What's on your Christmas list?
Posted on December 20, 2007 in Palm. - No comments
So what do you buy a Palm TX owning techno nerd like me for Christmas? I’m always being told that I’m incredibly difficult to buy for and I know that’s partly (mainly) due to my impatience and tendency to go our and buy the stuff I want as soon as I can afford it.
On thing I know I you shouldn’t buy for any Palm owning friends is the incredibly rubbish Palm Cradle. I’ve not changed my option since I reviewed it. It’s still a waste of landfill.
Internet retail and the "last mile" problem
Posted on October 04, 2007 - No comments
When I arrived home from work, instead of the network card I’d ordered there was one of those dreaded “we called but you were out” slips. Nothing on the from was filled in but there was a phone number and a little map. On the back the delivery driver had written “please call to arrange”. I picked up the phone and dialled the number. “Welcome to the automated…” Sigh. I knew from experience this was going to be bad. The voice continued, ‘please listen to all the options before making your selected and have your consignment number handy.’
Consignment number? What bloody consignment number. A quick check of the slip revealed nothing, no number except the phone number. I continued with reckless abandon.