Toby's posterous

New Standards for Teachers effective from September 1st 2012

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I <3 GPRS

Test Date: Feb 12, 2011 10:33
Connection Type: Cellular
Server: Maidstone
Download: 0.02 Mbps
Upload: 0.01 Mbps
Ping: 2703 ms

External IP: 82.132.242.25
Internal IP: 10.125.160.123
Latitude: 51.4282
Longitude: 0.2502

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Some brilliant Apple Mac App Store customer service.

Dear Toby,

Welcome to iTunes Store Support. My name is  Lydia and I am glad to assist you.

I am sorry to hear that you accidentally purchased the application "Pages". I know how upsetting this could be. I will do my best to help you resolve this issue.

Toby, I have reversed the charge for the app, which I understand was unintentional. You will see a credit of £11.99, plus any applicable taxes, in three to five business days. If store credit was used for this purchase, you should see the credit post within three to five business days. If you still do not see your store credit, you will need to sign out of the iTunes Store and sign back in. Please note that this is an exception.

The iTunes Store provides a warning message that asks if you are sure that you want to buy an item. This warning can be turned off. If you would like to make sure that this warning is on, you can reset the warnings in the iTunes Store by following the instructions in this article:

Resetting iTunes Store warnings
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1734

If you have any questions or concerns please reply back to this email, I'll be happy to assist you further.

Thank you for being a valued customer of iTunes Store.

Sincerely,

Lydia
iTunes Store Customer Support

Please Note: I work Monday to Saturday, 9 AM to 7:00 AM CST

Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to assist you.

Customer First Name : Toby
Customer Last Name : Adams
email :
Web Order # :
Support Subject : Mac App Store Account and Billing
Sub Issue : undefined
Comments : See additional info below
OS version: Mac OS X 10.6.6
Country: United Kingdom
Apple ID:
Specific request: I have a purchase or billing question
Item title:
Order number:
Details: I purchased Pages by mistake when browsing the App Store, I tried to cancel the order but as I had just downloaded an app, it did not prompt me for my password. I already have the iWork suite installed on my computer and therefore have no need for another copy of Pages. I have not installed the app and managed to cancel the download. Could I please have a refund and the purchase removed from my account?

A gift card was used to pay for part of the transaction, I hope this does not complicate matters.

TrackID:

A few Christmas snaps

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.@spotify Support Win!!!

Hello there,

I have refunded 9.99 GBP to your PayPal account and terminated your Spotify Premium subscription. You are still able to use the Spotify Free service with your account 'tobyadams'.

Best regards,
Rebecca

Tesco Mobile "working hard" to bring the iPhone 4 to their UK network.

Dear Toby,

 

Thank you for e-mailing support@tescomobile.com

 

We would love to have the iPhone 4 available for customers and are working hard to make this happen but can't confirm any details at present.  Please keep an eye on www.tescomobile.com for further information.

 

I am sorry but I can not be more specific than that at the moment as we simply do not know yet ourselves.

 

For the latest information on all of our products, services and promotions, please visit: http://www.tesco.com

 

Thank you

 

Lauren

 

Tesco Mobile E-mail Customer Service Team

Just a day later, Radium from @catpigstudios is updated as per my request :-)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: CatPig Support <support@catpigstudios.com>
Date: 16 May 2010 01:23
Subject: Re: 1.FM Networks
To: Toby Adams <x>

Hi Toby,

A presentation I prepared for a session on the upcoming election

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I hate to say it, but I think Labour has my vote.

My life is now set out for next year...

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The pinacle of my achievements.

Date: 9 April 2010 22:21:43 GMT+01:00
To: tobyadams87@gmail.com
Subject: foursquare :: You just unlocked the Explorer badge!

Hey there -

Congrats! Your checkin to The Globe just unlocked Explorer - You've checked into 25 different venues!

To see all the badges you've unlocked so far, click here: http://foursquare.com/user/tobyadams/badges/1823996

- foursquare

Tesco Mobile to support visual voicemail for the iPhone soon.

To: "Tesco Mobile Care (UK)" <Support@TescoMobile.com>
Subject: Re: Tesco Mobile Pay Monthly Care Response

That's great, thanks! :-)

Sent from my iPhone

On 2 Apr 2010, at 11:32, "Tesco Mobile Care \(UK\)" <Support@TescoMobile.com> wrote:

Dear Toby,

Thank you for e-mailing support@tescomobile.com with regard to visual voicemail.

