I always glance at the many flyers that come through the letterbox on a daily basis, to see if they are of use to me, and also to search for typos. A small catalogue for a hardware supply business arrived last week. It listed products related to home insulation and solar panels so I read […]
Typo
One plus one is tow
My son and I pick up a lot of litter when we are out and about. Thankfully the amount of litter has been reduced since the local authority installed a bin beside our nearby playground. Obviously there is still litter around and amongst it we found this gem. My son is too young for Ben […]
Buying in a foreign language
Irish Rail have installed automated ticket machines throughout the network. The interface can be displayed in multiple languages. One day, while sheltering from the rain at the station, I decided to look at the translated interface. Early in my career I worked in localisation and we checked the translated software displayed and worked correctly when […]
Bulmers is a super premium cider
When I am in my local Tesco I like to take a quick browse through the beer aisle to see if there are any bargains. I am a big fan of Bulmers cider, even having a ‘Bulmers’ custom license plate while I lived in California and custom ‘Bulmers’ t-shirts made. I have always felt that […]
Eating KFC affects your spelling
When I worked in East Point Business Park I noticed that Smoking impacts dexterity, for Oracle employees anyway. From a recent visit to the Blanchardstown Centre I saw an embarrassing attempt at a “green stance” by KFC. There are a few bins outside the restaurant with a brutal spelling error on them. The bins say: […]
No More Babys
Back in January a Californian woman gave birth to 8 babies. She already had 6 children. Not surprisingly there was quite a reaction to this, with the doctor being investigated and the woman’s grandparents calling her “absolutely irresponsible” and her behaviour “unconscionable“. The photo here, from the Irish Times, shows a local resident protesting outside […]