This is the third place we've been in and the first we can actually hear each other.
It seems TUPE is the modern spelling of slavery these days.
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Friday, 17 June 2011
A wet Friday in London
The boss has brought us out for drink tonight, basically so we can drown our sorrowsas we're being sold again.
This is the third place we've been in and the first we can actually hear each other.
It seems TUPE is the modern spelling of slavery these days.
This is the third place we've been in and the first we can actually hear each other.
It seems TUPE is the modern spelling of slavery these days.
Wednesday, 9 March 2011
We may have a problem here....
There's currently a radio ad running over here in the UK for a company that replaces windscreens (wind shieds, what-have-you) and they keep going on about chips developing into cracks, and how much it would cost you to have the glass replaced rather than having the chip filled.
Very laudable. Keep the punter happy and they'll come back to you next time they have a problem,.
I'm not worried about the company going on about this, after all they have a business to run, what does worry me is the fact that a chip can develop into a crack in the first place by just going over a bump in the road. To me, this points out what could possibly be a flaw in the way modern motor vehicles are constructed, especially in the way the glass is fitted.
The old way of doing this was to insert a rubber gasket into the frame of the vehicle and fix the glass into the gasket, using a sealant that lubricates the glass for insertion and then sets with time.
The current way to do this is with a polymer-based glue which sets rigid in a fairly short period after application. I know production costs are everything, but couldn't a different adhesive be used to give some flexibility in the installation? Surely that way people wouldn't be left with fairly hefty bills when the screen has to be replaced.
Very laudable. Keep the punter happy and they'll come back to you next time they have a problem,.
I'm not worried about the company going on about this, after all they have a business to run, what does worry me is the fact that a chip can develop into a crack in the first place by just going over a bump in the road. To me, this points out what could possibly be a flaw in the way modern motor vehicles are constructed, especially in the way the glass is fitted.
The old way of doing this was to insert a rubber gasket into the frame of the vehicle and fix the glass into the gasket, using a sealant that lubricates the glass for insertion and then sets with time.
The current way to do this is with a polymer-based glue which sets rigid in a fairly short period after application. I know production costs are everything, but couldn't a different adhesive be used to give some flexibility in the installation? Surely that way people wouldn't be left with fairly hefty bills when the screen has to be replaced.
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Just what we always thought!
I've just found a picture that sums up what I think of a certain well known fast food pusher's retailer's products.
Obviously I can't be the only one who thinks that McDiabetes fries and burgers aren't good for you.
Saturday, 22 January 2011
The doctor is in.......
Happy New Year all!
It's almost two months since I wrote anything, mostly due to lack of time: if I haven't been working, I've been sleeping.
This weekend I've been holding a "laptop clinic" for the family. The result is one repaired and working keyboard, one cleaned and working DVD drive and one completely trashed BIOS - not caused by me I might add.
The keyboard - fairly simple. A liquid induced burn out fixed by an eBay purchase.
The BIOS - no solution really.The laptop is a geriatric Acer TravelMate with a seriously screwed chip. Randomly set BIOS passwords and nothing past the time and date shown on the Basic Settings screen. It was to the point where it wouldn't even recognise any of the hardware properly. This will be cured again by eBay I suspect. I was able to salvage everything of importance of the hard disk so no real loss.
Now the DVD drive. If you have a family who like to grow their hair long, and you start getting problems with their computer and home entertainment kit, don't go looking for you nearest repair man first, go looking for the large hair ball (or similar) wrapped around the central spindle of the drive. It'll save you money!
Go careful out there people - it's a rough world.
It's almost two months since I wrote anything, mostly due to lack of time: if I haven't been working, I've been sleeping.
This weekend I've been holding a "laptop clinic" for the family. The result is one repaired and working keyboard, one cleaned and working DVD drive and one completely trashed BIOS - not caused by me I might add.
The keyboard - fairly simple. A liquid induced burn out fixed by an eBay purchase.
