8 hours ago by organictriffidfarm

Yesterday, I went in to buy Malinda Lo’s Ash. It’s a relatively new book, or at least I thought so. After all, Lo is still doing book tours. You’d think her hardback might still be on the shelves. Now usually it’s not my habit to purchase a new book unless it’s something I’m really excited about, an ...

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8 days ago by alienbc

My kettle. Oh Morphy Richards… Why did you make a kettle With such fragile hinges that The very heat of water boiling In the kettle made them turn to Soft and squidgy plastic that did shear, It made me shed a tear. And why did I then… Remember that the guarantee That came with that old kettle was Di ...

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19 days ago by alienbc

Classic personalisation from BT I’m not sure which is worse… the broken field in the welcome message, or “BT Wholesale is a world class enabler of converged network solutions” (this means “BT Wholesale sells network capacity around the world”, by the way).

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21 days ago by Jeffrey Shallit

One of my pet peeves is that if you see an error on a web page, and you want to notify someone in charge, it is usually difficult or impossible to do so. As a challenge, try to find the web page where you can report an error in Google Maps. It's not easy. Here's another example. I recently bought a ...

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52 days ago by Frank

Todays latest installment of Bank of America stupidity comes from an "analyst" (gotta love those titles) doing a regular review. Hmmm. Ok. Said analyst calls from an unknown number asking me creepy questions about my business account. After asking him who the hell he was and verifying it was in fact ...

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99 days ago by alienbc

A Natwest advert about sending junkmail. It takes real talent to be this clueless: What’s my problem…? I have a Natwest business banking account, so it looks vaguely professional when I ask people for money as part of my self-employed activities. They don’t manage that account: I do. Almost everythi ...

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106 days ago by Ant Rogenous

There’s Homer, there’s Sappho … there’s even ΠO if you prefer your great mono-monikered poets to be, you know, alive. And now, thanks to the literary editors at Coles, there’s Amelia: The best part was when she rhymed “nice” with “nice”. Anyway, time for a GrodsChallenge. Whoever writes the best poe ...

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118 days ago by NEGRO SMASH!

Fox News gets okay to misinform public, court ruling I actually missed this when it happened a couple of months ago. This is almost one of those "noted without comment" things. I mean, why the hell would you be watching Fox News anyway? Especially given that they've been in court arguing for their r ...

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121 days ago by alienbc

Very environmentally friendly. Six CDs ordered from Amazon. Knock-down price with free delivery. This is how they arrive: all at once in individual packages, individually posted. And they’re still making money from us.

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127 days ago by oztech

Last time I wrote about comparing software with guns. I’ve decided on a simpler comparison. Software and hammers. If you make software the unlocks DVD’s, it is controversial and deemed illegal in some cases. What if you use a hammer to smash a lock to somebody’s tool shed, allowing you to steal all ...

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