Matt Calthrop

Web developer & educator. From AU, living in UK. Speak French, Spanish, Indonesian, Malay. English sometimes, too.

[Andy Lee @andytomlee]

Well, well, well 🧐

“It’s within the rules of the game and that’s how it is!” - Bairstow 2014

#Bairstow
#Ashes23

Thanks for the heads up @YallopDiana 👏

[CricBlog ✍ @cric_blog]

Hopefully this little screenshot can put the debate to bed.

Alex Carey threw the ball immediately after catching it, and Bairstow was still in his crease. Bairstow then decided to wander out with the ball still in play.

#Ashes

[Paul Kneeshaw @Stick_Beetle]

England’s hypocrisy exposed as Bairstow tries to stump Labuschagne on Day 3… but of course Stokes would’ve called Marnus back (coughs… BS) #Ashes #ashes2023 #ashes23

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@JeremyClarkson #sorrynotsorry
Redefining the bottom of the barrel.

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

Add this to to your list of interview questions when applying for your next job: are you using Pluralsight Flow (or equivalent)?

Also: looking for good software devs? Find out which companies are using this product, and tap their devs. They’ll be waiting for your call already.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

I cannot believe companies are using a tool like Pluralsight flow for sw engineers.

It measures targets like coding days, lines of code & target impact (whatever that is).

It's the definition of micromanagement. Good luck to anyone managed by this software. From an ad they run:

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@bit101 Got a certain overlap: only child, brought up my mum. Didn't meet my dad until I was 13; only started getting to know him when I was 25. (Overlap stops there!). Peace on your journey.

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@mjackson Hey Michael. I notice it's been a while since React Router 6 has been updated, and have been looking for recent news about it, but couldn't find any.
Could you point me in the right direction?

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@123reg Can't log in to control panel. Spinner on page, and an API request is returning a 503. Your service status says there are no problems. What's up?

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@MickHarkin2 @virginmedia @mickharkin2 It's ridiculous. Each "entity" keeps saying "we can't do anything; please contact the other entity".
Meanwhile, I get whacked for well over £100 in overage charges because of this entity madness.
#timetoswitch

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

Couple of weeks ago our @virginmedia broadband went down. It happens. So we had to use our mobile data from Virgin Mobile (the same company, according to @virginmedia). Turns out the kids went over their limit. I've now got a massive overage bill.

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia So Virgin Media sees Virgin Mobile as a third party then?

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia 👆@virginmedia I'm referring to this tweet, where you said that "we would not provide a credit for charges incurred via a third party":
https://t.co/0Jz1ZnFAV3

[Virgin Media ❤️ @virginmedia]

@mcalthrop Thanks for clarifying, Matt. Though I appreciate you faced downtime on your Virgin Media broadband services, and I do apologise for that, we would not provide a credit for charges incurred via a third party service in the interim.

We would advise stay... https://t.co/ZCdwJimRma

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia Ok, that's the answer I was after 3 tweets ago.

So to confirm: Virgin Media sees Virgin Mobile as a third party?

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia Is it possible to contact Virgin Mobile at all on Twitter? ie, the equivalent of the @virginmedia account.

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia So there’s no way of contacting them via Twitter?

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia So how do I contact Virgin Mobile on Twitter?

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia Virgin Mobile is a "third party service" of Virgin Media?
That is very poor.
Like I said, you're about to lose my custom (and recommendations) on 4 mobile accounts, and 1 broadband account, all of which I've had for years.

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia @virginmedia When I pay for both services from the same company, and the broadband goes down, I should not be charged by the mobile service for the outage in the broadband service. It's really simple – at least it should be.

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

@virginmedia These are not ongoing issues. They are from 2 Fridays ago. The issue is not with the broadband service... it's that I got charged big overage fees on Virgin Mobile when Virgin Media was down.

This is not good: I'm paying @virginmedia for _both_ services.

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

Evidently the left hand doesn't know (or care?) what the right hand is doing.
@virginmedia: you're now about to lose 4 mobile phone accounts, and a broadband account, all of which I have held for many years.

[Matt Calthrop @mcalthrop]

So I contact Virgin Media. Nope. "We can't help with the Virgin Mobile charges due to the broadband outage, as Virgin Mobile is a different department."