Good old Samsung

Don't get me wrong; I love my laptop. But... (there is always a but..)

The keyboard is a demented layout.

The 'home' key is situated just to the right of the 'backspace' key. This means that if you type like an uneducated buffoon (me) and make loads and loads of mistakes; you end up hitting the 'home' key instead of 'backspace' and the following happens:

le sentence to Sampo

I meant to backspace the o and - you get the point!

Yes - I know I need to learn to type better.

People *must* be stupid

I was listening to Radio 4 this morning and there has been a study done at Leeds University, looking at labels on medicines:

They have come to the conclusion that the labels need to be updated to better reflect what the patient needs to do.

Some gems are:

The replacement of 'Avoid alcohol' with 'Do not drink alcohol whilst taking this medicine'

Apparently 'Avoid alcohol' is a bit ambiguous! Apparently some people genuinely thought that it meant 'Just cut down alcohol intake' Yeah, right! - 'Avoid oncoming traffic' is also ambiguous - It really means 'only clip a few oncoming cars'


'This medicine may cause drowsiness'. Apparently this is also ambiguous so they are going to replace it with 'This medicine may make you feel sleepy' - I bet the other 6 dwarfs are jealous!



Who exactly did they interview to garner this level of stupidity and failure to understand English?

Was it this fellow?

Anatomy of a Dragonforce song

Keyboard intro - played fast

Drums kick in - so dull it could be a drum machine

Random power chords


Some lyrics about it being Cold/Early/Dark and riding towards a wasteland/distant shore

More lyrics about fighting - usually with swords and usually about demonic herds

Mental guitar solo which seems to consist of going up and down scales as fast as is humanly possible

Drum variation - usually just three beats in a triplet.

Music ceases and vocals continue - Usually about victory

Slow bit.. Plenty of wooooah's

Keyboard and drums come back in!

Do this 7 times and you've got a whole album"

DVLA woes and a rubbish website..

I tried to renew my good lady wife's car tax today. Not a massive job and should take a few minutes online..

Then I encountered direct.gov.uk..

I use the combination of Ubuntu and Chromium for my browsing and when I navigated to the tax disc application form; I got a lovely error message

"Sorry our site is down for maintenance - you can either try again later or queue at a post office with all your documents and money.."

No problem, I'll try again later - An hour passes; same message..

Another hour passes; same message..

I'm getting a little cheesed off at this point so I think, "I'll try Firefox" Worked straight away...

This got me thinking; what would happen if I tried again (after successfully paying with Firefox) in Chromium?

Yup - Same error message - down for maintenance!

Lying morons!!!! - Why not just say that my browser is unsupported!

Urinal etiquette:

Found this on the internets - Very good!

If I were to open a Chinese Restaurant

... I'd call it "Take a Wok on the Wild Side"

Badum-Tish!

I'll get me coat!

Change4Life Voucher Scheme is an Insult

The Change4Life Voucher scheme has been blasted as insulting according to the 'Children's Food Campaign' in a nutshell here is why:

• Shoppers would need to spend more than double the amount thy'd get back in discounts to be able to use the vouchers
• Half of the savings are on one thing - Weight Watchers 3 month plan (incidentally; this is available on the WW site without the voucher.
• It would be massively cheaper to buy supermarket own-brand products even after the discount. Kellogs (one of the sponsors) Cornflakes in ASDA are £1.97. With the discount you pay £1.47.. ASDA own-brand cornflakes..... £0.98.. Here's the kicker.. The ASDA own-brand ARE BETTER FOR YOU!! Much less salt!

Do yourself a favour - use common sense. Don't subscribe to this ridiculous scheme which has been dreamt up by the corporate sponsors of the Change4Life scheme. have bacon and eggs for breakfast or porridge!

Here is a final word to Christine Haigh (Children's Food Campaign) :

“This analysis exposes the Great Swapathon for what it really is – a great marketing opportunity for the companies involved, but of little benefit to consumers’ pockets or health.  Sadly, this attempt at promoting healthier products is dwarfed by advertising for junk food.  Until the government takes steps to address this, such as by protecting children from unhealthy food marketing, we’re unlikely to see the UK shift from its unenviable position at the top of Europe’s obesity league table.”