BONWAG

Here’s a challenge for wordsmiths; construct a narrative using only words which contain both ‘S’ and ‘A’. (SA – Essay – Geddit?) Although it sounds pretty bizarre, some of the entries are sheer brilliance. (link)

It seems to be all the rage for online banking services to offer ‘Account Aggregation’ these days; a service which allows you to access all your accounts from one, ‘secure’ place on the internet, even if they’re with other institutions.
Nice idea, but the stupid thing is that each bank offering this service specifically forbids you to do it through any other bank, because it means that you’ve had to store your account details somewhere other than your own skull. So, if I have accounts at three different banks and want to make use of this service, I have to violate the conditions of two accounts in order to get any benefit.
I don’t forsee this particular technology fulfilling its promise, do you?

Another one of those crazy internet pastimes for the collection: a ‘Googlewhack’ is when you type two words into the ‘Google’ search engine, and get exactly one match. A pointless, friutless exercise, but an exercise in Zen. (link)

They said it was annoying and told me to stop it. Many times. But it seems that drumming the table with your fingers might be part of your job description Real Soon Now. Here’s a cool invention which is going on my Christmas list *today*. (link)

It’s been bugging me for too long. When Kenny Kidna sings good night to me from Channel 10 Perth, it’s Just not Right.
There used to be a cute song which described Kenny’s friends and sent the kids off to bed properly. Nowadays, it’s been cut short, so that it’s just an afterthought before the news updates.
Kenny deserves better. I’ve decided to do something about it. You can help.
Please sign (and ask your friends) to sign the petition to get the full version reinstated. More info about the campaign here. Let’s get ‘Captain Possum’ back on the airwaves!

One of my colleagues sent me an ‘out of office’ email today which explained that he was ‘…focusing on face-time activities with our clients on and will not be able to respond immediately to emails.’
I’m not sure exactly what ‘face-time’ is. It’s not on *my* job description.

When I found out this was an urban legend, I was a little sad, but it’s a great lateral thinking question for your next quiet night in… (link)

The following article – unattributed – is only slightly funny and is closer to speculation than the truth – but it’s some good food for thought on an otherwise quiet Tuesday. It talks about monkeys, too. Haven’t you always wanted a monkey?

Continue reading The Monkey Experiment

As a traveler, I can relate to the frustrations of these guys; they had a guaranteed room, which wasn’t ready for them when they arrived late at a Houston hotel one night. Normally, the hotel would be apologetic, and bend over backwards to help. They didn’t, apparently, and through some creative PowerPoint and the virtues of the internet, the weary travelers got their point across. With style.link

For some reason, I’m keen to get back into my playing of The Sims – a cool computer game where you control the fortunes of little digital minions. Maybe I just need to feel like a god again.
However, I realised I’ve lent my copy to someone and I can’t remember who it was! If you’re reading this, and you have my copy of The Sims, please let me know!