One of my colleagues at work sent my boss and I a picture that she thought looks exactly like us following a series of funny emails. What do you think?
And who is who?
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
What Happens When You Accidentally Set Your Clock Forward One Hour?
I'll tell you what happens. You wake up an hour earlier. I'm normally up at 6 but this morning the clock showed 5:49 so I thought that I'd get up anyway. And my clock is 20 mins fast. Jumped on the computer, read the news, read some blogs, read some emails, etc and then thought to myself, "It must be six o'clock". At this point I looked at the computer clock and it said 5:00. "Hmmm. Maybe the computer is playing up as I have had some problems recently". Quick check of the watch indicated that it was indeed five o'clock.
It's dark normally when I wake up and I didn't feel any more tired than I normally do when it is time to roll out of bed so it didn't dawn on me that it was that early. I'm thinking that it's going to be an early night tonight.
I'll tell you what happens. You wake up an hour earlier. I'm normally up at 6 but this morning the clock showed 5:49 so I thought that I'd get up anyway. And my clock is 20 mins fast. Jumped on the computer, read the news, read some blogs, read some emails, etc and then thought to myself, "It must be six o'clock". At this point I looked at the computer clock and it said 5:00. "Hmmm. Maybe the computer is playing up as I have had some problems recently". Quick check of the watch indicated that it was indeed five o'clock.
It's dark normally when I wake up and I didn't feel any more tired than I normally do when it is time to roll out of bed so it didn't dawn on me that it was that early. I'm thinking that it's going to be an early night tonight.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Night At The Museum - Movie
What to do on a Sunday. I was hoping that there would be a movie to watch in the city and Night At The Museum was screening. The trailer was of interest and I know that Yu-Jin wanted to watch the movie as I did. As luck would have it it was screening at an appropriate time.
We all journeyed to the city, on a stinking hot and humid day, and went to the theatre. A few minutes after the movie had started a couple of elderly English women came in and sat down behind us. One of them had a crutch and the "clop, clop, clop" behind me was a bit annoying. But the fact that they talked incessantly with bits like, "Oh, that's Robin Williams" and "He's playing like a dog" to the most obvious things really annoyed me. "And your subject on Mastermind is 'Stating the bloody obvious'". Gosh they were annoying.
The movie was great. At times the theatre was full of laughter even though maybe only two dozen people were there. We really enjoyed it. Great family movie.
What to do on a Sunday. I was hoping that there would be a movie to watch in the city and Night At The Museum was screening. The trailer was of interest and I know that Yu-Jin wanted to watch the movie as I did. As luck would have it it was screening at an appropriate time.
We all journeyed to the city, on a stinking hot and humid day, and went to the theatre. A few minutes after the movie had started a couple of elderly English women came in and sat down behind us. One of them had a crutch and the "clop, clop, clop" behind me was a bit annoying. But the fact that they talked incessantly with bits like, "Oh, that's Robin Williams" and "He's playing like a dog" to the most obvious things really annoyed me. "And your subject on Mastermind is 'Stating the bloody obvious'". Gosh they were annoying.
The movie was great. At times the theatre was full of laughter even though maybe only two dozen people were there. We really enjoyed it. Great family movie.
SMS Premium Services Theiving Bastards Update
I was pleasantly surprised to receive a phone call from SMS Premium Services yesterday. The lady who called said that she understood I had a query relating to the service on my mobile. I soon put her straight that it was my wife's mobile phone that had the problem.
I explained that Miky had been charged for the "Download sexy babes to your mobile service" at the rate of $4.95 per received SMS and that I wanted the money refunded that had been taken. Reema, the customer service officer, assured me that the service would be stopped and that no more SMSs would be received and no more charges would be forthcoming. "No," I said, "I want a refund. I want the credit taken from us."
"Maybe I didn't make that clear for you," she said. "You won't receive or be charged for any more messages."
