“Server Error in Andrew Bolt application”
DaleI've always suspected that Andrew Bolt is a BOT, and BlairBoltWatch/An Onymous Lefty might agree. Saw this screen the other day when trying to view Andrew's blog. It explains why…
Inflatable Leg
A friend had a dog like this, it was a Jack Russell mixed breed doggy. If you took your shoes off so you could walk on the new carpet, "Humpy"…
Customers like to (re)use the methods of the support team …
I was doing some code cutting the other day for a customer. Indirectly. I had sent a DOS batch file to Customer A, in response for an urgent fix request. …
Why I Blog – Not
(Helen Coonan was our Federal Minister for Communications, and strangely attractive, if you like that sort of look) (cartoon borrowed from The Chaser)
Crusader
Saw this ad for Crusader weed killer in the Weekly Times, which is an agricultural paper published here. No, we don't have many Muslim farmers in Australia, strange that.
Three More Years of Outsource Avoidance…
Worked for a company rather like this. For Financial Year 2008, the goal was to off-shore to India, 40% of operations staff. We lost a lot of good people, and…
Customised license plates
Once contracted for a government vehicle registry. Now customised license plates were, and still are, a big money spinner. Brings in huge dollars each year for the registry. My involvement?…
“Insert your new desktop image here.”
One of the cleverest hardware integration guys I know came up with this picture. It was created for a test Standard Operating Environment test release. And demonstrates what we do…
Sorry – Your Password Isn’t Not Long Enough
"Your password must be at least x characters; cannot repeat any of your previous x passwords; must contain capitals, numerals or punctuation; and cannot contain your account or full name.…
Microsoft Office Paperclip – Do not go gentle into that good night …
Saw this at the Microsoft Office Offline blog. The Office Offline blog ... regularly features wry observations about Microsoft Office and other Microsoft products. The characters in the comic spend…