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Crumby printers, Epson DX8450
2007-11-05 19:51:00 I bought one of these darn printers awhile back as the cost was not tht much more than some color and black & white print cartridges and this printer is a dog. Probably 25% of the time it can’t feed the paper through the roller and jams itself to smithereens and the racket it makes, jeez. ... More About: Printers , Epson
Doing agile,scrum and exploratory testing, who needs a printer
2007-10-29 00:03:00 I’m on a project where they do agile development, scrum and a whole wack of exploratory testing. The scrum meetings are just as I had read about them, a 6 minute standing chat around a table by 9 developers and 3 testers, confirming what they have done in the last 24 hours and what they intend to do in the next 24 hours. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose. They definitely don’t do documentation. The only documentation we have is the acceptance criteria, written by the end user. In fact they have so little documentation that when I asked someone to print something for me the other day, she couldn’t actually print it. She had no printer driver installed on her PC, as she has never had to print anything before as there has never been anything to print. She has been on the project for several years. Have struggled to level 30 on WoW. More About: Agile , Testing , Printer , Doing , Scrum
I?m found on Facebook, am I playing with kids on WoW? and Clarke?s Firstbor
2007-10-17 11:58:00 A cousin of mine has found me on Facebook and was she underwhelmed by my page. She found no pictures and one friend. A bit pathetic. I stumbled around my Facebook page and uploaded a couple of pictures, both of which were probably too small. I don’t really get the Facebook thing. It does seem very open. ... More About: Kids , Vista , Clarke , Clar
Users performing system test with QTP, oh yeah?
2007-10-12 13:17:00 I had an interview for a position yesterday and it didn’t go well at all. I was interviewed by 3 people and they sat on the opposite of the table very close together staring at me. Their body language was a bit negative. They were suspicious and they were the committee of death, ready to pounce ... More About: System , Test , Users , Stem , Yeah
Arthur C. Clarke?s Firstborn unleash a quantum bomb, get out of that
2007-10-10 12:42:00 Got the review copy of Arthur C. Clar ke ’s (and Stephen Baxter’s) new novel ‘Firstborn’. The Firstborn were the mysterious builders of the black monolith, in the 2001 film and book, and the accompanying introductory letter with the book states the Firstborn “are seeking to stop the advance of human civilization by employing a technology indistinguishable from ... More About: Bomb , Quantum
Treo rebooting when reading email, not much use then
2007-10-08 11:56:00 My Treo 650 has started to reboot every time I try and read any email, and email is at least half the reason for having a Treo in the first place. Did a quick search on Google and didn’t immediately find any help that was relevant so instead I decided to setup the Treo software on the ... More About: Reading , Email , Vista , Then
Interview for a position or was it just some free consultancy
2007-10-04 15:33:00 I had an interview about a contract position and neither of the interviewees were IT people, I think one came from a statistics background and the other from a management background. Interview s with non IT people about an IT position can often end up in some confusion. Not this time though. They have some software that ... More About: Free , Consultancy , Some , Position
Stumbling through WoW and Arthur C. Clarke?s Firstborn
2007-10-03 13:29:00 Just seen a demo of Halo 3 and the graphics were great. Smashing aliens in the 25th Century. A friend of mine got it on Tuesday and finished it the following Sunday. Not sure how much value for money he got there. When I mentioned WoW he said he’d never played it but had a couple of friends that ... More About: Vista , Arthur , Clarke , Stumbling , Clar
Oh great, another telephone interview, putting the lid firmly back on
2007-10-01 16:57:00 Why do people want to give telephone interviews unless it is to filter out people that might not be of the right calibre for a job? Whenever I am after testing staff, if I am sent a resume which I think may be a bit weak or something just doesn’t stack up then usually I will give ... More About: Great , Interview , Back , Putting , Telephone
Playing World of Warcraft, and that?s that
2007-10-01 09:09:00 I started playing WoW last Sunday and since then I have not written a single blog entry. Is there a connection? Yes. It’s taken me 8 days to get to level 15. Dunno whether that is quick or slow. I did get a guidebook on WoW and it does start off a bit preachy. It goes on ... More About: World , Warcraft , Vista , World of Warcraft
Chatting to router support people over WOW problem
2007-09-24 14:34:00 I spoke to my WOW failing friend last night and he still hasn’t got it going. But he did have a lengthy chat with a router support person in the US, so has a few things to try. I actually feel guilty when people have problems like this. I’m almost embarressed by the IT business that ... More About: People , Vista , Support , Problem , Router