I went on to explain that we did not sign up for the service in the first place so a full refund was warranted. I was told that we must have signed up online or on the mobile phone otherwise the service couldn't have been initiated. Well, I know that Miky is close to being a technophobe, so there is no way that she signed up online or on her mobile. So I informed Reema that this hadn't happened. "Somebody at your house must have signed up. It is not possible to receive the service otherwise." Reema was then informed that our house has a six year-old and the two parents, none of whom signed up, therefore I wanted a full refund.
She spoke to her manager. A short while later she returned and offered me a 50% refund on the credit. I had been thinking that about $27 had been stolen. "I'm not interested in receiving 50% credit for a service that I never asked for." Then I asked how many messages had been sent. In a seven day period they sent "More than 10." Don't forget these bastards charged us $4.95 per SMS received. Nearly two a day! Theiving bastards. After going over this point a couple of times I then instructed her that I wanted to speak to her manager. She put me on hold for about five seconds only and then informed me that a 100% credit would be issued. Let's face it, the service would have cost them 5-10 cents per SMS so it's not as if it's going to bankrupt them.
I have to get an itemised account of the phone to show the SMSs received and fax it to this company. Then a cheque will be sent to me and it will be finalised within 10-12 days. "We send out cheques every week," Reema informed me. I very nearly said something about that being an admission of guilt on her company's behalf for a service that was "impossible" to receive without having signed up for. But I held my tongue.
Not far to go now. But "the cheque's in the mail" doesn't fill me with a great deal of confidence.
I was pleasantly surprised to receive a phone call from SMS Premium Services yesterday. The lady who called said that she understood I had a query relating to the service on my mobile. I soon put her straight that it was my wife's mobile phone that had the problem.
I explained that Miky had been charged for the "Download sexy babes to your mobile service" at the rate of $4.95 per received SMS and that I wanted the money refunded that had been taken. Reema, the customer service officer, assured me that the service would be stopped and that no more SMSs would be received and no more charges would be forthcoming. "No," I said, "I want a refund. I want the credit taken from us."
"Maybe I didn't make that clear for you," she said. "You won't receive or be charged for any more messages."
I went on to explain that we did not sign up for the service in the first place so a full refund was warranted. I was told that we must have signed up online or on the mobile phone otherwise the service couldn't have been initiated. Well, I know that Miky is close to being a technophobe, so there is no way that she signed up online or on her mobile. So I informed Reema that this hadn't happened. "Somebody at your house must have signed up. It is not possible to receive the service otherwise." Reema was then informed that our house has a six year-old and the two parents, none of whom signed up, therefore I wanted a full refund.
She spoke to her manager. A short while later she returned and offered me a 50% refund on the credit. I had been thinking that about $27 had been stolen. "I'm not interested in receiving 50% credit for a service that I never asked for." Then I asked how many messages had been sent. In a seven day period they sent "More than 10." Don't forget these bastards charged us $4.95 per SMS received. Nearly two a day! Theiving bastards. After going over this point a couple of times I then instructed her that I wanted to speak to her manager. She put me on hold for about five seconds only and then informed me that a 100% credit would be issued. Let's face it, the service would have cost them 5-10 cents per SMS so it's not as if it's going to bankrupt them.
I have to get an itemised account of the phone to show the SMSs received and fax it to this company. Then a cheque will be sent to me and it will be finalised within 10-12 days. "We send out cheques every week," Reema informed me. I very nearly said something about that being an admission of guilt on her company's behalf for a service that was "impossible" to receive without having signed up for. But I held my tongue.
Not far to go now. But "the cheque's in the mail" doesn't fill me with a great deal of confidence.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Shall We Have Indian Tonight, Dear?
On Friday a few of us from work went down to the wharf to see one of our machines being loaded onto a ship. The machinery is called a shiploader and it comes with a tripper. The beastie weighs close to 800 tonnes so you require some heavy duty cranes to lift it onboard.
Shiploader being loaded onto a ship.
Shiploader.
The tripper.
A couple of the guys started talking about an Indian restaurant, in Canning Vale, near where they live. It was given the ok by both of them so I thought that we might try it out. Miky and I both work long and hard so we usually go out for a meal once or twice on a weekend. I got directions to the place but not the name or phone number. Tried to look it up online but didn't find it.
