One thing I hate is being lied to. I like honesty, tell me the truth and I might be a bit upset but I will appreciate you for it. You will go up in my estimations for your honesty. Tell me a lie that I find out about and well, you’re in for a quick route to my most hated list. One thing is for sure I won’t do any kind of business with you. I’m not the only person with this point of view I am sure, everyone hates being lied to and in this day of search engines it’s much easier to be caught out than you would think. Continue reading »
I don’t usually have a problem with people in authority recording more information about me, I’m not scared that giving them a copy of my DNA could lead to a problem. I would happily carry an ID card with me everywhere I went if needed (although I’m not completely for the idea of having to pay a stupendous amount but thats another story). I’m an innocent person, I have nothing to hide, after all its not like the information can be falsied by some one holding a grudge against me. Also, despite some recent blunders the data is usually pretty secure so it’s not as if there is much chance of someone getting hold of my DNA (and at this point in time what good would it do them there are no clones yet!*). I don’t even have a problem with having my background checked out by a prospective employer, I was going to be a teacher once upon a time so I have had a CRB check run on me. What I do have a problem with is a database were information can be submitted about an individual by an employer with no evidence to back it up. Continue reading »
Anyone who has read my previous post The Facebook Addiction might think I dislike Facebook after this one. The BBC 3 program The Wall produced this little promo. Its cast in a comedic lighty but I feel the way it protrays Facebook is very true to life.
For a long time now I have always tended to use open source software where ever I can. I run my blog on wordpress, I use Firefox as my web browser, I use Open/Neo Office, I haven’t gone quite as far as running Linux on a PC I am using full time just yet but thats mainly because I am too lazy to set about learning another OS at the moment. One of the amazing things about the
http://www.speedy-b.com/open source movement is that for all the excellent solutions out there, the majority of mainstream IT is still done using paid for software. Be that the OS (Windows) or the other things (Microsoft Office) Continue reading »
Like most people my age I have had some dealings with Instant Messengers (IM’s). I started off Using Yahoo back in college and uni. Their web messenger was always nice and simple, and I have to admit I didn’t mind some of the chat rooms on there. After I left uni, I started using MSN messenger. Some of my friends from uni where on it and as we were spread out over the country it was a good way to keep in touch (I couldn’t convince them to use yahoo as they kind of believed that Microsoft were ok).
Like any grown adult I have lot of time a lot of time in the company of alcohol. I’ve grown accustomed to consuming copious amounts of it on a weekend in order to unwind from a long week at work. Its common place in the UK, go in any city center bar on a Friday night and you i will see plenty of people who have come out straight from work. Continue reading »
