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  • What’s on my desk?

    What’s on my desk?

    A while ago I wrote posts on ‘What’s in my bag?‘ and ‘What’s in my pencil case?‘. However, picking up an idea that came from an internal discussion amongst some Automatticians, I now present to you ‘What’s on my desk?’.

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  • Remind me again… Scotland Yard?

    Remind me again… Scotland Yard?

    I didn’t know there was a board game based on Scotland Yard, the home to the London police, until my wife stumbled across it on Amazon. The short descrition describes it thus – “Race around London to try and capture the elusive Mr X”. Reviews are positive and it’s a decent price.

    But, there was something about its listing on Amazon that caught her eye.

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  • On Long Passwords

    On Long Passwords

    At the moment, I’m having a ‘discussion’ with British Airways on Twitter. Sadly, it’s not the first time I’ve had a similar conversation with a company.

    Here’s the initial part of the problem – when you try and change your BA password, it gives you the following guidance for the password…

    So, the password has to be at least 6 digits and be numbers and letters. No symbols, mind you, which is a negative point. So, I put in a new password, generated for me. 49 digits no less. It complained..

    The password you have supplied is invalid. Passwords need to be at least 6 characters in length and use a mix of letters (English A-Z) and numbers.

    But my password did abide by those rules.

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  • WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: What’s the difference?

    WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: What’s the difference?

    Powering (at the time of writing) 28.8% of the internet’s top million sites, WordPress is a dominant force. Despite that popularity, people are hard-pressed to tell the difference between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org, and what they represent. But, before I explain, let’s talk a little about the history of WordPress first (it is relevant, I promise).

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  • Advert Photoshop Fail

    Advert Photoshop Fail

    This beauty is on my Twitter timeline today. Notice anything odd?

    Check the mirror.

    Or is it a mirror? It appears to be a hole through to an identical cabin (which, thankfully, has their hole filled in) – no wonder they can’t sell them.

    But, let’s be honest, it’s supposed to be a mirror. It’s just that whoever photoshopped this doesn’t have particularly good skills.