Blogs about: General Irritation
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Bandwidth - so near I can smell it
It looks like my rantings managed to help somebody, which has kicked me in the pants to apologise to my blog for neglicting it. As per my earlier posts, long distance bandwidth has always been a probl… more →
Rantings of an irritated round man
Found in Translation
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wrote 1 month ago: An apologetic note from Orange France for those unfortunate enough to have opted to install the glor … more →
Editing Reality
wrote 1 month ago: Now that mainstream TV has descended into X Factor /Strictly /Celebrity hell, it’s amazing how … more →
Another Pedantic Grammar Rant
wrote 1 month ago: Why oh why oh why (etc)….do people think it makes them sound cleverer to use two words in plac … more →
The Inevitable Grammar Rant
wrote 2 months ago: So far there hasn’t been one on this blog, but it was only a matter of time. Yesterday a repor … more →
Dear Old Microsoft (2)
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wrote 3 months ago: This is really unmissable. It’s early 80’s corporate video…only much, much worse. … more →
So long Flavio...
wrote 3 months ago: For anyone who follows Formula One, today’s departure of the ‘flamboyant’ Flavio B … more →
Dear old Microsoft...
wrote 4 months ago: Microsoft is a word we try not to say out loud at the office, so this struck me as rather brilliant. … more →
The Art of Communication
wrote 6 months ago: So here we are in the communications industry. Before we had email and the internet we used to commu … more →
Reality TV
wrote 7 months ago: What with all the hoo-ha surrounding Susan Boyle’s mental health and the whole BGT circus, I t … more →
Non-preferred supplier
wrote 7 months ago: Client for whom we won an IVCA award (I know, I know) has decided to set up a tender for places on a … more →
Silly Idea
wrote 8 months ago: What on earth convinced someone that mounting a HUGE video projector on the roof of underground stat … more →
Beyond Belief
wrote 8 months ago: Filling out various ‘Requests for Quotation’ documents for the public and private sector … more →
Bandwidth - so near I can smell it
wrote 1 year ago: It looks like my rantings managed to help somebody, which has kicked me in the pants to apologise to … more →
looks like I'm doing XX
wrote 1 year ago: Explain to me how this happens: Two low-level administrators at the college are talking. Neither is … more →
No more virtual fubar
wrote 1 year ago: To cut a long story short, my test data was ok. It was how Linux LVM handled the presented disks whe … more →
Life should be simple
wrote 1 year ago: Just now I was chugging along with domestic life, masticating on the things on my mind, such as bill … more →
Floating Fag End Bins Spell Disaster
wrote 2 years ago: Been busy for a while, lots to catch up on. Cast your mind back a few weeks to those balmy weeks in … more →
It's the software, stupid!
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wrote 2 years ago: During the past couple of weeks a couple of applications have fubar’d (I think that’s th … more →
R_RDY, Potty, Go!
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wrote 2 years ago: Had an interesting meeting today (don’t say that often) with a man from Nortel who summed up m … more →
