Ha, this is hilarious. Turns out you don't own what you pay for anymore.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/17/amazon-remotely-deletes-orwell-e-books-from-kindles-unpersons-r/
Sunday, 23 August 2009
Saturday, 8 August 2009
Bad design gets you more traffic...
...but perhaps annoyed traffic.
If anyone out there is like me (perhaps they are not, it is entirely possible) then they will have, at some point, gone on the search for and found a great tutorial/article about something they need to do.
They'll then, perhaps, read it through & think they've got it sussed, only to find themselves 5 minutes later re-googling the same thing to get back to that self same page because they've forgotten a vital detail.
Imagine that the pertinent information is on page 5/5, imagine the navigation is so ill-considered and non-re-factored (pre-factored?) that there is no way to go from page 1 to page 5 without clicking next 4 times.
This is highly annoying, but the content is strong, so you do it. Perhaps not 10 times, but then again, perhaps you are that forgetful.
What does this do for the developer of the site you're using? Piss you off with them ...for sure. Make their boss 5 x more happy with the analytics figures? sure that too. grrrrr.
UPDATE: yes, I am aware of the existence of back buttons, browser history, bookmarks and having a short term memory.
If anyone out there is like me (perhaps they are not, it is entirely possible) then they will have, at some point, gone on the search for and found a great tutorial/article about something they need to do.
They'll then, perhaps, read it through & think they've got it sussed, only to find themselves 5 minutes later re-googling the same thing to get back to that self same page because they've forgotten a vital detail.
Imagine that the pertinent information is on page 5/5, imagine the navigation is so ill-considered and non-re-factored (pre-factored?) that there is no way to go from page 1 to page 5 without clicking next 4 times.
This is highly annoying, but the content is strong, so you do it. Perhaps not 10 times, but then again, perhaps you are that forgetful.
What does this do for the developer of the site you're using? Piss you off with them ...for sure. Make their boss 5 x more happy with the analytics figures? sure that too. grrrrr.
UPDATE: yes, I am aware of the existence of back buttons, browser history, bookmarks and having a short term memory.
Thursday, 9 July 2009
PDO lastInsertId issue
OK, so i may be dimmer than most, but I spent over an hour pulling my hair out over this.
To get the correct id back from PDO::lastInsertId(), you have to call it before the commit.
e.g. somthing like...
...will work nicely
To get the correct id back from PDO::lastInsertId(), you have to call it before the commit.
e.g. somthing like...
$dbh = new PDO();
$dbh->beginTransaction();
$stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);
$stmt->execute($params);
$return = $dbh->lastInsertId();
$dbh->commit();
...will work nicely
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
David Cameron has it large!
Is this David Cameron at a rave in 1988?
For the full video, check out youtube (although this is about all you get of "probably not" David Cameron)
For the full video, check out youtube (although this is about all you get of "probably not" David Cameron)
Saturday, 7 February 2009
The Lonely Island - Jizz in my pants
Keep an eye out for these guys, this is "Jizz in my pants" from the forthcoming album "Incredibad". Just brilliant!
thelonelyisland.com/
thelonelyisland.com/
Friday, 6 February 2009
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Monday, 19 January 2009
Timewaster Phone Calls
Phone calls from Robin Cooper - the chap behind The Timewaster letters.
Great stuff. What is the number for 118 118?
http://www.robertpopper.com/?page_id=55
Great stuff. What is the number for 118 118?
http://www.robertpopper.com/?page_id=55
Thursday, 8 January 2009
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
New Flight of the Conchords! Series 2 - watch now!
The first episode of series 2 of FOC is available now! Only to US users though. I absolutely do not suggest or condone using a US open proxy service such as can be found here. http://www.xroxy.com/proxy-country-US.htm
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Saturday, 6 December 2008
Oh dear
ok, I really can't draw. to attempt to get better, I'm going to draw myself every day.
I will post occasional attempts to see if I'm getting any better. Here is no. 1 - I don't look like this really!
I've got the look of a Russian from a Big Train staring contest here!
I will post occasional attempts to see if I'm getting any better. Here is no. 1 - I don't look like this really!
I've got the look of a Russian from a Big Train staring contest here!
Sebastian Rogers
Check out Sebastian Rogers - met him and saw him perform at a house concert in Brighton last week & he's travelled the length and breadth of the US giving concerts in peoples living rooms. Interesting guy, great music.
Sunday, 30 November 2008
A first for me
I got called a Paki last night outside a bar in Hampshire. To give some context, I'm a middle-class white man from Norfolk.
I didn't really know how to react. Me and my mate George (also white) were just baffled to be honest, as we walked outside the bar for a smoke and the ignorant scum-boy started to quiz us - "not being funny mate, but does your uncle own a corner shop?". No, not being funny, thats the single part of your sentence that made any sense.
Racial inaccuracies aside, I would have genuinely liked to have known what reason he thought he had for instigating confrontation from a distance of 10 yards purely based on someones skin pigmentation. Unfortunately, I judged that this particular chap and his gang of giggling fuckwits weren't really up for some analysis of the issues at hand, or really a friendly chat.
I'm lucky, I don't really witness racism that often, and when I do it's usually in the form of ignorant old men in pubs who have never left Norfolk, and are scared by anything remotely unusual ("sponge pudding, on a Wednesday?! you're starting to make me uncomfortable Mary."). I've certainly never been on the receiving end of it, and I can tell you I didn't much enjoy it.
I really would have loved to be equipped enough physically (or have useful fighting super-powers) to have taken him on and tried to find out exactly how the crazy fuckers mind works. But I'm not, so we took the moral high ground and walked off, a bit confused as to what had just happened.
I didn't really know how to react. Me and my mate George (also white) were just baffled to be honest, as we walked outside the bar for a smoke and the ignorant scum-boy started to quiz us - "not being funny mate, but does your uncle own a corner shop?". No, not being funny, thats the single part of your sentence that made any sense.
Racial inaccuracies aside, I would have genuinely liked to have known what reason he thought he had for instigating confrontation from a distance of 10 yards purely based on someones skin pigmentation. Unfortunately, I judged that this particular chap and his gang of giggling fuckwits weren't really up for some analysis of the issues at hand, or really a friendly chat.
I'm lucky, I don't really witness racism that often, and when I do it's usually in the form of ignorant old men in pubs who have never left Norfolk, and are scared by anything remotely unusual ("sponge pudding, on a Wednesday?! you're starting to make me uncomfortable Mary."). I've certainly never been on the receiving end of it, and I can tell you I didn't much enjoy it.
I really would have loved to be equipped enough physically (or have useful fighting super-powers) to have taken him on and tried to find out exactly how the crazy fuckers mind works. But I'm not, so we took the moral high ground and walked off, a bit confused as to what had just happened.
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