James

A Technical/Electrical Engineer working in events in the UK, builder and fixer of things, music fan, mountain biker and any views are my own, personal views

[James @stagetechuk]

Errr @Adobe you know this is the exact OPPOSITE of ‘enhanced with new value’. Same product, increased cost is LESS value.

@adobe #creativecloud user for 10ish years, and when presented with the two options; accept price increase or cancel, I chose to cancel. 🙋‍♂️

[James @stagetechuk]

Hundreds of passengers stranded at Hitchin for best part of an hour because trains that do turn up were so full people couldn’t get on, Then delays to susbequent trains causing more overcrowding.

Surely this could have been pre-empted and more/longer trains scheduled? 2/2

[James @stagetechuk]

10/10 to @TLRailUK for another morning of excellent train service, full anticipating the thousands of extra travellers heading into London for the @LondonMarathon. 1/2

[James @stagetechuk]

@deneils @SpursOfficial ‘Accidentally handled the ball’ which then went out of play… so should have been a corner no?

[James @stagetechuk]

@dhlexpressuk Same logo, same website domain, same company! Please don’t fob off your customers!

[James @stagetechuk]

@dhlexpressuk had a ‘delivery attempted’ today, originally scheduled for between 13:10 and 15:10, but the ‘attempt’ wasn’t until 16:53. The location is no where near the delivery address, and the photo is just some random piece of concrete…

Tracking also says ‘card left’?!

[James @stagetechuk]

Hey @Spotify @SpotifyUK any chance you could actually share what is included in these updates?!

[James @stagetechuk]

@TLRailUK @TfL That’s why I highlighted it as a @TfL issue in my tweet… 😉

[James @stagetechuk]

Weird @TfL issue, changing from @TLRailUK national rail train to Elizabeth line via the lift - I have baggage - and there is no where to tap in to start my oyster journey. Staff advised me to go up escalator tap in and then come back down, but travelling alone and with bags.

[James @stagetechuk]

As far as I could see, there are no tap points on the southbound platform, and there’s only two I know of on northbound side, one on platform, other at top of main escalator. Bit of an oversight for passengers with accessibility needs or bags needing to use the lift

[Progress Bar 2026 @ProgressBar202_]

2024 is 96% complete.

[James @stagetechuk]

Just switched my mobile over to @EE business, so far so good with signal and data speeds etc, but seem unable to add my number to my EE account for billing/admin, and and can’t activate Visual Voicemail… any tips from existing users?

[James @stagetechuk]

Help please @parcelforce , this delivery was attempted (aparently, we were home) and is now being held at depot. Tracking says to follow instructions on the card the driver left, but we don’t have a card…

[James @stagetechuk]

Milton Keynes Ikea, it’s Half Term, and it’s Lunchtime, so naturally only half the restaurant is open, withone massive queue which is moving a few paces every 10 minutes. Well done @IKEAUK 👏

[Sam Rose @samwhoo]

Lil’ tip if you have kids and want to help keep them safe online: @Cloudflare offer a “family DNS” service, if you set your DNS address to 1.1.1.3 many adult website address will fail to resolve.

https://t.co/DkTiqg2rnQ

[James @stagetechuk]

So despite @TLRailUK promising a better service since they pretty much took over the franchise, they are still cancelling trains because they don’t have enough drivers… @thecomet24 @alistrathern How much longer do Hertfordshire commuters have to suffer?

[Brian Butterfield @MrBButterfield]

My first day working as a consultant at Microsoft! All going extremely well apart from tripping over a cable. 99% sure I plugged it back in the right socket.

[James @stagetechuk]

@bedspolice if you’re ever in the mood for some ‘revenue generation’/driver education then look no further than Hitchin Road in Arlesey, particularly the nice long straight bit that most drivers treat like national speed limit. Makes the walk to school quite nerve racking!

[James @stagetechuk]

OMG , @BBCR1 on 🔥 this morning, blasting Radio 1 Dance in the car making the 5AM start that little bit easier!