Comments for Lost in blogspace http://blogs.gnome.org/tko Random ramblings of Tommi Komulainen Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:49:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on A litl Launch! Wednesday, Nov. 4th! by Juanjo Marin http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2009/11/03/a-litl-launch-wednesday-nov-4th/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Juanjo Marin Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:49:26 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/?p=221#comment-122 thanks for reply tko !!! I'll be waiting then for a European/Spanish litl webbook then ;) Congratulation for your project and good luck !!! thanks for reply tko !!!

I’ll be waiting then for a European/Spanish litl webbook then ;)

Congratulation for your project and good luck !!!

]]> Comment on A litl Launch! Wednesday, Nov. 4th! by tko http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2009/11/03/a-litl-launch-wednesday-nov-4th/comment-page-1/#comment-121 tko Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:15:59 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/?p=221#comment-121 We are aware of non-US markets and have alternate keyboard layouts designed. There are some technical, cultural, legal, logistics, and surely other fun details I'm not even aware of one needs to take care of when shipping to different countries. I can't give an estimate when we might start shipping to Europe, I'm also looking forward to it (all people I'd recommend litl to are in Finland.) Currently we have photos (flickr and shutterfly), facebook, weather and egg timer channels along with various popular feeds and websites in the catalog. We'll also show any rss/atom feed as a channel, as headlines or photo slideshows. We have totally sweet <a href="http://www.litl.com/support/" rel="nofollow">litl support</a> team eager to help if you have any further questions. We are aware of non-US markets and have alternate keyboard layouts designed. There are some technical, cultural, legal, logistics, and surely other fun details I’m not even aware of one needs to take care of when shipping to different countries. I can’t give an estimate when we might start shipping to Europe, I’m also looking forward to it (all people I’d recommend litl to are in Finland.)

Currently we have photos (flickr and shutterfly), facebook, weather and egg timer channels along with various popular feeds and websites in the catalog. We’ll also show any rss/atom feed as a channel, as headlines or photo slideshows.

We have totally sweet litl support team eager to help if you have any further questions.

]]> Comment on A litl Launch! Wednesday, Nov. 4th! by Juanjo Marin http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2009/11/03/a-litl-launch-wednesday-nov-4th/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Juanjo Marin Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:14:41 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/?p=221#comment-120 It seems really cool ! Is going to be distributed on Europe ? Which channels are available? Keyboard layouts for other languages ? It seems really cool !

Is going to be distributed on Europe ? Which channels are available? Keyboard layouts for other languages ?

]]> Comment on Avoid City Link at all cost by anon http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2009/01/08/avoid-city-link-at-all-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-117 anon Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:11:24 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/?p=211#comment-117 As a citylink driver i would just like 2 make a couple of points;1,most incorrectly delivered items tend 2 b incorrectly addressed!this is down 2 the senders who generate the address labels using postcodes etc.2,if u live in a property that is difficult 2 locate,the driver can only spend so long looking 4 it!with inxs of 50 seperate addressess 2 find there r just not enuf hours in the day 2 spend looking 4 ur needle!if u had given the senders some basic clues on how 2 find ur address then our job wud b easier & u wud have received ur parcel ontime.3,the amount of people that order nexday delivery & no that they r not gonna b @ home is quite incredible!not being able 2 leave a parcel @ an alternative address without prior instuction from the sender is a sercurity measure,without which there wud b no system.4,the layman does not understand the complexitys of finding all ur adressess & delivering all consignments by specified times!if ur prepared 2 pay a little xtra then u cud have ur parcel by a specified time. alternatively u cud bring along 2 ur local depot ure card with your id and collect it in person. 5, the company using us as there preferd carrier will always come across problems, but a large proporiton of consignments are deliverd succesfully everyday, if the company have lost business or freight, then there is a insurance procedure they can use. in a perfect world everyone would get there parcels on time everytime, but unfortunatly with the presure of the number consigments we deliver and the pressure to be in several places at the same time makes for a demanding job, not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to earn a half decent wage or work from home. but a vast majority of drivers are very conscienceous and hard working it never seases to amaze me what volums acctually do get deliverd specificly timed deliveries, so FY! As a citylink driver i would just like 2 make a couple of points;1,most incorrectly delivered items tend 2 b incorrectly addressed!this is down 2 the senders who generate the address labels using postcodes etc.2,if u live in a property that is difficult 2 locate,the driver can only spend so long looking 4 it!with inxs of 50 seperate addressess 2 find there r just not enuf hours in the day 2 spend looking 4 ur needle!if u had given the senders some basic clues on how 2 find ur address then our job wud b easier & u wud have received ur parcel ontime.3,the amount of people that order nexday delivery & no that they r not gonna b @ home is quite incredible!not being able 2 leave a parcel @ an alternative address without prior instuction from the sender is a sercurity measure,without which there wud b no system.4,the layman does not understand the complexitys of finding all ur adressess & delivering all consignments by specified times!if ur prepared 2 pay a little xtra then u cud have ur parcel by a specified time. alternatively u cud bring along 2 ur local depot ure card with your id and collect it in person. 5, the company using us as there preferd carrier will always come across problems, but a large proporiton of consignments are deliverd succesfully everyday, if the company have lost business or freight, then there is a insurance procedure they can use. in a perfect world everyone would get there parcels on time everytime, but unfortunatly with the presure of the number consigments we deliver and the pressure to be in several places at the same time makes for a demanding job, not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to earn a half decent wage or work from home. but a vast majority of drivers are very conscienceous and hard working it never seases to amaze me what volums acctually do get deliverd specificly timed deliveries, so FY!

