Category Archives: Rants
Sicko – Michael Moore
Michaela and I have just finished watching Sicko, fantastic movie/documentry, that I’d been keen to watch for a while. Nic has an even better write-up so just read his (in full). It has made me hesitant about working in the … Continue reading
Product Naming *groan*
Oh my god, the people further up the ladder have after a year and a half decided what our new database/reporting tools will be named. The tools came from another company (X) that is now owned by our parent (Y) … Continue reading
The day has come….
The day that 200 gram chip packets (crisps) are now 150 gram. They had a brief stint at 190 grams, but the possibility of even small bags filled mostly with air was too tempting for both Bluebird and ETA. I … Continue reading
2.5 Hours of downtime
I have just wasted the last 2.5 hours, trying to upgrade WordPress from 2.2.3 to 2.3.3 It went worse than my attempt to move to 2.3.2, as I lost my 2.2.3 database, so have spent the last 30 minutes rebuilding … Continue reading
Sucker Punched by Telstra… Again!
So over a year ago, we moved house. Waited a month to find-out that Telstra/Astute couldn’t give us service, and charged us for leaving broadband “early”, after five years service. So a friendly Telstra sales dude was trawling the neighbourhood … Continue reading