No incoming data for WOW, got three firewalls running
2007-09-23 17:54:00 I was basically right re my friends World Of Warcraft problem in that his firewall wasn’t allowing incoming WOW data. He had a Norton firewall and the XP firewall running at the same time as well as the firewall on the router so it was a miracle that any outbound WOW data got through. I don’t think ... More About: Running , Vista , Data , Firewalls , Walls
Highly Skilled Migrant Program visa, sold online, no skill or experience ne
2007-09-21 12:57:00 I was talking to an agent that specialises in testing work and he mentioned something called the HSMP, which stands for Highly Skill ed Migrant Program , a visa allowing qualifying people to work in the UK. He said that Cap Gemini take on a load of these people from Asia and pay them a pittance, whilst the company ... More About: Experience , Online , Visa
World Of Warcraft and the 5 minute disconnect problem
2007-09-21 10:51:00 Somebody I know has been playing World Of Warcraft (WOW) for a couple of weeks and really enjoys it, so much that he has paid for the monthly subscription fee. The only trouble is that when he plays WOW, after about 5 minutes he is disconnected and has to start again. He has asked me for ... More About: Problem , World of Warcraft , Minute
And the affects of Office 2003 SP3 on Vista are???.
2007-09-20 19:12:00 There’s no doubt that since I installed SP3 for Office 2003 my Vista PC has started behaving oddly. Outlook keeps stalling for up to 20 seconds at a time as does IE7, which additionally stalls completely sometimes. I’ve ended up several times starting another instance of IE7 and once even a third instance of IE7, while Vista ... More About: Office 2003
Chelsea new boss Avram Grant to resign, do the honourable thing and sling h
2007-09-20 16:56:00 Chelsea’s new boss Avram Grant , who may have the backing of the board, well he is on it, but is unlikely to have the backing of the players let alone the fans. Does Abramovich realise what he has done? If Chelsea lose two matches in succession the fans will turn on Grant like a pack of hyenas ... More About: Chelsea , Boss , Resign , Thing
Office 2003 SP3 update, anything else in there Bill?
2007-09-20 12:10:00 Just visited the Windows Update site and Service Pack 3 for Office 2003 is available, 108.2mb in size. That’s big for Office. I wonder what else is buried in there that they haven’t bothered to tell us about. I can see these kind of updates happening a lot in the future, where you’re told it’s one thing ... More About: Bill , Office 2003 , Anything Else
iPhone knock-off arrives, work stops
2007-09-19 15:02:00 The iPhone clone was delivered today - the memorably named CECT P168 - and what fun I’m going to have getting that working. I think it’s a mark 1 version as it doesn’t have Bluetooth on it. Opening the box revealed the phone, earphones, a USB cable and a 256mb microSD card. That’s it. No manual. ... More About: Iphone , Work , Stops , Knock
Gee, what a racket a subwoofer makes
2007-09-19 09:32:00 I got a subwoofer to go with the 42″ TV, Blu-ray player (PS3) and pseudo home cinema with the stereo. As usual I ended up spending more than I wanted to but the sound is great. The subwoofer was made by a Chinese company called Gale, $220. When I first switched it on and the noisy studio logo played I didn’t ... More About: Subwoofer
Vista & HP Deskjet F4100, cover open, shut, open, shut
2007-09-18 14:45:00 I bought a HP F4100 Deskjet printer the other day and it was cheap. Not only that but it was very noisy, slow to start, had terrible problems feeding paper through the rollers and the driver/software were hopeless. When I installed the drivers and software it did check the HP site to see if there were ... More About: Vista , Open , Cover , Shut
Zeppelin Fillmore West 1969 concert on net, creaks a bit
2007-09-17 18:54:00 I found a web site where you can hear a whole load of 1970’s and 1980’s concert tapes of bands of that era, the sort of bands that got bootlegged to hell then. I think I remember reading that they are Bill Graham’s own concert tapes, where I assume he was the promoter. The site - ... More About: Concert , West , Fillmore , Zeppelin , Cert
Microsoft wasting time and an untold story by Alan Bennett
2007-09-17 12:04:00 Agent emailed me this morning about the Microsoft interview, which was supposed to be tomorrow and, provided I didn’t screw up, I’d start on Wednesday. She was waiting to hear from them for the exact time of the interview. Later, I get another email from her saying Microsoft have pulled the interview as all roles ... More About: Story , Time , Alan , Tory
Home cinema, warned off Sony, use stereo instead
2007-09-16 15:00:00 I went to the local hi-fi shop, and I do mean old fashioned expensive hi-fi type of place, great for advice though, and asked for a demo of a Sony home cinema system, only they didn’t stock any. Not sure if they sold any Sony gear at all but the salesman was dead set against Sony home ... More About: Cinema , Home , Stere
Got too many Zeppelin bootlegs ->eBay?