]]> Comment on Avoid City Link at all cost by Gary http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2009/01/08/avoid-city-link-at-all-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Gary Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:54:54 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/?p=211#comment-116 Couple of horror stories regarding Citylink myself. I ordered a home cinema receiver, which like your items was delivered to the wrong house in the wrong street. cos citylink had a signiture on the delivery, they claimed tha it was not lost(!) and refused to help. The retailer who sent the package, decyphered the signiture and looked though the phone book to find all of the people in my village with that surname, then I had to door knock to find who had it. the package was eventually found at the other end of the village! At work, we were doing a major network upgrade, and some vital equipment was on a Saturday AM delivery. City Link never delivered, and claimed that noone was about - This site is a major hospital with a A&E dept, and a permenantly manned security gatehouse as well!! They are the most outragously bad delivery service - I will rather order from another company then risk using city-link! Gaz Couple of horror stories regarding Citylink myself.

I ordered a home cinema receiver, which like your items was delivered to the wrong house in the wrong street. cos citylink had a signiture on the delivery, they claimed tha it was not lost(!) and refused to help. The retailer who sent the package, decyphered the signiture and looked though the phone book to find all of the people in my village with that surname, then I had to door knock to find who had it. the package was eventually found at the other end of the village!

At work, we were doing a major network upgrade, and some vital equipment was on a Saturday AM delivery. City Link never delivered, and claimed that noone was about – This site is a major hospital with a A&E dept, and a permenantly manned security gatehouse as well!!

They are the most outragously bad delivery service – I will rather order from another company then risk using city-link!

Gaz

]]> Comment on Avoid City Link at all cost by Duncan http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2009/01/08/avoid-city-link-at-all-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Duncan Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:23:47 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/?p=211#comment-115 My experience with City Link has been quite good, but then they can find my house. The process simply goes: order something, wait for them to fail to deliver, take card along to distribution point and collect whatever it is. I've also successfully intercepted a package which reached the local delivery point on a Saturday, so instead of waiting for a failed attempt on the Monday I just went along with proof of id and got it immediately. My experience with City Link has been quite good, but then they can find my house. The process simply goes: order something, wait for them to fail to deliver, take card along to distribution point and collect whatever it is.

I’ve also successfully intercepted a package which reached the local delivery point on a Saturday, so instead of waiting for a failed attempt on the Monday I just went along with proof of id and got it immediately.

]]> Comment on Avoid City Link at all cost by Rich http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2009/01/08/avoid-city-link-at-all-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Rich Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:26:45 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/?p=211#comment-114 Try this number for City Link rather than expensive 0870 01908 280280. I had a delivery yesterday from them, though they did punch a hole through the box. Luckly the DVD player was okay, but it makes you think they don't handle stuff carefully. Good luck with the TV! Try this number for City Link rather than expensive 0870
01908 280280.

I had a delivery yesterday from them, though they did punch a hole through the box. Luckly the DVD player was okay, but it makes you think they don’t handle stuff carefully. Good luck with the TV!

]]> Comment on Avoid City Link at all cost by Andy http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2009/01/08/avoid-city-link-at-all-cost/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Andy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:18:58 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/?p=211#comment-113 We have a similar thing in the States. It is called UPS. there is another one called FedEx. We have a similar thing in the States. It is called UPS. there is another one called FedEx.

]]> Comment on Three steps forward, one giant step back by mallum http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2008/05/26/three-steps-forward-one-giant-step-back/comment-page-1/#comment-108 mallum Mon, 26 May 2008 23:25:40 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2008/05/26/three-steps-forward-one-giant-step-back/#comment-108 Fantastic work on this so far sir. Commented on the bug and sent some mails which hopefully may help. Fantastic work on this so far sir.

Commented on the bug and sent some mails which hopefully may help.

]]> Comment on Joining LiTL by Benjamin Kohler http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2008/04/14/joining-litl/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Benjamin Kohler Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:34:08 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/tko/2008/04/14/joining-litl/#comment-107 Welcome to London. Was last year in the exactly same position. It takes some time to ramp up all the stuff which you need to become a human here in UK. A quick fix to get some Internet Connection is to use a three mobile (pay as you go) and buy the internet add on (5 £ a month). It's works fine with the Nokia Tablets. The speed is not great, but better than nothing and their usage policy is "Fair Use". What exactly this means I have no idea (it says 1 GB and they will kick you out if you are over, but hey it's pay as you go :-) ). Welcome to London. Was last year in the exactly same position. It takes some time to ramp up all the stuff which you need to become a human here in UK.
A quick fix to get some Internet Connection is to use a three mobile (pay as you go) and buy the internet add on (5 £ a month). It’s works fine with the Nokia Tablets. The speed is not great, but better than nothing and their usage policy is “Fair Use”. What exactly this means I have no idea (it says 1 GB and they will kick you out if you are over, but hey it’s pay as you go :-) ).

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