Wow. I’d heard about ‘Customer Service’ people trying to hold onto customers through all kinds of nefarious means, but for a graphic example of how not to treat your customers, check out this recording of an AOL customer service person giving one of their customers grief because they want to… Read More
Things seem to be rather mental over there in the US of A. I just read this story in the Boston globe. Apparently the Republican NRCC has set up an automated phone system to call people and purport to be calling about a Democrat candidate. The recording doesn’t announce up… Read More
If you still need proof that the terrorists have won, you need look no further than the way the latest threat has been handled. It’s an utter fiasco. Apparently there’s a plot to blow up a plane, probably involving liquid explosives, probably going from the UK to the US. Lots… Read More
I laughed heartily when reading this thread over at MetaFilter about all the wondrous deadly animals, plants, and so on that we have here in Australia. I was particularly amused by this: I spent the first 11 years of my life inside the Deadly Things Zone. :) Read More
Two basically unrelated musings for today. Last week The West Wing episode on ABC was ‘Han’. It was a story about a North Korean pianist who was in the US on a goodwill visit, playing concerts, promoting better diplomatic relationgs between the two countries, that sort of thing. He wanted… Read More
The transition is complete. I am now a full blown Python weenie. I’ve recently had cause to write some Perl, something I haven’t done in several years and I’ve come to the conclusion that Perl is ugly. Once upon a time I was a Perl weenie. I relished in the… Read More
My new favourite tool in the known internet is Inkscape, an Open Source vector graphics program, akin to Illustrator or Freehand. I ‘d used it briefly some time ago and didn’t really explore what it had to offer. “Vector graphics,” thought I, “Neat.” I’ve just had the opportunity to use… Read More
Our beloved gnome of a Prime Minister appears to be vote hunting in a peculiar way. For some stupid reason he’s channelling the US right wing and pushing for Cabinet to override the ACT’s decision to allow same-sex civil unions. Crikey rightly points out that this isn’t likely to work… Read More
I’ve just read an extremely disturbing article online from Rolling Stone Magazine, link via MetaFilter. Wow. Just… wow. What the fuck is wrong with you people? In this meticulously footnoted article, a vast litany of illegal behaviour is exposed. Widespread vote tampering, fraud, voter disenfranchisement; this is the sort of… Read More
I’ve put up the photos from Mattley’s birthday, and as an added bonus, we have video footage of Elisa singing Happy Birthday after inhaling a whole bunch of helium. Comedy Gold. Read More
