Category: Misc
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GSuite Legacy Free Edition no longer supports email to Groups from outside domain
One of my clients is still using the legacy free version of GSuite legacy free edition Prior to December 6, 2012, Google offered a free edition of G Suite—also known as the legacy free edition—that had a reduced set of business features. As of December 6, 2012, Google stopped offering the free edition to new customers. I followed the…
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Tide Bank Doesn’t Send Funds From Your Account
Until recently, Cohoda LTD held a Tide Banking account. Tide is a ‘challenger’ bank, attempting to disrupt the business banking market. There’s a major problem with this bank, however. They don’t transfer funds from your Tide account, they use a holding / intermediary account. Without telling you. We uncovered this problem when we transferred a…
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VS Code “deletes 3 months” of guys work
Recently, someone with the GitHub username eliecerthoms reported an incredibly unfortunate issue with VS Code. It actually stems from his complete misunderstanding of git. A classic case of RTFM
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Turn bluetooth on automatically when connected to Thunderbolt display
I use a MacBook Air as my primary machine. When at home in my office, I plug it in to a 27″ Thunderbolt display, and use the Apple keyboard and “magic” mouse – which are connected via bluetooth. To save battery, when not plugged in, I turn off bluetooth. When I come back to the…
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Charged £0.50p to print my own Farnborough Air Show 2014 tickets!
Today, I purchased tickets for the Farnborough Air Show 2014, at a cost of £48 each. As if that wasn’t bad enough, there was a £0.50p charge to print my tickets at home! The charge was the same for collecting from the Box Office. For convenience, I printed the tickets at home, but feel this…
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British Gas Energy Smart monitor – Screen looks strange
I recently signed up to British Gas energy smart tariff for gas and electricity, which comes with a handy meter that tells me how much electricity I’m using. Once I’d plugged the unit in, i noticed the screen looked a little bit strange… almost, like it was flickering. I could only detect this if i…
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Globai Gathering – Wristband Error?
I went to Global Gathering (24th & 25th July 2009) Upon collecting my wristband, I noticed an error – instead of being printed with Global Gathering (as it has in previous years) it said Globai Gathering! A deliberate error? To aid in spotting fakes?? Or a clumsy mis-print?