Archive for the ‘rant’ Category

August 3rd

I am perfectly capable of closing my own browser

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Look what happens when you try to log on to Nationwide twice without closing your browser in between times:

How rude! No, you may not close my browser!
*sigh* i guess we have the influence of Microsoft to thank for this kind of intrusion dressed up as helpfulness. We recently had to get a Vista machine for [...]

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May 23rd

A warning against Twitter

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Resumo: La retejo Twitter rifuzas preni agadon kontraŭ ofenda kondukto. Tiu ĉi estas komplete malakcepteble.
To all who use Twitter: you need to be aware of this:
Twitter refuses to uphold Terms of Service
This story is shocking in the extreme. After months of ongoing bullying, harassment, foul language, hate speech, smearing of a person’s identity, Twitter had [...]

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April 10th

Major grrr

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Where do you go to give feedback on web hosting companies?
I am rapidly losing my patience with HostingRails. MyChores is still not responding after all this time. Sure, they had some hardware problems, but why is it taking so long to restore? How come this blog is back but they still can’t get Rails up [...]

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April 10th

Wow, my blog is back!

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Did you miss me?!
I am very upset about this downtime of more than 24 hours - not about my blog being down, but MyChores site itself which people have come to trust and rely upon. It’s still not back yet. :( I have written about what went wrong on the MyChores Journal … can’t be [...]

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December 8th

Does it benefit my soul?

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This is a LONG post about life, death, afterlife, religion, cosmology, extra-terrestrial intelligence … and probably more! Did i mention it’s LONG?!?!?!! You have been warned! ;)

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November 15th

Windows Vista how much do i hate you

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Dear Windows Vista,
When i have logged on as an administrator and i have right-clicked on something and told you to ‘Run as Administrator’ and i have clicked the confirm button … DO NOT TELL ME this action requires elevation!!! How much more elevated can i possibly get?!
I am starting to think Windows Vista has been [...]

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November 5th

On Twitter, and patience.

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Somebody has written a post complaining about the performance of Twitter, and i have to say, i am upset at both the post and the comments in response.
I’m thinking if we get enough inspired commentary we might actually get some answers out of Twitter about why they have such a hard time just keeping the [...]

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August 8th

The line has been drawn.

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After 5 days waiting for something from Six Apart i was honestly hoping for something better than this. I am indescribably underwhelmed. It took five days to put that load of waffle together?!
Here is my final word on the matter:
Really not impressed.
Where is the explanation of what constitutes artistic merit?
“You’re only in trouble if you [...]

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August 6th

Now SERIOUSLY hacked off at LiveJournal.

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They’ve had a whole day, and they have not even acknowledged that anything is going on.
The only good news we’ve had all day is that Brad is rumoured to be leaving LiveJournal.
Meanwhile, several thousand angry LiveJournal customers have now filled up five news posts, each with 5,000 comments. And we’re well on the way through [...]

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