I can confirm as a network we are always looking into supporting new functions to help our customers and that Tesco Mobile are looking into supporting visual voicemail in the near future, however I am unable to give you any timescales for this.

 

I hope this helps, please feel fee to email me if you require further assistance.

 

Alternatively you can call our dedicated customer service line on 0845 301 4455.

For the latest information on all of our products, services and promotions, please visit: http://www.tesco.com

Thank you

 

Dawn

 

Tesco Mobile E-mail Customer Service Team

Surprisingly humorous and human for Microsoft material.

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There is an big flaw in here somewhere, anyone see something I am missing?

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
144 32.637070 192.168.59.128 188.121.46.128 TCP nim > http [SYN] Seq=0 Win=65535 Len=0 MSS=1460 WS=1

Frame 144 (66 bytes on wire, 66 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a), Dst: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128), Dst: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: nim (1058), Dst Port: http (80), Seq: 0, Len: 0

0000 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 08 00 45 00 .PV.;...)#.j..E.
0010 00 34 00 c1 40 00 80 06 12 e1 c0 a8 3b 80 bc 79 .4..@.......;..y
0020 2e 80 04 22 00 50 90 b5 72 53 00 00 00 00 80 02 ...".P..rS......
0030 ff ff 80 7a 00 00 02 04 05 b4 01 03 03 01 01 01 ...z............
0040 04 02 ..
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
145 32.638560 188.121.46.128 192.168.59.128 TCP http > nim [SYN, ACK] Seq=0 Ack=1 Win=64240 Len=0 MSS=1460

Frame 145 (60 bytes on wire, 60 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03), Dst: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a)
Internet Protocol, Src: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128), Dst: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: http (80), Dst Port: nim (1058), Seq: 0, Ack: 1, Len: 0

0000 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 08 00 45 00 ..)#.j.PV.;...E.
0010 00 2c 8c a2 00 00 80 06 c7 07 bc 79 2e 80 c0 a8 .,.........y....
0020 3b 80 00 50 04 22 78 9b 8d e8 90 b5 72 54 60 12 ;..P."x.....rT`.
0030 fa f0 a8 03 00 00 02 04 05 b4 00 00 ............
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
146 32.638590 192.168.59.128 188.121.46.128 TCP nim > http [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=1 Win=65535 Len=0

Frame 146 (54 bytes on wire, 54 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a), Dst: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128), Dst: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: nim (1058), Dst Port: http (80), Seq: 1, Ack: 1, Len: 0

0000 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 08 00 45 00 .PV.;...)#.j..E.
0010 00 28 00 c2 40 00 80 06 12 ec c0 a8 3b 80 bc 79 .(..@.......;..y
0020 2e 80 04 22 00 50 90 b5 72 54 78 9b 8d e9 50 10 ...".P..rTx...P.
0030 ff ff ba b1 00 00 ......
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
147 32.638840 192.168.59.128 188.121.46.128 HTTP GET / HTTP/1.1
Frame 147 (633 bytes on wire, 633 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a), Dst: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128), Dst: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: nim (1058), Dst Port: http (80), Seq: 1, Ack: 1, Len: 579
Hypertext Transfer Protocol

