Some people are having problems believing the seagulls in Finding Nemo were saying “Mine!”. Apart from issues surrounding the operation of the human ear, some have ignored the evidence of how seagulls behave and the context of the dialogue. One person insisted that since they’re Australian seagulls, they must be saying “Mate!”. Yup, ‘cos Australians ... [More]
I didn’t watch the life expectancy survey thing on Channel 7 last Sunday, though I see a minute or two while channel-flicking. It was showing reams of statistics, read out by an unseen host whose voice I thought I recognised, but who didn’t appear on-screen so I could work out if I was right or ... [More]
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Foiled
Amazon UK and the bank seem to be conspiring to make me spend my money more wisely, by refusing to accept my otherwise healthy credit card for payment, and blaming each other for the refusal. Strangest sight so far this week: Two women glammed-up, with an ancient-looking carpet sweeper, standing in the cold outside Parliament ... [More]
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Hello possums!
Where once were bats, now are possums. They seemed to be eating. Don’t know what — the tree is devoid of leaves. No doubt a little later tonight they’ll be merrily running riot somewhere up in my ceiling.
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The joys of real estate
The bank sent me another letter last week detailing how much they would welcome me being in debt to them by. The letter never arrived, so I rang them back and sure enough they had sent it to my old address. Whoops. Double-whoops, considering that included in the envelope were lots of fun financial statements ... [More]
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Must… resist… online… shopping…
The problem with shopping on the Net on UK web sites is that prices in pounds make everything sound so cheap. So it was hard to resist the lure of three movies I kinda sorta wanted, at 8.97, 8.97 and 6.97 each. Bargains, every one! No, wait, that’s UKP, dammit. Multiply by three, pretty much. ... [More]
Yes, I saw the other car at that roundabout. Despite the rain, the dark, I was quite aware it was there. And it would have been entirely my fault if we’d collided. I failed to give way to the right. Because I thought it was turning left. I ask you: those dickie little driving lights ... [More]
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The party shirt
Friday night DVD: School Of Rock. Not at all deep, and obviously a Jack Black post-High-Fidelity star vehicle, but very funny, very enjoyable. I rang the bank to ask what happened with my alarm clock points reward thing I ordered. The lady told me it would take up to 28 days to arrive. TWENTY EIGHT ... [More]
Here is my rather unnattractive chocolate brown bathroom cabinet. All the bathroom features are chocolate brown plastic. That’s what comes from renting a house I suppose. As usual you can pause your mouse over various bits to see text about it. (Sorry Firefox users, for some reason you’ll only see the first few words unless ... [More]
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Meaningless numbers
Number of days until the next Here Is My meme entry: 2. (The plan is to post one every Sunday). Have your cameras ready! Number of people I’ve seen on the train this week reading The Da Vinci Code: 4 5 — including two in the same carriage. Number of TV shows I endeavour to ... [More]
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Dial 1900-RIPOFF
I was glancing at my mobile phone bill, trying to make sense of a 3 minute 41 second call that cost me $13.62 (inc GST). The number said 1902226218, which I didn’t initially recognise, and had two calls listed against it at the same time. How could this make sense? I was going to ring ... [More]
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Web design rant
Dear web site designers, Don’t design your whole site in Flash. Use it sparingly. Use it when you have to. If you use it, there’d better be a non-Flash way of looking at the same information, for people who can’t see Flash and for search engines (you know, those things which bring people to your ... [More]