2-factor madness

Sweden: Every single bank has 2-factor auth. Paypal does not offer 2-factor for Swedes.

UK: Not a single bank has 2-factor auth. Paypal offers three kinds of 2-factor for people in the UK.

(HSBC as the first UK bank (according to themselves) is rolling out 2-factor in about a month. 1995 called. They were watching Jurassic Park but paused it to congratulate you on copying their basic security measures)

Can I change my PayPal address to another country?

No. Due to banking regulations, you can not change your address to a country that is different from the country you used when you opened your account. If you're moving abroad, you’ll need to close your existing account and open a new account. If you maintain residences in 2 countries, you can have 2 PayPal accounts as long as only one is a Premier or Business account.

-- Paypal

(my emphasis)

Crazy candy

I've seen toffee-covered popcorn but strawberry and white chocolate popcorn? Crazy. Oh, and they are also covered in toffee.

DNS wildcard

Virgins broadband has a DNS that hijacks things in DNS using a wildcard or something.

ಠ_ಠ

But at least it was easy to turn off.

Chocolate and mail

When the package says "Drinking chocolate, mix in with warm milk" they really mean it. It won't dissolve in cold milk.

And mail arrives on Saturday mornings. Imagine that...

Electricity plugs

I really like the electric outlets and plugs here. No more frustration being unable to plug something in, screaming and stomping on the damn thing. And every outlet has a power switch.

And no more "don't pull out the cable by yanking the cord' warnings, because you can't.

Nice.

Post codes

I think I understand post codes now.

Don't think of an address as a street and street number. Think of an address as a post code.

The post code narrows your location down to just a few doors on a street. Think 5 doors (it'll probably be closer to 5 than 20). So which door is it exactly? Just provide a house name or a house number.

So a complete address can be something like "SW1V 3LX, 27", which would mean "Foostreet 27, SW1V 3LX, London". The 27 is just there to make it unique.