Advertising Enquiry Part 2

I received another email from the advertising people, suggesting I could advertise EatTheTreat.co.uk, one of my non-profit sites, on their website at a cost of hundreds of pounds. Bar-gain! If you missed the original emails, please read them first. The email below won’t make much sense unless you know the background. Click here to read…

Why I Love The Internet

There are 2 types of people on earth; those who understand ironic maths jokes, and those who don’t. There are also 2 types of people on earth when it comes to the internet; those who don’t like it and those who do. There are many, many reasons why I love the internet. This is my…

How to Condition a Work Colleague

Before I start this post, I want to give a huge thanks to two of my colleagues, Chris and Neil (pictured to the left). Chris started the trend you’re going to read about years ago, and Neil is the colleague I did this to. If either of you would like absolutely anything from our overpriced…

Email from a Bank

I received an email from an actual Bank. You could tell it was from a real bank, because only real banks use Yahoo email addresses. From: HANG SENG BANK (hangseng98@yahoo.com) To: craig Sent: Saturday, 10 September 2011, 21:51 Subject: Business Proposal I am Mr. Ming Yang director of operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd.…

Email to Douwe Egberts

To: “Douwe Egberts Consumer Relations UK” Subject: Refill Packs From: Craig Date: Monday, 5 September 2011, 19:15 I have been drinking coffee for around 25 years, and over this time I have tried most brands on offer. 8 years ago I finally settled on a brand I like; Douwe Egberts. Since then, whenever I want…

Blog ideas that didn’t work

Following on from websites I haven’t made, (in which I shared ideas for websites that I initially thought were great ideas but for one reason or another I hadn’t made,) I decided to share with you the ideas for blog articles that didn’t work. I have written to many companies over the years, but not…

Tasty Frog

When people eat odd meat, they usually say it tastes like chicken. “I ate some pigeon – it tasted like chicken.” “I ate guinea pig in Korea – it tasted like chicken!” “I ate frogs legs in France and THEY tasted like chicken too!!!” But in the evolutionary line, didn’t amphibians and reptiles come well…