Well, visitation to the site has gone down, to basically none [none = me]. I’ve often wondered if there was much point to maintaining a blog that no one reads. So.. Unless someone puts something in the address book, or leaves a comment – or visits the goddamn site, […]
Rants
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Hotmail: celebrating circa 12 years of account ownership.. See attached image – looks like I’ve had a hotmail account since January 1995. In reality it is closer to September or so, but a nice touch in live mail is to show the length of time the account’s been active […]
Hi all, So recently I’ve come to the conclusion that Vista and Flash aren’t a match made in heaven. If you’ve got or used Vista, you may be aware that most flash powered sites don’t detect your flash version on Vista (for whatever reason) even though it’s […]
Hi all. It’s been a while since my last non-political rant. This time, I’m cheesed off with Sydney Morning Herald (http://www.smh.com.au) and its shameless popups/"pop-behind" advertisements. Now fair enough, sites derive revenue through banner advertising, and some of the advertising can actually be worth a look (not that […]
Wowie, there has been a big storm over Sydney today. Thunder.. oh there it goes, right while I’m typing. This is going to be very short entry in case I get fried by lightning (let us hope not). Bonus rant: Lane Cove tunnel and the RTA = a […]
We’ll take a quick break from my multi-part post on Windows Vista to bring you this outrage-based rant on unfair increases in Fuel prices. Fuel prices have suddenly skyrocketed without any possible reasoning. When does it become time to start publically naming and shaming oil company executives? I mean, personally telling […]
So there’s been a bit of hoo-hah over Microsoft’s publicist(s) offering free laptops to bloggers. Joel Spolsky’s (JoelOnSoftware) blogged about the whole thing here. It’s an interesting dilemma. I don’t think there is anything wrong in accepting gifts. Yes, to an extend it can create an unwritten (fair) expectation of a […]