In a world replete with rip-offs, con artists and “please hold while a representative is made available to you” messages, it’s nice to know that there are some people out there who will make an effort to help out a customer. Continue reading “Tasty customer service”

Well, I’m baffled. It’s times like this I wish I’d actually attended paid attention in my lectures at University and learned more about programming. Continue reading “‘The Unlinked Wink’, or ‘The Futility of Rainbow-Chasing’”

One of the dictums of the internet at the moment is that of the ‘power and/or wisdom of crowds’. Continue reading “Buying power”

I’m a bit obsessive about checking my site stats every day, which when you consider the minimal traffic I get through here probably comes across as either desperate or sad (or possibly both). Continue reading “Linkie Winkie Woo”

My more astute and observant readers (which is all of you, naturally) may have noticed a slight change here at VCTB today. Continue reading “Meanwhile, behind the scenes…”

I can say with certainty that there were at least forty or so people in the UK last night who weren’t obsessing over the fate of twentytwo overpaid men in shorts and one air-filled leather sack. We had far more interesting things to think about. Continue reading “Cafe Scientifique: Who’s afraid of conscious machines?”

The first to inhabit any new frontier are the pioneers, the early adopters. But it never takes long for the commercial interests to follow suit, seeing opportunity in the form of a space uncluttered by competitors. Continue reading “A new world of opportunities”

As the DRM wars heat up, and the rise of peer-to-peer sharing shows little sign of stopping (despite ineffective and draconian litigation against children and people who don’t even own computers), the smarter computer games companies are looking at new ways to monetise their products. Continue reading “Product placement”

This time, I’m pretty positive I’ve got it fixed. Continue reading “The comments issue…”

It’s been nice getting a wider readership over the past few weeks. But with more readers comes (dum-dum-DUUUH) wider exposure to spam comments. Continue reading “Spam Karma”