0000 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 08 00 45 00 .PV.;...)#.j..E.
0010 02 6b 00 c3 40 00 80 06 10 a8 c0 a8 3b 80 bc 79 .k..@.......;..y
0020 2e 80 04 22 00 50 90 b5 72 54 78 9b 8d e9 50 18 ...".P..rTx...P.
0030 ff ff 36 b4 00 00 47 45 54 20 2f 20 48 54 54 50 ..6...GET / HTTP
0040 2f 31 2e 31 0d 0a 48 6f 73 74 3a 20 6c 61 74 65 /1.1..Host: late
0050 66 6f 72 6c 75 6e 63 68 2e 63 6f 2e 75 6b 0d 0a forlunch.co.uk..
0060 43 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 3a 20 6b 65 65 70 Connection: keep
0070 2d 61 6c 69 76 65 0d 0a 55 73 65 72 2d 41 67 65 -alive..User-Age
0080 6e 74 3a 20 4d 6f 7a 69 6c 6c 61 2f 35 2e 30 20 nt: Mozilla/5.00090 28 57 69 6e 64 6f 77 73 3b 20 55 3b 20 57 69 6e (Windows; U; Win
00a0 64 6f 77 73 20 4e 54 20 35 2e 31 3b 20 65 6e 2d dows NT 5.1; en-
00b0 55 53 29 20 41 70 70 6c 65 57 65 62 4b 69 74 2f US) AppleWebKit/
00c0 35 33 32 2e 35 20 28 4b 48 54 4d 4c 2c 20 6c 69 532.5 (KHTML, li
00d0 6b 65 20 47 65 63 6b 6f 29 20 43 68 72 6f 6d 65 ke Gecko) Chrome
00e0 2f 34 2e 31 2e 32 34 39 2e 31 30 32 35 20 53 61 /4.1.249.1025 Sa
00f0 66 61 72 69 2f 35 33 32 2e 35 0d 0a 41 63 63 65 fari/532.5..Acce
0100 70 74 3a 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2f pt: application/
0110 78 6d 6c 2c 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2f xml,application/
0120 78 68 74 6d 6c 2b 78 6d 6c 2c 74 65 78 74 2f 68 xhtml+xml,text/h
0130 74 6d 6c 3b 71 3d 30 2e 39 2c 74 65 78 74 2f 70 tml;q=0.9,text/p
0140 6c 61 69 6e 3b 71 3d 30 2e 38 2c 69 6d 61 67 65 lain;q=0.8,image
0150 2f 70 6e 67 2c 2a 2f 2a 3b 71 3d 30 2e 35 0d 0a /png,*/*;q=0.5..
0160 41 63 63 65 70 74 2d 45 6e 63 6f 64 69 6e 67 3a Accept-Encoding:
0170 20 67 7a 69 70 2c 64 65 66 6c 61 74 65 2c 73 64 gzip,deflate,sd
0180 63 68 0d 0a 41 63 63 65 70 74 2d 4c 61 6e 67 75 ch..Accept-Langu
0190 61 67 65 3a 20 65 6e 2d 47 42 2c 65 6e 2d 55 53 age: en-GB,en-US
01a0 3b 71 3d 30 2e 38 2c 65 6e 3b 71 3d 30 2e 36 0d ;q=0.8,en;q=0.6.
01b0 0a 41 63 63 65 70 74 2d 43 68 61 72 73 65 74 3a .Accept-Charset:
01c0 20 49 53 4f 2d 38 38 35 39 2d 31 2c 75 74 66 2d ISO-8859-1,utf-
01d0 38 3b 71 3d 30 2e 37 2c 2a 3b 71 3d 30 2e 33 0d 8;q=0.7,*;q=0.3.
01e0 0a 43 6f 6f 6b 69 65 3a 20 5f 5f 75 74 6d 7a 3d .Cookie: __utmz=
01f0 31 30 30 34 38 38 30 36 37 2e 31 32 36 38 31 33 100488067.126813
0200 30 32 33 39 2e 31 2e 31 2e 75 74 6d 63 73 72 3d 0239.1.1.utmcsr=
0210 28 64 69 72 65 63 74 29 7c 75 74 6d 63 63 6e 3d (direct)|utmccn=
0220 28 64 69 72 65 63 74 29 7c 75 74 6d 63 6d 64 3d (direct)|utmcmd=
0230 28 6e 6f 6e 65 29 3b 20 5f 5f 75 74 6d 61 3d 31 (none); __utma=1
0240 30 30 34 38 38 30 36 37 2e 35 32 38 34 34 35 37 00488067.5284457
0250 33 33 2e 31 32 36 38 31 33 30 32 33 39 2e 31 32 33.1268130239.12
0260 36 38 31 33 30 32 33 39 2e 31 32 36 38 31 33 30 68130239.1268130
0270 32 33 39 2e 31 0d 0a 0d 0a 239.1....
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
148 32.639024 188.121.46.128 192.168.59.128 TCP http > nim [ACK] Seq=1 Ack=580 Win=64240 Len=0

