Are you even listening?

Are you even listening?

The iPhone has done this to some of my friends. I try to tell them that I´ve been surfing the net and downloading applications for five years, but no, the iPhone is better.

Dog sledding

I very much like the fact that I got the car its first MoT this morning and that I could renew the tax disc based on that MoT this afternoon. That´s how government services should work.

Robots

FYI if you need to give people international payment details, you can find the IBAN and Branch Identifiers by going to print a statement from the First Direct online system (you don´t need to actually print the statement).

Import CSV posts file to WordPress

Useful if you are trying to get information out of Drupal and in to WordPress. The import plugin just worked, although my upload directory permissions weren’t correct and needed changing.

Names

Nothing wrong with silly names: Private Eyes letters page notwithstanding. However, Jenny Taylor wins it for me. It has everything you might want, and nothing silly. Genius.

Why

A great example to use as a case study for consulting. "How much is 1.3 tonnes of opium worth"? Sadly truth and analytics were a casualty of spin as usual.

People at work

Another good contemplative set of pictures, this time on the theme of work. I think I’d least like to be in the firecracker factory. Doesn’t look safe or healthy.

Carnival

Lots of great pictures. I hadn’t really connected all the different types of carnival celebration in my mind. More pertinently, where does her costume end and someone else’s start?

Why

A great example to use as a case study for consulting. “How much is 1.3 tonnes of opium worth”? Sadly truth and analytics were a casualty of spin as usual.