Y'know things that are all the rage? Blogs. Everyone has one; or at least had one before Facebook, Twitter et al diluted the realtime pool.
Since I'm nu-old skool — and watching endless streams of people validate their own self-importance makes me long for a 'Shut up' button — I figured why not make a blog? The main difference here compared with other people's blogs is that instead of being limited to one topic, you get a little slice of everything all mashed up. I can now omit vowels and apostrophes with impunity.
The rusty nail of UI
· 909 words (devours about 5 mins)Yet another case of bad user interface design was brought to my attention this evening. How is it possible to design a land line handset wrong? Easy if you’re BT.
In search of giants
· 87 words (vacuums up less than a minute)Internet search rule number one: be precise in your search terms or you might get back things more random than expected.
In reflow we trust
[3 comments] · 729 words (sucks up about 4 mins)Sometimes it pays to ignore “experts” and do independent research. Especially when those experts are Apple employees who want to sell you a new Macbook or over-inflated spares.
In hot water we trust
· 282 words (laps up about 2 mins)Signs and labels everywhere, nor any drop of sense. Signs and labels everywhere, it’s time for recompense.
Teaching old cats new tricks
[2 comments] · 231 words (kills about 2 mins)It appears that even something as humble as the catflap confounds members of the animal kingdom.
Unexpected item in bagging area
[2 comments] · 466 words (kills about 3 mins)If I hear that phrase one more time I’m going to hunt down the person who invented self-service checkouts and put an unexpected item in their bagging area.
A question of opposites
· 211 words (devours less than a minute)Who would invent a language with well-defined constructs and prefixes, then go and smash all the rules? Only English could do it to this degree.
Toaster RIP
[4 comments] · 276 words (kills about 2 mins)The trials and tribulations of buying a replacement toaster in the gadget age.
