It’s Wednesday
DaleNot sure where I first saw this: A plane enters Darwin air space and, without identifying itself, asks traffic control for the local time. Traffic control replies 'If you're an…
Staff problems
Note: this was a post from 2008, when I was working for CSC Australia. I'm having all the joys of, not only leading my band of Merry Men, but another…
Stop Digging
So good it’s worth quoting: … Within 1/2 an hour the “rocking” VSTS team had resolved the problem, leaving me stranded on a vertical cliff, wondering how I ever got…
Ah, a case of “The Mary’s” has occurred.
In comes the Service Call from Our Man In The Field. “… the <users> address book isn’t downloading to their BlackBerry.” My reply: “The issue was caused by someone incorrectly…
Post borrowed from The Old New Thing
With multiple screens on my work PC, sometimes a program window disappears off screen. Until now, I didn’t know how to fix it. And it wasn’t annoying enough for me…
“Quick, to the Government Bat Camry, Boy Wonder”
"… the Minister has just misled Parliament." Back in the day, senior public servants would have Parliamentary Broadcast boxes in their offices. You can tell someone’s importance by whether they…
Oklahoma Robb
We had a teacher at school who thought he was a bit like Indiana Jones. But without the talent or charisma. Folks, I give you Oklahoma Robb: (Craig Clarke…
If Apple bought Twitter
(as seen over at The Joy of Tech)