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Re: Embracing Evil with Evil User Stories

GrahamAka — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 03:54:35 -0000

That's a really interesting way to approach the problem; it'll certainly help drive out a number of strategies for hardening the product.

Re: GB vodafone

GrahamAka — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:13:40 -0000

Still down

Re: GB vodafone

GrahamAka — Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:03:29 -0000

Broadband just died, no connection

Re: Cloud Foundry Security: Achieving PCI DSS Compliance

GrahamAka — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:07:01 -0000

In point 5 ("5. Protect all systems against malware and regularly update anti-virus software or programs") would it be fair to say that Cloud Foundry isn't designed to provide full interactive virtual machines and so the provision of a full anti-virus suite isn't as applicable?

Re: Comet 0 Customer 3 | Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 20:47:47 -0000

Love the tag... almost minimalistic in its simplicity.

Re: starting from zero - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:46:43 -0000

Can't stand raw citrus myself..

Re: Unexpected Innovation

GrahamAka — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:45:55 -0000

There are some areas in Switzerland where if you're more than 2 cars back at the lights you have to switch off the engine by law ... and in the UK our govt. has started a campaign to report people "uncessarily idling" with fines etc (the advert shows parents sitting in cars with the engines idling outside schools waiting for their kids) so I guess that we may all be forced into the situation where having hte engine on when the car is stationary will become unacceptable; if we get to that point then innovations like this will be a big help!

Re: Unexpected Innovation

GrahamAka — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:34:09 -0000

Red light countdown is a recipe for trouble I think...

"Gentlemen (young, teenage gentlemen) ... START YOUR ENGINES!"

The green light counter is a good idea though, it may promote a *little* speeding up, but I doubt that would cause as many problems as the red [in the UK where the sequence goes green->amber->red there's no huge amount of speeding to make the amber light (a little though)).

My favourite pedestrian counters are the ones that both show how long until the next crossing time, and the time left on the current one; SF seems to have those down well :)

Re: www.nbrightside.com

GrahamAka — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:43:18 -0000

When you got off the train did you notice another gentleman... tall, bearded and a vaguely eastern-mediterranean look around him getting off the train too? He would probably have stood out because he wouldn't have needed to schlep over Waterloo Bridge but just wander over the surface of the Thames.

Re: strategies for making friends on social networks - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:33:39 -0000

I'd just like to affirm that that was a post-ironic "Like" ;-)

Re: full circle - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:42:52 -0000

"So, what does all of this mean for the next four years of this blog ? God knows."

God knows, but it'll be interesting to find out.... your posts are always well worth a read :)

Re: announcing Minima - a exciting, new minimalist theme for Habari - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Sat, 09 May 2009 07:36:33 -0000

Looks very odd.... and yes I normally read in an RSS Reader but I thought I'd see what you were wibbling about.

It looks like someone's first HTML page attempts where they are just understanding how the tags work together.

Hopefully the next theme won't be like everyone's second attempt, full of clashing colours and distracting animations ;)

Having said all that... it's quite nice, makes a change.

Re: weird subliminal messages from Wiki demigods - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 06:08:33 -0000

No, I don't find that spooky and disconcerting.... I find you spooky and disconcerting, but that's another story ;-)

Re: in praise of Doug Burns - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:03:32 -0000

Now that would be weird... you'd appear in every shot :-S

Re: in praise of Doug Burns - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:33:12 -0000

Can't be Doug surely... unless the boys are in the Odeon watching the fillum ;)

Re: embarassing Dad - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:25:21 -0000

So, next week you'll have a white tracksuit and a baseball cap on too then?

Re: music for nothing - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:32:13 -0000

Cheers Andy, that would explain it :)

One copy of Day & Age now downloading. I like free music :-D

Re: music for nothing - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:01:36 -0000

Lucky you if you managed to get it... I tried to get my £3 discount this morning, followed the instructions and was told that the voucher "had expired".

Poor.

Apart from that I like the Amazon store, I especially like the way it automatically adds your purchases to iTunes, makes life a lot easier!

Re: Show Me Yours . . .

GrahamAka — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:17:19 -0000

Ha, I will put a picture of mine somewhere, but only once the desk isn't covered in its usuall snowdrift of letters, bills and sundry gadgets!

and a Merry Xmas to you and yours!

Re: AppsLab FAQ: What if Someone Says Something Negative?

GrahamAka — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:26:04 -0000

Great post Jake and one that applies to a wider audience than just blogs... I could draw a lot of parallels in the time I spent in Consulting with the points that you draw out.

I think that your comment on Twitter indicates a wider need though, people need to sound off, somewhere, when something goes wrong. Doing that in the commetns of a blog, or on Twitter is (usually) much less destructive than them doing it in a meeting. T'Internet is a great safety valve!

Re: Ince on Celtic - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:22:39 -0000

Hehe, I like having a comment longer than your post ;-) Seems suitably pointless <grin>

Re: Ince on Celtic - Blog in isolation

GrahamAka — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:21:42 -0000

There's bound to be a gulf, and to be honest it's only going to get bigger. The reason is depressingly simple, not enough people watch Scottish football to make the investment worthwhile.

Ignore the Old Firm for a moment (I'll come back to them) and examine the attendences at this weekend's match's, the SPL got between 14,265 (Hearts - Aberdeen) and 3110 (Inverness - Motherwell). To show you how bad it can even be for the Old Firm, Rangers playing away at Hamilton only got 4621.

Now try and find equivalent figures in the English leagues... (here's a hint *cough*League Two*cough*) still surprised there's such a gap?

Even when the Old Firm play popular matches (Celtic - Hibs today got over 58,000 attendance) that lack of gate, and hence money means that they don't get tested week in and week out... and you can see the skills suffering.

I think all things considered they did a lot better than they should do.

Re: www.nbrightside.com

GrahamAka — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:11:58 -0000

But the question is...

...is Doug a blue nose? ;)