Don't put files in /tmp/ if you want them later

The orc artwork, for some obscure reason, was in /tmp/

Well, I expected it to be a one off.

Now those nice people at apple have replaced my cracked iPad2 I have to engrave it again, and, well, it has gone.

How bloody stupid. Nothing is ever a "one off". I should know this.

Humph.

Nice apple

Well, those nice people at apple have sorted the iCracked broken iPad1 for me, and are looking at my cracked iPad2... And they have replaced that too... Yay!

Very nice people at apple...

Sonim support staff cannot view web pages!

OK, sonim are seriously dragging their heels here with over a week just waiting for a returns number. This is not good service.

What is even more bizarre is that they apparently cannot view web pages. They asked what the problem was and I sent a URL for a picture of the damage. They asked about the IMEI I quoted, apparently having problems so I sent a URL for a picture of the serial number label with all of the details to be 100% sure I was not mistyping it.

It takes them a day to reply to that, and then they say they cannot view external links.

I have offered to sell them an internet connection that does allow them to view web pages. But what kind of Draconian company has email but not web acces?

Madness.

Your email address is too unusual!

So what sort of dick heads are "breathing space"?

They wont sell me a new air con unit unless I tell them my normal email and phone number and simply cannot understand that the ones I told them are my normal they cannot cope.

They said my email address was unusual. Well, yes? In fact all email addresses are so unusual that they are unique. They totally failed to understand their system did not check against the actual rules for an email address but something totally made up.

There was no question that it was valid as they were emailed me on it. As is typical their contact pages accepted the email address that their order page would not.

As for the phone number, it is checked by the card validation process. I know, because we had to get the bank to make sure it was listed some time ago. The address is checked too, so why the hassle. Arrg.

Why the hell turn away business?? Mad - no wonder the economy is in a mess.

iPad2 is way fragile (pic)

The number of times I dropped my iPad and no problems, dented auliminium case, but glass intact...

Dropped iPad2 around 1m on to wooden floor. Case not dented but glass is smashed.

Arrrg.

Basically I was folding the cover over the top, as you do, holding iPad with one hand and moving cover with the other. The cover detached (magnets) and as this was unexpected I droped the iPad on the floor. Crack.

It's Friday?

So, two hour wait for a table at TGIF...

But hang on, outside, they have a sign showing the opening times for different days of the week, and it is next to a sign that says that here it is always Friday...

But... Surely the opening times should be

Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday

April fool

Well, I was tempted to post an article on how our favourite telco had confirmed that they now have redundant hot standby routers in their network... And then later in the day explain it was an April fool's joke. After all, that is not going to happen is it :-)

OK! Some people have too much time on their hands...
http://www.thinkgeek.com/interests/looflirpa/e8bb/

Ha, and more... IPv4.1
http://packetlife.net/blog/2011/apr/1/alternative-ipv6-works/