On our home page you’ll see that ‘We are hiring’ and that ‘we are looking for a Development Team Leader… ‘ the operative word in both these sentences is ‘we’, as in, ‘not recruitment agencies, consultancies and whatever other guise these unscrupulous money blagging phone pests go by.
It’s plausible this statement doesn’t apply to all [...]
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How not to win friends and influence people.
September 25, 2008 – 3:54 pm
I want Sandy…
July 10, 2008 – 2:27 pm
Sandwiched between my ever increasing list of bookmarks you’ll find a link to my new secretary, her name is Sandy. When I first heard about her, I wanted her, which makes the URL iwantsandy.com quite appropriate
Basically once you’ve registered for free, you can email Sandy with a message along the lines of ‘remind [...]
One hand giveth: the other taketh away
June 25, 2008 – 4:46 pm
I was thinking about getting a couple of last minute tickets to Glastonbury this weekend. See tickets are selling them (this link will probably die soon, I guess).
They’re not cheap. There’s a booking fee and a transaction fee. What’s this though:
Brilliant! Only one transaction fee for the two tickets. So generous. But hang on:
Hmm. Nice.
I [...]
Idea showers
June 17, 2008 – 8:24 am
Thankfully Dave doesn’t use any of the office-speak phrases on this list compiled by the BBC.
My personal favorite being:
2. “My employers (top half of FTSE 100) recently informed staff that we are no longer allowed to use the phrase brain storm because it might have negative connotations associated with fits. We must now take idea [...]
Friday fun
May 23, 2008 – 3:28 pm
Who needs a wii?*
All you need is a browser and some javascript to play mario cart.
*(Toilet is at the end of the corridor)
Dave is slightly older than spam
April 30, 2008 – 9:10 am
Dave celebrated his 30th birthday last week. And spam celebrates its 30th birthday next week.
Happy birthday Dave.
I hope you die soon spam.
singer, ginger, linger ..
April 18, 2008 – 12:00 pm
This is for anyone who takes having English as their first language for granted.
The darker side of timelapse
April 17, 2008 – 1:43 pm
Our regular reader will know that I like timelapse videos.
But this timelapse of a chap trapped in a lift (/elevator) for 41 hours which accompanies an enormous article in The New Yorker about lifts (/elevators) has chilled me proper. Anyone with a fear of lifts (irrational or otherwise) should look away now.