Archive for the ‘Annoyances’ Category

Keeping ‘Pro’ tools off the Mac

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Microsoft has always treated the Mac as a second class citizen and the bugs in Office 2008 are just added icing on the cake. Back when I started using the Mac, there was Word. It wasn't known as Microsoft Word to me, it was just Word, it was the word processor ...

fscked

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

One of the problems with working in 'IT support' is that the phone can ring at any time. Sure - we sign up for this when we take the job and there's no point in complaining that a Sunday morning breakfast in a little diner cafe turns into a 10 ...

Pat Phelan on Twitter. Unfollow the popular

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

"First one I’ll call it Broadcasting Mode. Fucking annoying. I un-followed Guy Kawazaki for this reason. 200 tweets per day with hyperlink.Duh!! Have you heard about RSS feeds?? What are you trying to do? The worst usage someone can do of Twitter is definitely Broadcasting." - Pat Phelan - Is ...

Anniversary of the Titanic

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

At 2.20 am, ninety-six years ago, the Titanic sank. Since then, it's been pretty much public knowledge that Northern Ireland make a big deal out of crap. I mean, look at George Best. His feet had more action off the field than on it, even when he was sober enough to stand, ...

More cynical about Twitter than ever

Monday, April 14th, 2008

"But there +is+ value in having a great group of people you’re following. Follow @craignewmark and you’ll see what Craig is seeing or thinking (he’s the founder of Craigs’ List). Follow @pierre and you’ll see what he’s thinking (he’s the founder of eBay). Follow HRBlock and you’ll see what the ...

Helvetica

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Sebastiaan at the Cocoia blog goes off on one about Helvetica Erik Spiekermann, a great type designer, was asked in the eponymous Helvetica movie; “Why, 50 years later, is [Helvetica] still so popular?” Erik stares into space a few seconds, pondering, sighs, then answers: — “I don’t know… Why is bad taste ubiquitous?” Times like ...

Nuts

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Using dried fruit and nuts to keep me off the chocolate. But, you have to ask, why is it that a nut can look fine but when you chew it, it tastes like the devil shat in your mouth. Why is it just nuts that behave this way?

Streaming Video: who pays the cost?

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

From the BBC: "A row about who should pay for extra network costs incurred by the iPlayer has broken out between internet service providers (ISPs) and the BBC. ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope." So, Mr Whiny ISP guy, ...

Wordpress 2.5 Categories

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Dear Wordpress people, Please move the categories back to beside the entry text and not below. And hire some UI people. Or something.

Company Stupidity

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

NotAnMBA writes: "The IT guy tells me that it’s necessary to “lock down” the network. He doesn’t want anyone using unauthorized services running on high ports. Of course, anyone can tell you that it’s trivial to circumvent this obstacle by tunneling to the unauthorized service over unblocked port 80 via a friendly ...