Maybe you shouldn’t have a domain called Bet Git.
#FAIL:
P.S. And perhaps you should learn how to spell “owner”, too.
P.P.S. And get a system that replaces “<EMAIL>” with my actual email address.
Category Archives: Gripes
The life of the unemployed
If you’ve ever thought that the unemployed were enjoying themselves getting paid to sit on their arses living off other people’s taxes, or as some wanker wrote on Twitter last week “people that dont wanna work and think everything should be handed to them on a plate”, or even if you know that not to be the case, I thought I’d garnish you with some figures from my own personal experiences. I’m currently a little bit angry at the world, and my confidence isn’t as high as it might be. And that’s partly because this week I’ve been rejected for another two jobs that are very much below me.
Gmail to Google Apps Mail = Frustration
What a pain in the arse this is turning out to be. I setup a Gmail account years ago, and when I did it, I for whatever reason didn’t sign up as Benpark@gmail.com. Maybe it wasn’t available. I don’t remember. But I picked something stupid, based on one of my radio sketch characters at the time. Continue reading Gmail to Google Apps Mail = Frustration
Twitter bug? Or deliberate?
I’ve been having a slight issue lately with Twitter web. It’s basically as follows. Continue reading Twitter bug? Or deliberate?
I’m coming back to Facebook
Last year, I quit Facebook. No – not deactivated. A full on account deletion.
I quit it because I wasn’t using it, I didn’t like it, and I was fed up of a lot of aspects of it. I still don’t really see the point of it now, don’t have enough information to share to fill a constantly-expanding photo album, and I almost certainly won’t use it very much this time around either.
I didn’t like their embedded video system, it’s a pain to find people on it, the general search system is shite, it’s slow, it’s cumbersome, and it’s got loads of adverts on it. I didn’t like the way people copied me in on conversations I couldn’t care less about, then watched as every individual replied back to everyone. It was like a return to the shit old ‘reply all’ days of email, before people learnt how to use it properly. Continue reading I’m coming back to Facebook
Airline Safety Announcements
I was browsing the web this morning, one thing led to another, and eventually I ended up watching airline safety announcement videos.
This reminded me that when I flew last (Nov 2010) with First Choice, they had a really really bad safety announcement. It wasn’t done by humans, but a video. And the video was bad. Imagine if a primary school made an airline safety video. That’s exactly it. Continue reading Airline Safety Announcements
Upload CV in .doc format?
I’m back to applying for jobs at the moment. I notice a lot of job websites want it in Word format. But I’ll just say it now – Word formats are a bit of a pain in the arse.
I’ve written before about the problem you get when you open a Word-format .doc file in LibreOffice, OpenOffice or NeoOffice with keeping bullet points and web links consistent between Windows and Mac. It can’t look great to receive a CV from a potential applicant where all the bullet points are different sizes and/or have been replaced with Mercedes badges (unless you’re applying for a job at Mercedes). Continue reading Upload CV in .doc format?
Government saving – plain English?
I’ve been thinking recently, that is the government wants to save money, they could do so by making their documents easier to read.
A few days ago I received a letter from HM Revenue and Customs. I say letter – it was one piece of paper, about half the size of A5, in an envelope. On both the front and back of the envelope, it told me I could arrange payments online, via Direct Debit.
Inside, the piece of paper said: Continue reading Government saving – plain English?
Things That I Hope Die A Painful Death in 2012
It’s the start of 2012, and I think we need to embrace the new dawn, and kill off some old shit things from the past. Continue reading Things That I Hope Die A Painful Death in 2012
The January Sales
They don’t even start in January anymore. They start from 6am on Boxing Day, depending on the shop. I’ve never quite been sure about whether or not they’re worth bothering with. I’m skeptical as to whether or not they exist, or it’s just a massive ploy to trick people into buying things they don’t really want. Is anything really any cheaper?
I remember buying a video recorder in the January sales, years and years ago. It was £200 before Christmas, so I waited til Boxing Day to see if it would be reduced. On Boxing Day, I walked into an electrical store and bought it for…exactly the same price it was in December. Maybe there were others discounted, but I had already chosen which one I wanted, so that wasn’t any help to me. Continue reading The January Sales