Frame 148 (60 bytes on wire, 60 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03), Dst: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a)
Internet Protocol, Src: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128), Dst: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: http (80), Dst Port: nim (1058), Seq: 1, Ack: 580, Len: 0

0000 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 08 00 45 00 ..)#.j.PV.;...E.
0010 00 28 8c a3 00 00 80 06 c7 0a bc 79 2e 80 c0 a8 .(.........y....
0020 3b 80 00 50 04 22 78 9b 8d e9 90 b5 74 97 50 10 ;..P."x.....t.P.
0030 fa f0 bd 7d 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...}........
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
149 53.469031 188.121.46.128 192.168.59.128 TCP http > nim [FIN, PSH, ACK] Seq=1 Ack=580 Win=64240 Len=0

Frame 149 (60 bytes on wire, 60 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03), Dst: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a)
Internet Protocol, Src: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128), Dst: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: http (80), Dst Port: nim (1058), Seq: 1, Ack: 580, Len: 0

0000 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 08 00 45 00 ..)#.j.PV.;...E.
0010 00 28 8c a4 00 00 80 06 c7 09 bc 79 2e 80 c0 a8 .(.........y....
0020 3b 80 00 50 04 22 78 9b 8d e9 90 b5 74 97 50 19 ;..P."x.....t.P.
0030 fa f0 bd 74 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...t........
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
150 53.469089 192.168.59.128 188.121.46.128 TCP nim > http [ACK] Seq=580 Ack=2 Win=65535 Len=0

Frame 150 (54 bytes on wire, 54 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a), Dst: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128), Dst: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: nim (1058), Dst Port: http (80), Seq: 580, Ack: 2, Len: 0

0000 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 08 00 45 00 .PV.;...)#.j..E.
0010 00 28 00 c4 40 00 80 06 12 ea c0 a8 3b 80 bc 79 .(..@.......;..y
0020 2e 80 04 22 00 50 90 b5 74 97 78 9b 8d ea 50 10 ...".P..t.x...P.
0030 ff ff b8 6d 00 00 ...m..
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
151 53.483491 192.168.59.128 188.121.46.128 TCP nim > http [FIN, ACK] Seq=580 Ack=2 Win=65535 Len=0

Frame 151 (54 bytes on wire, 54 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a), Dst: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03)
Internet Protocol, Src: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128), Dst: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: nim (1058), Dst Port: http (80), Seq: 580, Ack: 2, Len: 0

0000 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 08 00 45 00 .PV.;...)#.j..E.
0010 00 28 00 c5 40 00 80 06 12 e9 c0 a8 3b 80 bc 79 .(..@.......;..y
0020 2e 80 04 22 00 50 90 b5 74 97 78 9b 8d ea 50 11 ...".P..t.x...P.
0030 ff ff b8 6c 00 00 ...l..
No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
152 53.483726 188.121.46.128 192.168.59.128 TCP http > nim [ACK] Seq=2 Ack=581 Win=64239 Len=0

Frame 152 (60 bytes on wire, 60 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: Vmware_f9:3b:03 (00:50:56:f9:3b:03), Dst: Vmware_23:dd:6a (00:0c:29:23:dd:6a)
Internet Protocol, Src: 188.121.46.128 (188.121.46.128), Dst: 192.168.59.128 (192.168.59.128)
Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: http (80), Dst Port: nim (1058), Seq: 2, Ack: 581, Len: 0

0000 00 0c 29 23 dd 6a 00 50 56 f9 3b 03 08 00 45 00 ..)#.j.PV.;...E.
0010 00 28 8c a5 00 00 80 06 c7 08 bc 79 2e 80 c0 a8 .(.........y....
0020 3b 80 00 50 04 22 78 9b 8d ea 90 b5 74 98 50 10 ;..P."x.....t.P.
0030 fa ef bd 7c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...|........

Simpsons take on lesson planning... HA!

Request for a Lower Price on a GoodSync Server

Looking at GoodSync as a solution, I find charging an extra £778 just because it is running on Server 2003 a little ridiculous. A cheaper solution would be to virtualise a Windows XP installation and run with a single license. Our implementation only syncs two small directories through FTP, why should we be penalised just because we are running on a Server platform? It is exactly the same software after all! We are a secondary school, nonprofit organisation. £19.99 is reasonable for what your software does,  £798.00 simply is not.