Greenpeace Squares off Against Apple
Beautifully mimicking Apple’s site, Greenpeace has squarely targetted Apple in it’s Greenpeace Apple site for Apple’s seemingly quite poor environmental record.
None of this is information that is readily known to Mac users and it certainly does not fit at all with the lifestyle imagery Apple attempts to project. I’m very impressed by this site; […]
Flyspray and Its Pithy Error Messages
At work we use Flyspray for our bug tracking and it works quite well. Looks nice too.
However the error messages leave something to be desired, indicating that Flyspray’s internal error handling process leaves something to be desired:
In fact the cause of this was an error with the Flyspray code not properly constructing an automatically-generated URL.
As […]
Who Says Reporters Sensationalize?
Down in Virginia Beach some guy walked up to an ATM, reprogrammed it to give $20s and though they were $5s and walked away. From the article:
The man then punched a series of numbers on the machine’s keypad, breaking the security code.
I believe the correct phrase in this case should really be: “entering the security […]
Web Banking Kludge or Feature?
From the web banking application used by my local bank:
Please do not make duplicate bill payments of the exact amount within the same business day. The system verifies all payments at Midnight (PST) and will reverse all duplicate payments. If you need to make duplicate payments for one bill vendor, please vary the amount.
I understand […]
Choose Your Own Adventure: Miami Airport
You’re in the Miami airport, you’ve just passed security, you’re looking for Gate 43 - which way do you go?
Quote of the Day
That’s the thing about people who think they hate computers. What they really hate is lousy programmers.
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Oath of Fealty