Archive for the ‘WTFs’ Category

Talking into mobiles

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

This is a trend I've noticed, mostly whilst working in the Library. I've seen people talking on a mobile phone, and actually move the phone away from their ear and in front of their mouths when they speak.  I don't quite understand what the point of this is - and it ...

I Accidentally a USB

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Since the start of term, I've been getting emails to my Uni account with subject lines like this: MARKING YOUR USB USB FOUND - PLEASE COLLECT ANOTHER USB FOUND!!   So I decided to "mark my USB" in case I lost it in the future. I made the file "THIS_IS_A_USB.txt" on the root of the ...

My iPod is depressed

Monday, October 27th, 2008

As I was walking home from campus today, the playlist from shuffle mode went like this: One - Aimee Man - A song about being lonely Alone In Kyoto - Air Radio #1 - Air Move Along - All American Rejects - I'm not even sure why I have this song Northern Birds - Amateur ...

Lambeth Conference

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Yes yes, the Lambeth Conference has been happening up at UKC, and I've been doing some IT support for it. I have been working on the Help & Enquiry desk at the library. Bishops, it seems, are confusing. We had one fellow who wanted to "send an email from here". ...

On a scale of one to red ….

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

My uni's union is doing an online vote for their elections this year. They seem to be doing it through a third party called SurveySwift. SurveySwift need a swift clip around the ear: What exactly it expects me to input as my "preference" I really don't know - but ...