Hi there, We’re having a bit of a garage clearout at the minute, and we’re putting a bunch of stuff we no longer need on eBay over the next few weeks. Please visit our accounts here and here, to see if you can pick up a bargain. Things we’re selling are a couple of mountain… Continue reading Garage Clearout
Author: TheZooKeeper
An Azure Cloud Architect with a background in messaging and infrastructure (Wintel).
Bearded dog parent who likes chocolate, doughnuts and Frank's RedHot sauce, but has not yet attempted to try all three in combination!
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Dog walks
I went for a nice dog walk the other day at lunchtime, whilst Mrs Zoo Keeper was out with friends. Coco and I were having fun, throwing and fetching a stick (I’m not sure which one of us is the retriever) and I thought I’d take a couple of pictures on my phone to send… Continue reading Dog walks
Free parking *may* help to keep our town centre alive
This past weekend, I submitted my first letter to the editor of our local newspaper, “The Rotherham Advertiser“. I’m not sure if it will be published, but the text is: Give us free parking, and we will come. Reading the yourletters@ pages over the last few weeks, I’ve been seeing more and more references to… Continue reading Free parking *may* help to keep our town centre alive
HP Spectre x360 13″ OLED review
Almost perfect for me, just a couple of minor compromises I bought this convertible laptop after my previous purchase of a Dell XPS 13 9350 died and had to be returned to the manufacturer. This laptop had the slight compromise of no USB type-C port, and only 8GB of RAM, rather than 16, but had… Continue reading HP Spectre x360 13″ OLED review
The Holidog ‘Happy Box’; free automatic renewals and poor customer care come as standard
Holidog have been streaming a torrent of direct marketing towards me since I registered with the site a couple of years ago just to get a feel for the service. These emails continue sometimes daily despite me having never used the site either as a pet sitter, or for pet sitting services. However, when they… Continue reading The Holidog ‘Happy Box’; free automatic renewals and poor customer care come as standard
Dell XPS 13 9350 Review
A noisy machine that will mutate into an expensive paperweight I’m very sad to report that my Dell XPS 13 9350, with core-i7 CPU, 16GB of RAM and 512GB SSD has had to be returned to the manufacturer (at their insistence, I’d rather have had it fixed under the warranty I bought with it). Most… Continue reading Dell XPS 13 9350 Review
Plunc – Recycle your old iPad
Mrs Zoo Keeper has not used her iPad mini (1st gen, 16GB, white) for a number of months now, so she decided to start the process of offloading it. Apple products tend to hold their value well, so selling it seemed to be a good idea. Having had not too great an experience with fleaBay… Continue reading Plunc – Recycle your old iPad
Muzzle all dogs or keep children under control?
We experienced a quite horrid incident yesterday, in Skegness on a day-trip, and it left us with quite a bitter taste in our mouths. Whilst standing on a wide walkway, with Coco the dog sat next to me on her double lead, connected to her harness, a small child came straight up to her, put… Continue reading Muzzle all dogs or keep children under control?
I’ve been libelled by Amazon… :(
So, I’ve been a loyal customer of Amazon for at least 11 years (the earliest email I can find is from 2004, and that was for a return), and I’ve been writing numerous and regular reviews for products sold on amazon.co.uk over the past six months or so, as you may have seen on this… Continue reading I’ve been libelled by Amazon… 🙁