A Good Reason To Avoid Facebook
I do anyway, but their tax position, seems to be in line with Starbucks, Amazon and Google according to this report.
In fact, it’s rapidly getting to the point, where using a large company reduces tax revenues. Although, it does seem that American companies are the best at finding ways of avoiding paying tax. Or should that be worst?
If you think I’m being sanctimonious here, I once paid a tax bill of £3,500,000. If you don’t believe me, I have the cheque on the wall to prove it. I could have avoided the tax bill, by going to live in Monaco or somewhere equally boring for a few years. But then this country has so many good things, that I’d miss.
How To Unfollow This Blog
I’ve put this post in the blog, as someone wanted to unsubscribe. Or unfollow in WordPress terminology.
Firstly, if you subscribed to the blog, you are the only one who can unsubscribe, as that is one of the rules WordPress sets down. I can’t do it.
They do offer advice on how to unsubscribe in their forums.
Go here.
I’ve found the simplest way to unsubscribe is to login to WordPress and open any post in the blog from which you want to unsubscribe.
You should see a toolbar with the name of the blog followed by Following at the top of the web page. If you put your mouse over Following it should change to Unfollow. Just click Unfollow to unsubscribe from the blog.
Let me know if you have any problems and feel free to comment here.
Whose Photos Are They Anyway?
This story, where Instagram is seeking the right to sell users’ photos to advertisers, is beyond belief.
On this blog, if you want to use one of my photos, provided I get a request and a copyright notice, I will generally say yes. In fact, I have done several times.
I have a feeling, if they bring in this policy, Instagram are on a one-way trip to bankruptcy
Gary McKinnon Case Is Dropped
This is reported on the BBC.
All I can say, is this is about time too!
Spam From The NSPCC
I’ve just received a series of spam e-mails from the NSPCC.
That’s the last time, they get any money from me!
I tried to unsubscribe, but all it asked me to do was donate.
Not The Best Shopping Trip!
I tried to do a bit of personal shopping today. I need a couple of pairs of decent cord trousers and I want to get one of thse new-fangled tablet computers to see if I can blog on the move.
The only pair of trousers I tried on, were a pair in Armani with a button fly. And I hate button flies!
I’m also still no nearer to finding a tablet computer for my requirements.
In the end, I gave up and had a coffee and a snack in Carluccio’s before buying my supper in Marks and Spencer and coming home.
Checking For German Bombs
The web site called Bomb Sight has just been launched.
Now you can check where German bombs landed near you in the Blitz.
I often wondered if my house sat on a bomb site, but I checked the physical form of the atlas a few weeks ago in the excellent Hackney Records Office. It wasn’t a bomb. If you’re anywhere near the CLR James Library by Dalston Junction station, it’s much quicker to look at the book, rather than try to find the area on the website.
I’ve Got A Left-Handed Cable
A friend has just sent me a left-handed cable for my printer.
I’ve Got A Left-Handed Cable
But it would have been nice for there to be left-handed plugs, as I’m not the only person who wants one,
Should Starbucks Pay More Tax?
As a High Street company I would prefer that they set up a system like Waitrose has done with Community Matters, where local charities are chosen by customers to benefit from a levy on takings.
After all, Governments have a record of wasting our taxes on things that a proportion of us don’t want. We all have our pet hates and mine is probably the money government wastes on defence and computer projects.
The Anonymous Widower 