I don’t remember where I got this one from, but it came back to me today when someone at work was talking about how their father likes to “play” with settings (VCR, TV, Air Conditioning, etc) and cables, then deny all knowledge.
There’s these three people: One IT Helpdesk staff member, One Software Developer, and one User.
They’re each put in a separate room, each room has a table, chair, and a window. On the table is a glass ball.
24 hours later, when checked - the IT Helpdesk person is sitting there, waiting for someone to ask for help. Similarly, the Software Developer is waiting to be given a task. The User, however is sitting in the corner - there’s no glass ball, and the window is broken. “What happened?”, they’re asked. “I don’t know, it just happened”
Jennifer Laycock, a work-at-home breastfeeding blogging mother created a line of humorous T-shirts for other Breastfeeding mothers (”Milk Jugs”, “Nip/Suck”, “That’s my baby’s lunch you’re staring at.”, etc). The issue? The (US) National Pork Board takes objection to use of “The Other White Milk” on a t-shirt.
Read More at Jennifer’s blog: Overzealous Big Pork Stomps on Breastfeeding Blogger
The only thing I can say is that atleast the National Pork Board didn’t call the Boston police and report them as “suspicious packages“.
Perhaps Jennifer should add a new t-shirt to the line up: “Just so we’re clear - these arn’t pork”, and maybe send a few over the the National Pork Board while she’s at it.
Battlestar Galactica rocks, oh, and btw - someone needs to hook me up with, err, this issue. And… Which chick? Grace Park (Sharon/Eight), Tricia Helfer (Six), or Lucy Lawless (D’Anna Biers/Three)
Looks like I’m not the only one who sees the iPhone as a pretty bad idea all-round (but damn, it’s generated a lot of commentary!). Paul talks about the iPhone’s impact on the clueless fashion-nuts in Australia, as well as the Trademark issue.
Interestingly, despite Apple’s “I’m a Mac - I’m a PC” ads, they didn’t exactly get the most err… “Dynamic” person they could, to give Cingular’s side of the story at the Keynote. Well, I guess it’s not Apple’s fault - but I’m sure the Apple PR guys could have called up the Cingular PR guys and said “hey, get someone who doesn’t wear a grey suit to come up and give the presentation”, or atleast “Get your CEO to read from an autoprompter.”
Stan Sigman (Cingular CEO) sounds so like the stereotypical boring middle-management person. Heck, you can even play Buzz Word Bingo - try this on for size, in the first two minutes of being on stage: ”Contractual Agreement”, “deliver on the vision”, “exceeded my expectations”, “Partnering”. He’s also got a very thick south-american accent. Nuu, Getin’, Bringin’, etc. The guy really has very little presentation skills. I could do a better job, ffs. If you want to torture yourself, go watch it here.
Now, enough about Apple. I need to go shower.
Tomorrow: How Oracle really pisses me off.
Edit 8:30am: One last thing (honestly) - Gizmodo UK is reporting that the iPhone is set to cost between €899 and €999 Euros in Europe according to Amazon Germany - however it will have 3G support - When it launches next year . (Via Neowin) Anyone else thinking that AUD$1,600 or so is a tad too much to be paying for a phone with a fancy interface?
