Jul
23
Street Fighter
Jul
21
Why Macs suck
This made me laugh in recognition.
Gotta love the logo at the end, “Crash different”.
Read more…
Jul
17
Heatwave
Warm weather: yay!
Bloody hot weather while having to work: boo!
It’s not even the work part per se that sucks, except for the fact that I’d rather be laying at the beach obviously, but with this kind of heat it’s just impossible to fall asleep at night. Meaning I’m a zombie in the morning and pretty much all through the day until I got home and catch some Zzz’s before I get rejuvenated at night, right about when I should be thinking about going to bed to prevent another cycle of zombie-ness.
3 more weeks til vacation…
Jul
10
Apple support vs. Dell support
Here’s one for the mac fanboys who are still wondering why Apple is lagging in the businesses.
Last thursday my MacBook croaked with a dead DVD burner after only a month. In addition to that I also had the lovely case discolouration problem. So first I had to call Apple. They registered the call and told me the nearest Apple service centre was 40 miles away and gave me the address.
I drove there the next morning and got told it was the wrong address, they didn’t do tech support, I should have dropped it off at another address. But I could leave it there anyway. Gee thanks Apple.
Today I could pick it up at the other address. Everything was apparently fixed, at least the case was replaced. So happily I drove back to work, turned it on, inserted a disc and heard really bad squeeks and clicks coming from the drive and actually saw the keyboard lift for about 5mm. Lovely. Called Apple again, they told me I better take it back (no shit). Called the place I picked it up from and they said they only took in machines between 1pm and 5, and even funnier, they didn’t do tech support, that was the first address…. riiight. So I called the first address again and now I can take it back there tomorrow. To be continued.
Now here’s what happens when one of my Dell machines throws a fit:
I call Dell. Done. Within 4 hours I’ll have somebody with replacement parts at the door fixing the damn thing.
See the difference? Kind of hard not to. And with this kind of business support there’s no way in hell we’ll ever switch the rest of the company over to Apple and the joys of Os X.
Jul
04
WordPress μ at last
Release Candidate 2 of WordPress μ, or MU, or Multi User has arrived. And that means the day has come that we’re saying goodbye to our b2evolution blogs and hello to μ.
If you still have a b2evo blog you can signup at the new one and give me a poke, I’ll help you move the posts over. Comments will sadly get lost in translation. Eventually the old ones that have been abandoned will be removed.
The new section is still very much work in progress, but I’m sure you’ll all love the end result. It’s just one of the stages for improvements I have planned around here over the next couple of months.
And if you’re one of our regular members and you want a blog… sign up here.
If you’re unsure whether you qualify as one, feel free to ask.
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