A friend asked me to look at the website for Cronin moving company because he couldn’t find the phone number. He wasn’t mistaken, it’s not on the site! Nor is the company address! The phone book was used to get the number. This omissions violates item 7 (Hidden Contact Details) in 10 reasons why your […]
Shudder
Ingenuity in web design
Recently a new web design company asked those on the boards.ie Webmaster forum to review their website. It was a bloodbath. The thread started off without a link to the site. As soon as that was rectified the massacre started. The site is so bad that some thought it was a joke. Are you tired […]
Childrens do learn
I haven’t seen any typos since my last post but did hear George Bush’s grammar gaffe on The Daily Show last week (each show is broadcast the following night on More4). They showed the clip where President Bush stated, in front of a class of New York school kids, that “Childrens do learn.” Among many […]
He knows his job
A few weeks ago I was nearly taken out by a motorist entering a roundabout that somehow failed to see hi-viz me on my bike. Scared the hell out of me. I reported it in Cabra Garda station a few minutes later. A week later I dropped into the station to see how the ‘investigation’ […]
Your Irish
In an high density estate near me is a car with a corny bumper sticker on the rear bumper. It has a pathetic typo. Equally bad is the probable Irish-American source of the thing. Some might find the leprechaun image offensive, I think it’s pathetic.
Typo on the vine
You rarely see typos in packaging, probably a result of reviews by multiple sets of eyes. Tesco have missed on on their Tomatoes on the vine product. These are Rippened (sic) on the vine for fuller flavour. I wonder how many of these stickers Tesco has already printed and how long it will be before […]