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Saga, Confusion, and Camera!

Well, today has certainly been stressful. I have been on the phone to the mobile company again because my service hasn’t been restored. I spent a good two hours going through diagnostics with five individuals, and after no success, they were left confused because the SIM card was refusing to talk to the network. After all the confusion, they finally had the problem escalated to the first line technical team, which means it is above the normal technical team, and I had a strike of luck because the complaint I made has been passed onto the higher management team because this problem should have been fixed already without all the feeble excuses. Anyhow, with that said, according to the first line technical team, the problem has been caused by a system activation error and it will take forty-eight hours to restore my phone service. I don’t know about you, but I don’t believe this will work because they have admitted my account has been fully messed up by one of their technical team, I think they’re trying to hang it out to see if it sorts itself out. I have warned the company in question about pending legal action if my service isn’t restored, in all fairness, I have the right to do this because the problem is with them and not me. I can only hope that my service will restore itself soon, but in all honesty, I won’t be holding my breath, they have said all this before.

So, after all the confusion and stress, it was time to sit down and have a drink. I didn’t have one all morning because of all the stress. While I was having a hot chocolate, a package arrived for me, it was the rechargeable kit for my iPhone and iPad. This rechargeable kit is able to charge both devices fully and it will have enough battery power to charge them again. When I was testing the rechargeable kit, it seemed to work flawlessly, it charged my iPhone5 very quickly and it kept the device charged all day. This rechargeable kit will come in handy next week when we are away in Yorkshire.

Skipping ahead to the afternoon. I spent most of the time in bed feeling rubbish, I felt very tired, and the weather didn’t help matters because it was freezing! As I laid there in my bed, I sat watching a film on Netflix, which didn’t last long because I fell asleep after ten minutes.
When I woke, I was greeted by mother’s voice calling me for dinner. She made a beautiful Korma curry, it hit the spot nicely, even after I finished my helping I was craving more! I was in luck this time because mum didn’t want the rest of hers, so I thought why not nosh hers down too, it will only go to the waste bin if I didn’t eat it. Anyhow, after I ate all that, I was truly stuffed! I couldn’t eat another thing, even thinking about food makes me feel sick at the moment because I am beyond stuffed.

So, on to the evening. I have a funny story to share. I have been waiting all day for my new Canon 1100D camera to arrive and for some reason I started to panic because I thought it wasn’t going to turn up, so from there my stomach went mad and I had to run to the toilet. Well, to be brief, as I opened the toilet door, there was a knock at the front door, it was the delivery man delivering my camera. I couldn’t believe I had a small panic because of that, it wasn’t even worth getting stressed over, but it doesn’t matter now because it has been delivered now.
Anyhow, I won’t give many details away, but this camera will go a long way to help towards future projects.

The rest of my evening was spent writing out today’s blog and nursing a stomach ache. I will have to ride the pain out and take it easy, and yes K you were right, it is my fault, but I promise I won’t have anymore spicy food, well I will try the best I can (smiley face).

So, with that said, it is time to sign off. Today has certainly been stressful and lucky, let’s hope things start looking up with the mobile saga.

Until tomorrow,

Marc.

Some Progress, Sim Saga

Well, after a long night of terrible sleep, the day was finally here. I had a very bad dream last night, it was one of those dreams that made no sense, to be honest I think it was caused by the cold weather. This assumption is based on previous events of a similar nature, in all honesty this problem is easy to solve, I just grabbed my second duvet and wrapped myself up in a ball. After ten minutes went by, I could feel my body warming up, and from there I just fell asleep until 9am.

The morning was bitterly cold, I ended up with my duvet wrapped around most of the morning. I hate this kind of weather, it gets into my muscles and causes me loads of pains. I am glad it isn’t snowing today, let’s hope the snow goes away very soon because we need some warmer weather.

