Category Archives: Rants

Rants occur because shit happens.

Why do I bother?

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Chris

Updated my desktop from Ubuntu ‘Jaunty’ 9.04 to Ubuntu ‘Karmic’ 9.10, the upgrade process worked flawlessly. Sadly the number of regressions has kind of taken the shine of the various improvements to the distribution. The big kicker for me is … Continue reading →

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It’s no wonder…

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Chris

… I detest Sony, more so than I despise Microsoft’s business practises. They have acted irresponsibly with regards to laptop batteries that spontaneously combust, causing massive worldwide recalls and lots of damaged laptops. Their persistence to create their own proprietary … Continue reading →

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Top Gear

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Chris

What more can I say about this? The remarks made about Richard Hammond’s crash on Sunday nights program were in jest a joke. joke, n. Something said or done to excite laughter or amusement; a witticism, a jest; jesting, raillery; … Continue reading →

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Being sued

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Chris

Yup, I am being sued for damages etc. along with the 14 000 other students here at the University of Exeter who are member of the Student’s Guild. Somebody from the Evangelical Christian Union have filed papers at the Hight … Continue reading →

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Scrap Vehicle Tracking

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Chris

If you are a British citizen, I please ask you to help scrap the proposed idea of tracking vehicles for the purpose of taxation and other sinister profiteering activities, and that is forgetting the extreme evasion of privacy. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Mince Pies, Innocent? I think not

Posted on December 14, 2006 by Chris

More over zealous health and safety restrictions in action. One word…madness! </rant type=”mini”>

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Driving

Posted on September 3, 2006 by Chris

I keep returning to this subject, once again I am back, yet I do not claim to be a brilliant driver but I try not to drive like a headless moose on speed. I may not be perfectly straight with … Continue reading →

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End User Support

Posted on July 7, 2006 by Chris

Hanging around on phpBB.com a lot lately, mainly in the phpBB3 beta support forum, get some interesting conversation with weird bugs which is what I like to see. I am a problem solver by nature, by problem solver I mean … Continue reading →

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Chav Driving

Posted on May 2, 2006 by Chris

Well everybody is busy or otherwise engaged on AIM/MSN and I dare not venture to IRC (it will consume me) so, the blog has drawn the short straw to receive my latest rant. The subject, Chavs, specifically one and his … Continue reading →

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Norton Internet Security Rant

Posted on April 1, 2006 by Chris

What could possibly be wrong with one of the most popular Internet Security products on the market? Surely it is the most popular for a reason? Yes, PC World and other places marketing it very strongly and lots of badware … Continue reading →

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