That Bloke In The Big Smoke

Until about a month ago I hadn't received a single spam call on my US number. Since then I've registered myself as a British voter residing abroad (which meant I shared my US contact info including my telephone number with gov.uk). Soon after I did this, my UK bank found out I had moved to Washington even though I hadn't told them. And since then I've also received a handful of spam calls from the UK - often, the same number appearing as a missed call on my phone minutes after a similar call to my UK mobile number (which I use on a separate handset). Until now I have not registered for anything in the UK using my US contact details. All of the evidence I've gathered so far is circumstantial but I find it hard to believe it is purely coincidental that this has all happened only after I changed my voter registration status.

Some time on Friday afternoon, my Livejournal account was placed in read-only mode which meant I couldn't create, modify entries or leave comments. I didn't receive any warning or notification. I filed a suspension inquiry and within a few hours received the following response:

"Thank you for your inquiry. Your account was placed in readonly mode when one of our anti-spam systems flagged it as a potential spam account. However, a review of your journal shows this was incorrect. I have now removed the readonly status from your journal. I apologize for any inconvenience this situation caused you."

Has this happened to anyone else? I'm just glad they responded fairly quickly and restored my account. I also asked why the system may have automatically flagged mine up, but they didn't respond to that. I wonder if it's because of my twitter-feed.

(From Andy in Oman's blog)

On November 23, this journal turned 7. I usually remember such occasions but last week I was in India, and distracted. Thanks for reading.

He's the president of production for Jerry Bruckheimer Films which produced Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Is his a unique name?

I know what I'll be drinking this weekend.

I made my first post. Or as it is better understood, this blog's sixth year anniversary. 1778 entries including this one and going strong. Thanks to all of you for keeping it alive. I never expected this to survive six years, will be really interesting if I hit another six. Whether it does or not, there's certainly enough material within to compile a memoir one day. It's been a fascinating journey. Here's to more!

Today is the organisation's 64th anniversary and not a single post about it by my LJ-friends. Everybody having a good weekend? :)

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