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Random Rants & Soapbox Favourites

July 19, 2009 Leave a comment

Random Rants

These are any basic rants that I feel the need to get off my chest. Some will be the sort of issues that one of my bosses used to call my soap box moments: Those topics that make want to stand on a box on the street corner and preach about.  Others will be more general observations on life that I feel the urge to write about.

In many cases these rants will be slightly tongue in cheek – I try not to take myself too seriously, even if I am making a serious point. I mean to cause no offence, but if I do, then at least I have made someone think. Feel free to respond.

Bowen’s 1st Law of Public Transport

July 4, 2009 Leave a comment

If the service before the one you are now waiting for had been as late running as the one you are waiting for is, you’d be on your way by now.

This is an old adage, coined 30 odd years ago when I used to travel by bus a lot. This blog entry was prompted when I had a trip by train to London. Knowing that there were 3 trains at about 10 minute intervals at that time of the morning I headed for the station. The first train had just hove into view as I locked my car, but pulled out bang on time as I walked up the steps to the platform. The next train was shown as 25 minutes late and that had pushed the one behind back as well. If the first one had been just 1 minute late I would have been on it. Such is life.

Technology, or Not Having Fun

June 23, 2009 Leave a comment

OK, so I’ve been around for years. My first logistics job was loading this boat. The despatch notes were on tablets of stone and we had a hell of a job getting all those pairs of animals on board in that storm.

Technology came along though, and I’ve enthusiastically embraced things as they’ve hit the market, but when it lets you down….

Take today. Yesterday I set up two new web addresses for a project. I got the log in confirmations last night and the holding pages were in place. It was late though, so I didn’t upload the sites. I’ve learned not to do some things when I’m tired.

This morning both addresses have vanished, or are at least unavailable for access. So, having got up early to load the sites and set up the email services etc, I’m writing this.

The worst part is the lack of information; why are the sites unavailable? When will they be back? What do I tell my client?

So, at the moment, I’m not having my daily fun. It’s raining outside, the cat is bored and wants to walk all over the laptop and I haven’t had my breakfast. At least I can do something about the latter; a bowl of bitesize Shredded Wheat is very low tech, so that’s where I’m going now.