2007-09-15 13:28:00 Just dug up a load more Zeppelin bootlegs that I’ve started listening to, and there are too many: ‘All That Jazz - Montreux 14th March 1970′ (2CD), an audience sludge of sound recording. ‘Bath 28/06/70′ (2CD), ditto. ‘Brussels Affair’ (2CD), very good soundboard recording from 1980. Tight. ‘Burn Like A Candle’ (3CD), very good audience recording, from Los Angeles, ... More About: Ebay , Bootlegs
New HP printer costs not much more than 2 cartridges & Microsoft want to ha
2007-09-14 19:28:00 I needed to scan in some documents on the old HP PSC2355 all-in-one printer recently and it didn’t work. The tempting way to scan is to hit the scan button on the printer but the little LED displays a message that that functionality needs to be invoked from the PC using HP’s less than easy to ... More About: Microsoft , Printer , Costs , Cartridges
Zeppelin website gets 120 million hits
2007-09-14 13:34:00 From the NME: Led Zeppelin reunion: website gets 120 million hits Reformation gig proves hottest ticket in the world The website to register for Led Zeppelin tickets received over 120 million hits yesterday (September 14). Fans wanting to go to the gig on November 26 at the O2 Arena in London must put their names into a ballot which ... More About: Website , Hits , Million
How to get a thousand hits on blog in 30 minutes & the best Zeppelin bootle
2007-09-14 12:03:00 Mention www dot ahmettribute dot com in the blog, a site that allows you to register for inclusion in the Led Zeppelin ballot for tickets for their one-off London concert, then get spidered by Google. Within minutes I was getting 100’s of hits. These figures are great but are a bit of a blip. Makes nonsense of ... More About: Blog , Hits , Thousand , Minutes , Utes
Zeppelin?s Robert Plant BBC radio interview, PC2TV email response & agents
2007-09-13 19:10:00 Robert Plant BBC radio interview here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6 990000/newsid_6992100/6992121.stm?bw=bb&# 38;mp=wm&nol_storyid=6992121&news =1 I got a response from the support people for PC2TV and they came clean and said they had no idea why it wasn’t picking up any channels and have given me a full refund. It’s one of those bits of software that either works or it doesn’t. Well that’s the easy ... More About: Radio , Email , Agents , Interview , Robert Plant
iTunes Playlist showing wrong tracks & getting Zeppelin tickets
2007-09-13 15:27:00 I seem to get a new version of iTunes every week these days and there are still bugs in it all over the place. There’s a Top 25 Most Played playlist that is generated by iTunes itself. This playlist shows you the most often played tracks you have on iTunes, in other words the 25 tracks ... More About: Pod , Itunes , Playlist , Tickets , Tracks
PC2TV doesn?t work, Zeppelin reunion & loads of test work around but even m
More articles from this author:2007-09-12 18:42:00 Downloaded a client called PC2TV which allows you to see about 2,000 TV channels from all over the world, including live Saturday afternoon Premiership matches. Usual teething troubles getting it to work. You get a menu of TV and radio channels available, broken down by country and then select a channel. Needless to say it didn’t ... More About: Work , Test , Reunion , Zeppelin 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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