The restaurant is located about 15 kms from our house and it was half past seven by the time we arrived. There was a restaurant in the complex we parked at with some Indian food on the menu but it seemed to be mainly Indonesian and Thai. I asked a woman who was walking her dog, obviously a local, if this was the restaurant and she said yes. We went in and found out that it was booked out. Bummer.
It's at this stage the Miky normally bursts a blood vessel. Apart from getting mildly upset the blood vessels stayed intact. I was a bit surprised. We headed back to Victoria Park to try out Senoji, a Japanese restaurant. The food was very nice. For our meal we had prawn tempura sushi, which could quickly become my favourite dish, wakame udon (seaweed with udon noodles) and chicken katsu curry. I tried hard to convince Yu-Jin that the Katsu was a small furry animal that we would be eating.
Bought a couple of drinks (shock, horror!) and I was pleasantly suprised to be served an iced lemon tea in the form of tea that was iced and not something out of a bottle.
Ironically, Senoji is opposite an Indian restaurant. We went all that way for Indian food and then didn't bother having any. I think we'll revisit the restaurant as the food was delicious and it wasn't too expensive. And they have room to sit without booking on a Saturday night.
On Friday a few of us from work went down to the wharf to see one of our machines being loaded onto a ship. The machinery is called a shiploader and it comes with a tripper. The beastie weighs close to 800 tonnes so you require some heavy duty cranes to lift it onboard.
Shiploader being loaded onto a ship.
Shiploader.
The tripper.A couple of the guys started talking about an Indian restaurant, in Canning Vale, near where they live. It was given the ok by both of them so I thought that we might try it out. Miky and I both work long and hard so we usually go out for a meal once or twice on a weekend. I got directions to the place but not the name or phone number. Tried to look it up online but didn't find it.
The restaurant is located about 15 kms from our house and it was half past seven by the time we arrived. There was a restaurant in the complex we parked at with some Indian food on the menu but it seemed to be mainly Indonesian and Thai. I asked a woman who was walking her dog, obviously a local, if this was the restaurant and she said yes. We went in and found out that it was booked out. Bummer.
It's at this stage the Miky normally bursts a blood vessel. Apart from getting mildly upset the blood vessels stayed intact. I was a bit surprised. We headed back to Victoria Park to try out Senoji, a Japanese restaurant. The food was very nice. For our meal we had prawn tempura sushi, which could quickly become my favourite dish, wakame udon (seaweed with udon noodles) and chicken katsu curry. I tried hard to convince Yu-Jin that the Katsu was a small furry animal that we would be eating.
Bought a couple of drinks (shock, horror!) and I was pleasantly suprised to be served an iced lemon tea in the form of tea that was iced and not something out of a bottle.
Ironically, Senoji is opposite an Indian restaurant. We went all that way for Indian food and then didn't bother having any. I think we'll revisit the restaurant as the food was delicious and it wasn't too expensive. And they have room to sit without booking on a Saturday night.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Still Got Problems Folks
Moments after finishing that last post the computer hung again. Or is that hanged again? Ol' Saddam only had to hang once.
So, bearing in mind that the computer bloke said it could be a power supply problem I moved the computer to give it more air and discovered that the vents were covered in lint. Took the side cover off and the fans were covered in lint too. I swapped the power cords to the hard drives and cleaned off all the lint. I do need to remove the heat sink from the processor as it is filthy too. Perhaps my processor got too hot and that is why the computer hangs.
Bit of work to do yet. Getting there though.
Moments after finishing that last post the computer hung again. Or is that hanged again? Ol' Saddam only had to hang once.
So, bearing in mind that the computer bloke said it could be a power supply problem I moved the computer to give it more air and discovered that the vents were covered in lint. Took the side cover off and the fans were covered in lint too. I swapped the power cords to the hard drives and cleaned off all the lint. I do need to remove the heat sink from the processor as it is filthy too. Perhaps my processor got too hot and that is why the computer hangs.
Bit of work to do yet. Getting there though.
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