Not so Green Bags September 29, 2009
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“Oh, save the planet, don’t use the environmentally unfriendly plastic bags, use these re-usable green bags instead.”
Which are also made of plastic. They’re non woven polypropylene. According to the wiki article, the NWPP bags can be recycled. So can the plastic bags that they’re meant to be replacing. I don’t forsee anyone thinking that they can chuck their worn out green bags into the recycling bin though. As far as I’m concerned, we’re replacing one plastic bag with another.
VIPTel telemarketer call September 9, 2009
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Hey Mister VIPTel telemarketer. Stop your bullshit. The Prime Minister of Australia did NOT give you my phone number. He wouldn’t waste his time doing that, nor would he allow someone’s privacy to be so rudely interrupted and invaded.
My request to speak to your supervisor was not licence for you to put me down and tell me that I am worthless and wasting my life.
That was the short version, and trust me, I’m gonna find someone to put an end to your antics.
[update]
I called your so-called customer care department. The lovely Veronica answered and understood where I was coming from. Well, that’s what she said, at least. There was no way I was going to add my number to your do not call list though. Not a chance. My number in your systems once is more than enough. Case closed. Til next time you call. Watch it buddy.
Then vs Than, Your vs You’re September 8, 2009
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I have been seeing people use “then” instead of “than” more and more often. I’ve even seen it in the terms and conditions of a bank’s account product – it was printed!
Is it really so difficult to learn the difference between “then” and “than”?
It’s “greater than”, not “greater then”. Or, “I did X rather then Y” when it should be “I did X rather than Y”.
“your” is not the same as “you’re”. “you’re” is a contraction of “you are”. “your” is a possessive pronoun.
Still confused? You need Bob the Angry Flower’s Quick Guide to the Apostrophe
You probably also need Bob the Angry Flower’s Quick Guide to Its and It’s
Bejeweled Blitz Beta is Slow September 8, 2009
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Or is it?
People have mentioned that the game seems slow. It may actually be slow, but if you’re fast, the game will speed up to match.
The faster you match gems, that is, the more you speed bonus you gain, the faster the gems actually move.
So, hurry up people! Play the new version even more! :D
Amazing Last Hurrah September 7, 2009
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The bejeweled blitz beta can be so easy sometimes…
Blazing Speed contributes to high score September 4, 2009
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I finally managed to keep making matches during the Blazing Speed bonus. And what a contribution it makes to the score! Woot!
Blazing Speed!
Bejeweled Blitz Beta’s Blazing Speed Bonus September 4, 2009
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Continuing the review of Bejeweled Blitz – because one hour’s worth of testing is most definitely not enough. Not when it comes to something that can be so random.
I just noticed the Blazing Speed Bonus. (Let’s just say my reading’s not so great when I’m tired. ;) )
I had already noticed the multiplier in the speed, and had gotten it up to a 20+ number in previous games, and had mistaken the colouring in the text as an indicator of how long before the speed bonus goes away. (Or, perhaps, it -is- such an indicator, I’m not sure)
However, the last I saw it on my most recent game, it got to x22 and the writing was all yellow, no white, and then the board went yellow and the voice (the un-inspiring voice) said “Blazing Speed!”… And of course, I didn’t know what on earth to do and probably wasted it all!
I’d better stop blogging and practice some more then!
Daylight saving in Queensland September 4, 2009
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I vote no. We don’t need it. They were talking about it in the news again. According to a television news poll, 64% of people voted yes to having Daylight Savings again. Idiots. Why do they want it? They claim it makes dealing with the southern states that also have daylight savings easier. Boo-bloody-hoo. Such small minded businesses. I’ve worked for small (in terms of staff numbers) companies who deal with partners and clients in other countries! “oh no! I have to be in the office at 6pm so we can call the client, for whom it will be 7am”
Suck it up, you idiots. That’s the lamest reason I’ve heard of for needing Daylight Saving.
And according to wiki “Although an early goal of DST was to reduce evening usage of incandescent lighting, formerly a primary use of electricity,[7] modern heating and cooling usage patterns differ greatly, and research about how DST currently affects energy use is limited and often contradictory.”
Ms Bligh said they might consider a separate timezone for the SE corner.
That would be because that’s where most of the businesses are that want it, and where most of the idiots who want it live.
There’s no need for it for business reasons, and if it’s for “leisure” reasons, just start work an hour earlier, finish an hour earlier, then go do your leisure stuff and don’t foist your needs on others.
Speak the language of the country! September 3, 2009
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I just had someone call my house phone. A female. A chinese female. From a call centre. ARGH.
I say “Hello?”
She responds with some mandarin – I’m chinese too, and I can tell which is which dialect, but I don’t speak mandarin. And being chinese, with a chinese surname, and on the electorol roll, there’s nothing much stopping people from finding me and calling me. Usually, I’m just not here to answer the phone. That usually works.
I say “HEL-LO?”
Again, she says something in mandarin – I can tell she’s saying something about speaking in chinese.
I say “Hey, we’re in Australia, speak Australian.”
Some response from her in mandarin.
I say “LISTEN, lady! Don’t call again. Do NOT call!”
She replies in that bad chinese accented english – “Oh, okay, sorry, bai bai”.
She’d better not call again. Me cranky!
