Posts by Simon

Here we go again....

So for most standard-level designers out there that means fixes for IE6, fixes for IE7 and then extra code to make IE8 happy.

I'd like to say to all IE users please go to http://www.ie7.com/ and install the browser on that page right NOW!

This has been on the cards I guess...

I applied for a permanent job there a few weeks ago and heard nothing back even though the agency said I had the best CV by far. Looks like this has been on the cards for a while...

Erm.... GA?

Why don't they just log onto their Google Analytics account and see how many hits the site has had. It's GA number 14 on their list of sites in case they can't figure out which domain it is.

Honestly if you are going to say that you may not be able to get the stats at least take the GA code OFF the pages before you try bullshi**ing your way out of it!

Hmmmm

The ultimate "Pimp My Ride" vehicle!

Stopped buying Adobe when...

I found out how much of a con the price was depending on where you lived. In most other countries, if I were alowed to buy it, I could purchase it far cheaper than the UK even taking everything into account.

Photoshop CS4 - USA price: £381

Photoshop CS4 - UK price: £561

They lost me a customer the moment I knew I was being robbed blind and nothing will ever change my mind now!

Not just badges that are abused!

These bloody disabled bays right outside peoples houses are getting out of hand. 7 out of 29 parking spaces in my road now disabled bays... one road very close to me has almost 60% disabled parking with a straight row of 7 at one point.

These bays are just as abused as the badges I've love to see two things happen:

1. Tough penalties for abuse

2. A maximum number/percentage of bays per road

At the rate these bays are popping up in my road within 3 or 4 years it will be a 100% ratio.

Sky player? pah!

Got a computer? Check

Got internet? Check

Use sky? Check

Got sky one, movies etc? check

Can I view what I already pay for? ermm nope, I have to pay another £10 a month for to watch what I already watch. Needless to say I am one of the 99.99999999% who signed up, found out it's an "alledged" scam and never bothered again.

Peak Oil

Now I know for sure peak oil and fuel wars are on the way.

Every now and then the most mundane news release contains something far more important between the lines and this news release is something I knew would come about if peak oil/gas/food was close.

This is why

I have used flashblock and noscript since they launched. I also use Linux for banking, general surfing and windows when I need to run certain apps.

I have always loathed flash and the security issues that keep popping up with it. If a site uses flash I hit the back button and go to a competitor's site instead. Always have, always will!

we're all victims

This was not some kind of victimless crime, but organised fraud on a massive scale perpetrated by criminals all bent on making fast and easy profits at the expense of the British taxpayer,"

You could be talking about the criminals but you could equally be talking about the VAT and Tax man.

Make one small and easy-to-make mistake and they won't settle for just blood from the stone, they also want your organs plus your balls over a coal fire.

Tombstone because it may be the only place left to escape the Criminal AND Government greed.

The demise begins

I have been using Ebay less and less and with these new fees I won't be selling anything else on ebay again.

It used to be fun on ebay but with the charges (and increasing postal charges) it's back to being cheaper and easier selling in the local paper.

Mines the coat that won't be on ebay

I bet if...

M$ contact those 180 million users a large chuck would be on XP.

I wasted £460 on Vista only to upgrade back to XP a month later. More than a year on I still have no desire to have Vista back on.

Paris because I'd much rather turn her on than Vista.

Rob the robbers

Photoshop in the states:

$634 which is £318

Photoshop in the UK

£500

At launch it was something like £400 MORE here than there. If I wanted the CD, box and manuals I can understand some increase but DOWNLOADING as well???

We've been robbed for years, cheers to anyone who robs the robbers!

The perfect storm

Peak Oil, Peak Gas, Peak food.... Fuel wars, food wars?

Some fun times ahead and coming to a planet near you soon...

BBC can make success a failure...

I was quite annoyed with the BBC interview on BBC breakfast this morning. I don't live in his area and I don't much care about what he did or why but the BBC spent the whole interview twisting facts to make his success look like a failure. I know the BBC long ago lost its ability to be impartial but this was above and beyond.

Nothing unusual then.......

Paris because I doubt she could suck as much as the interview did this morning.

Do what I do

I use them for buying domains which I then point to proper hosting.

Been with CWCS 11 years and never had a single problem!

It is terrible

I used to have DAB in the car and I travelled from Devon to Worcester every week. I found it much more frustrating that FM and I was glad when I went back to FM. As others have said at least with FM if you have a bad reception it will still work.

Make DAB work as well as FM and I may try it again. Until then FM is the better service by far!

Muppet

Is what I call anyone installing a pre-release on client machines and then moaning it isn't working.

RE: Cause for Thought??

@RainForestGuppy

Heh, I was thinking exactly the same thing