Archive for the ‘Humour’ Category

Welcome to Kyrgyzstan. We need to hack your iPhone.

Sunday, April 8th, 2012

It seems like a reasonably common thing – putting a SIM into a GSM mobile and making a call. The phone is unlocked and all, it’ll just work, right…?

I had clearly forgotten the enjoyment of the “developing world” factor. It of course does not “just work”. I suspect in the next few years of this adventure very little will “just work”.

So – I give my phone to the dealer our company uses and he says he’ll get it sorted and back to me. All this done through an intermediary, as everyone only speaks Russian and I’m still working toward “chut chut Ruski”. (A little bit of Russian).

ANZ Tells me "Pay $0.00 – Or Else"

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

I received a letter from ANZ a few weeks ago

"Please make immediate payment of $0.00"

Ahh yeah – great effort with the computers there guys….

 

scan0008

Brisbane Translink Go Card Charges in Pounds Sterling

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Sheesh – at the exchange rate – no wonder public transport is expensive! Pounds Sterling – what next – Euro’s?

image

image

This is of course on top of what would have to the  slowest proximity readers on the planet, displays that are impossible to read, an arcane array of “beep” codes, and an “Auto Top Up” function – that doesn’t.

Great system guys, matches your train network perfectly.

US Subprime Economics explained at my level – Funny

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&pli=1

Protection for the Internet

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Now you can block Robots and Morons with one tool

http://www.defectiveyeti.com/iacaptchas/

Humour – How to survive an Aircraft Mishap

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

Being a frequent flyer I found both of these highly entertaining:

http://msu.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1483960

http://msu.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1486339