I was missing my GPS manual for the car –no biggie but there were a few functions that I couldn’t figure out (turns out they’re not actually enabled in the car). Anyway, I thought it would be a good idea to write a letter to Mazda asking things like “why can’t I fit cruise control in my RX-8” and “why doesn’t the TMC/RDS work in my RX-8”.

Clearly Mazda didn’t like me asking questions –the response? They replied but didn’t attach any postage! –Genius! Don’t believe me? Check these photo...

For those of you interested, Mazda’s official response on the lack of TMC/RDS (traffic announcements linked to the GPS) is it costs a lot to subscribe...

Miss Mays Online Adult Store has finally released it's Christmas discount voucher for your festive fun, check it out -this post is safe-for-work if you don't mind seeing some honies but if your boss is looking over your shoulder, perhaps save this one for home-time ;)

Have you ever been sorting through a client’s product data and needed to change the case of the text? This is a great little add-in for Excel that can help.
Download the zip file and run the xla file, you’ll then have a new option “Convert Text” under your “Tools” menu:

To use it, select the text you want to change and then choose “Convert Text”, you can then choose from:

• lower case
• UPPER CASE
• Proper Case
• Sentence case

It also has a number of other useful options like removing white space, adding characters etc.

Download the Excel Change Case Add-in here

I know it's an oldie but it still makes me smile and I haven't seen it for a while (all the more suitable now I drive a car that can go faster than the speed limit)...

Ok seeing as I didn’t get my arse in gear with the 40% discount voucher for the Threshers Group and just about everyone had already seen it, I thought I should post these quickly –hope they’re of use for someone:

• www.dorothyperkins.co.uk - use code DPMN29 for free delivery and 15% off anything
• www.oasis-stores.com  - use code GLAMOUR06 for 20% off anything
• www.usc.co.uk - use code SDM20 for 20% off anything till Sunday
• www.missselfridge.co.uk  - use code MSGL15 for 15% off anything
• www.faith.co.uk - use code 150906 for 15% off till 2nd December
• www.asos.co.uk - use code HSBC182116 to get 15% off
• www.warehouse.co.uk - use code MCY291006 to get 20% off till 30th December
• www.next.co.uk - free p&p if you use code K8004
• www.powderrooms.com - use code 4E5KT for 20% off
• www.hannahzakari.com - use code hzhb10 for 10% off
• www.hqhair.com - use code BEAUTYBIBLE for 10% off
• www.ravel.co.uk - use code NEWW20 for 20% off till 30th November
• www.cathkidson.co.uk - use code CKLR06 for 10% off and free p&p till 30th November
• www.urbanoutfitters.com - use code URBAN1 to get £10 off if you spend £50
  
• www.lasenza.co.uk - use code AUTUMN06 for 15% off till 30th November

And don’t forget to get your naughty adult/sex toys from Miss Mays, I’m still waiting for them to get a code over to me but I’ll update you when I’ve got one…

Update: It's finally here, check out Miss Mays Adult Store finally releases discount voucher

I'm not a fan of YouTube but I was sent this video this morning and it made me smile, I must find out when the choir's next in town...

I saw the new Debenhams Christmas advert this morning which featured a young father Christmas dancing around what I can only assume was a modern Santa’s grotto and I couldn’t help wondering whether this will be the way forward for Santa in the future –no more fat old bearded man…

I hope not anyhow, why should he have to go on a diet and trim his beard neatly!

For those of you who like to dabble in a little festive cheer, I thought I’d share this 40% discount voucher for the Threshers Group. The main catch is you’re only allowed to spend £500 at a time –best get that printer started…

Download the 40% discount voucher for the Threshers Group.

The voucher is valid until 10^th December 2006

Update: If you're looking for some naughty fun this Christmas, check out the Miss Mays Adult Store discount voucher

Since updating Firefox to v1.5 I had a number of extensions that I couldn’t remove from the list because they were greyed out, this was somewhat irritating as I had the later versions installed too and so I was getting duplicates (see below)

Today I decided to see if I could resolve this, it turns out removing these ghost/incompatible extensions is fairly simple:

1. Close any instances of Firefox you have open
2. Navigate to %Documents and Settings%\Username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\*.default\
3. Backup the file: “extensions.rdf”
4. Open “extensions.rdf” in a text editor i.e. Notepad or TextPad
5. Find the line that starts with: <RDF:Seq RDF:about="urn:mozilla:item:root">

Below is a list of the extensions you have installed, I can only talk about my case but the ones that were greyed out extensions in Firefox were the ones that had a resource value of a URL rather than “urn:mozilla:item:{Guid}”. My file looked like this:

Simply delete these lines from the file, save it and restart Firefox. All should be back as it should be now…

A man was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess." He bent over, picked up the frog, and put it in his pocket.

The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will tell everyone how smart and brave you are and how you are my hero" The man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it, and returned it to his pocket.

The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will be your loving companion for an entire week."  The man took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it, and returned it to his pocket.

The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you for a year and do ANYTHING you want." Again the man took the frog out, smiled at it, and put it back into his pocket.

Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you for a year and do anything you want.  Why won't you kiss me?"

The man said, "Look, I'm a computer programmer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog is cool."