
House Hunting Saga Continues Again
Image by bill barber (back Sunday) via FlickrOver the last few months there has been a lot of "doom and gloom" in the media about the Irish and global economies. There's also been a lot of talk about the prices of housing dropping.Last week I went looking at houses and appartments to see how good (or bad) things really were.I don't have a huge budget, as I'm single and I only … [Read more...] about House Hunting Saga Continues Again
E-commerce Cheat Sheet (part 1)
One of the more commonly asked questions on both mailing lists and fora is related to e-commerce, or more specifically accepting payments on your website. I've put together this brief guide in order to help webmasters, or at least point them in the right direction. If anybody has any additions or corrections please let me know. First off you need to ask yourself a very obvious … [Read more...] about E-commerce Cheat Sheet (part 1)