Anyhow, I have some news on the mobile saga. I had a call from the complaint’s department today, they were deeply saddened to learn their staff had treated me badly. The person I spoke with explained that I couldn’t use the SIM card I had because it was assigned to a number on Pay as you go, which meant it couldn’t port my number over. This means the last week of trouble has been a big waste of time for both parties involved, when he told me this, I was very annoyed because their staff should know the differences between SIM cards and what they do, but anyway, it looks like there will be some light at the end of the tunnel because they’re sending me the right SIM card and they will be ringing me Wednesday To talk about a compensation package. So, let’s hope there is light at the end of the tunnel.

I forgot to mention that mum’s parcel is coming today. I bought her the Osmonds up close and personal box set collection for her birthday, well and partly for mothers day. I let her have it early because she would only moan at me, and I couldn’t be mean to her after all. Overall she is very pleased with the box set, she was watching it all afternoon, and she even cried when they sang some of the songs. She was on tender hocks all morning, every ten minutes she was looking for the delivery man, god help him when he turned up, she probably ripped it out of his hands. I wouldn’t know what happened because myself and Laura needed to get some shopping.

So, on to shopping. As we walked to the shop we were battered by the bitter wind, it hit our faces like little ice daggers. Anyhow, after a short walk, we were at the shop. I only needed to get some more yogurts, it seems like I go through yogurts like mad lately, I guess I am getting very hungry these days. Anyway, after a quick rush around the shop, it was time to brace the bitterly cold weather again. While I was walking home I got a call from Steve, we just had a general chat about stuff, you know as good friends do, it certainly took my mind off the bitter wind that was smacking me in the face.

Well, after all that we were back home. I was glad to be in the warm again. I had to leave my coat on for thirty minutes to warm up because my whole body was stone cold. After I warmed up, I made myself some plain noodles so I could try some new chili & garlic sauce I bought. I think I tried the sauce years ago on a kebab, my memory isn’t what it used to be, so I can’t remember when. So, with my lunch made, it was time to taste The Almighty sauce. As I put the noodles in my mouth it didn’t seem so bad, but wasn’t I wrong! The sauce got hotter as I shoveled more noodles in my mouth, in the end I couldn’t take anymore so I stopped eating them and got some yogurts to eat so it could neutralize the spice.

Skipping ahead to the evening. Today has been one those days that make you realize that things can get sorted in the end. I also want to say, I am very thankful for my close friends, you know who you are, through the good and the bad times, we will be there for each other no matter what happens.
So, on that delightful note, time for me to go and turn this laptop off. I am exhausted and after last nights lack of sleep, I think I need to do some catching up.

Until tomorrow,

Marc.

Mobile App Credits are Pointless!

Since the introduction of in-app purchasing many developers(mostly gaming) have used this as marketing tool to make money from their app.

Initially this allows the developers to offer apps for free and have some form of revenue stream.

Here is a prime example of an app that uses this method. The app comes in two versions, one with ads and the other without – obviously the one without ads isn’t free… You have credits that you use throughout the app and once those credits have depleted you have two choices, wait for the app to generate free credits or buy some more through the app – I know which one I would choose because I have patients.

If you have purchased the app, it will be a big kick in the teeth because the credits can cost around the same price as the app.

Buying these credits are not mandatory – big waste of money if you ask me. Patients is key and you could play the developers at their own game.

Specifically I am aiming this towards gaming apps, as an avid mobile gamer I have never purchased credits – why do I need to pay when the game will generate credits throughout the day? Pointless!

As I said patients is key and if you want to save money then don’t give into the in app money-making demon!

Wireless Mobile Hacking

Tonight I was watching panorama on BBC One and they were talking about many tech related topics and one of them was mobile phone hacking. The BBC briefly touched on how back in the 1980s people were very curious that mobile phones could be hacked.

In today’s modern age, mobile phones or smartphones have around 200x more features or functions compared to days of the first ever mobile phone. Most of the new Features require some sort wireless connectivity to function correctly.

The show repeated “can wireless hacking be prevented” time after time. I personally believe that it can never be prevented and the reason that is that with the right software it can intercept the wireless signals from any mobile wireless device.

Prevention is hard to put in place because you can put out a new standard to prevent it from happening, but with this said with the right software it could be broken very easy.