The BIOS - no solution really.The laptop is a geriatric Acer TravelMate with a seriously screwed chip. Randomly set BIOS passwords and nothing past the time and date shown on the Basic Settings screen. It was to the point where it wouldn't even recognise any of the hardware properly. This will be cured again by eBay I suspect. I was able to salvage everything of importance of the hard disk so no real loss.
Now the DVD drive. If you have a family who like to grow their hair long, and you start getting problems with their computer and home entertainment kit, don't go looking for you nearest repair man first, go looking for the large hair ball (or similar) wrapped around the central spindle of the drive. It'll save you money!
Go careful out there people - it's a rough world.
Friday, 5 November 2010
The punter strikes back.
Working where I do at the moment - at the site of a major broadcaster - I occasionally have to visit offices occupied by some of the creative departments. One of them creates small props for TV shows.
Sometimes you really wish you were there when the person lit the first and only one of the stolen cigarettes!
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Disable your Adblock!
Has anyone seen this page appear recently?
http://www.cpalead.com/adblock.php
Surely the idea of pop-up and adblockers is to stop all of this happening.
CPA Lead is a web advertising agency and to be honest, I think they've missed the point - as have some of their customers. I suspect that this is going to make matters worse for those customers who have taken this script and it will actually decrease the amount of traffic through their sites, rather than boost their customer's - and therefore CPAlead's own income.
Just as an experiment I disabled adblock on a page that presented this message, just to check out the ads on the page. Practically every ad on the page was for a company or a product that I'd not use because I can't get them where I live on this side of the planet. The only ads I did find that were remotely relevant were from Google - those at least were from companies in my own country.
Not sure this is a good company either. Looking through their blogs and the comments that people have left I get the distinct impression that as far as they're concerned there isn't a world outside of North America(possibly even outside the USA). They are also very good a dodging the question.
I wonder what the writer of Adblock/Adblock Plus has to say about this?
Oh, by the way, you can get around it with AdBlockPlus.
http://www.cpalead.com/adblock.php
Surely the idea of pop-up and adblockers is to stop all of this happening.
CPA Lead is a web advertising agency and to be honest, I think they've missed the point - as have some of their customers. I suspect that this is going to make matters worse for those customers who have taken this script and it will actually decrease the amount of traffic through their sites, rather than boost their customer's - and therefore CPAlead's own income.
Just as an experiment I disabled adblock on a page that presented this message, just to check out the ads on the page. Practically every ad on the page was for a company or a product that I'd not use because I can't get them where I live on this side of the planet. The only ads I did find that were remotely relevant were from Google - those at least were from companies in my own country.
Not sure this is a good company either. Looking through their blogs and the comments that people have left I get the distinct impression that as far as they're concerned there isn't a world outside of North America(possibly even outside the USA). They are also very good a dodging the question.
I wonder what the writer of Adblock/Adblock Plus has to say about this?
Oh, by the way, you can get around it with AdBlockPlus.
- As the page loads, go to the adblockPlus icon and select:"Disable on this page only".
- Wait for the page to finish loading
- de-select: "Disable on this page only".
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
"Greening" IT
I've just been browsing through the latest crop of IT trade mags that drop onto my desk around this time of the month, and it never ceases to amaze me when I see headlines "Most efficient data centre to date".
Without exception every single story I have seen of late that has a picture attached, either an external shot of the building or an internal shot of one of the data halls, shows the damn thing has been built in a converted factory unit!
Whilst I will admit that there are a growing number of these that have some form of environmental containment, surely it's about time that people began to look at the buildings themselves and what can be included in the design and construction stage to lessen the need for the more expensive solutions.
And yes, I agree. If there's no option because your data hall has to be built inside an exisiting building with no hope of re-designing the structure, then containment is your only option.
Without exception every single story I have seen of late that has a picture attached, either an external shot of the building or an internal shot of one of the data halls, shows the damn thing has been built in a converted factory unit!
Whilst I will admit that there are a growing number of these that have some form of environmental containment, surely it's about time that people began to look at the buildings themselves and what can be included in the design and construction stage to lessen the need for the more expensive solutions.
And yes, I agree. If there's no option because your data hall has to be built inside an exisiting building with no hope of re-designing the structure, then containment is your only option.
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