davidthedesigner

things i've seen enough of, thank you very much #1

Graphic designers' wedding invitations.

Now I really do try not to be negative on this blog (it's one of my unwritten rules). But sometimes I think it's best just to face up to the facts: that there are some things that graphic designers didn't ought to be allowed anywhere near. Top of the list being wedding invitations, especially if they're for themselves.

Forgive me if you think I'm being a killjoy here, but I don't know these people, I'm never going to meet them, the wedding's already happened anyway - so I don't need to see the invitation, thank you very much. Not that I don't wish them all every happiness, mind.

I'd just rather not see their invitations cluttering up the interweb.

oranges aren't the only fruit, fortunately

Free wi-fi from orange - which turns out to be not so free after all.

this made me cross-eyed #4 (and rather grumpy, too)

Thanks to Dave for this one (see comments).

Unfortunately it reminds me of the song "three wheels on my wagon", which I now can't get out of my head. Thanks a bunch for that.

this makes me rather grumpy

"Open 1 Documents" - what sort of English is that?

southbank centre celebrates mastercard

Welcome to austerity Britain, but this time on credit. And no Abram to guide us.

name and shame

The good news is that I've eventually managed to get those two domains transferred. So now I can reveal that the company that's managed to turn a two-minute job into a two-week saga of frustration and mishandled 'customer care' is NewNet. And the winners of the competition are therefore Joshua and Martin. Well done guys. Now all I have to do is think of some sort of prize that I can send you. I'll do that in the next couple of days.

Actually though, Joshua isn't quite so sure that he deserves a prize, as he admits to doing a 'who is' search on my domain name - which led him more or less there. Especially after the clue that I gave you. But no matter - it's the taking part that counts around here.

But look at the other guesses. And the sad thing is, I'm not the least bit surprised to see any of them there (nor, I suspect, are you). So it's a Wednesday raspberry to AOL, Virgin, Orange, TalkTalk and, last but not least, BT. If only all that 'customer care' bollocks were true. The pity is, the customer experience is so very often at complete variance with what's been promised. Shame on you.

moving two .coms from here to there

That's a cracking idea from Richard: a prize for anyone who can correctly guess which Internet Service (not) Provider (not) is driving me up the wall. And all I'm doing is moving a couple of domains from the (bad) ISP to another (good) ISP. And you know as well as I do that it's less than two minute's work for them. And yes, Richard, you're right (to an extent) - because it could very well be BT. But it's not.

So anyone else care to have a guess? I'll even give you a clue: they're not very 'old'.

it's that ****ing isp again

In case you don't know already, I'm just about the most even-tempered person that you're ever likely to meet (or perhaps not meet - but you get the drift). But there's one Internet Service (not) Provider (not) that's making my blood boil today. If it carries on like this I'm going to tell you who they are.

things that really do make me grumpy #1

...having to deal with a certain Internet Service Provider (who seems to have absolutely no comprehension of what the words 'service' and 'provide' mean).

And that's not an invitation to tell me that you are (or you know) a good ISP. So don't. I'm grumpy today, remember.

oh, dash it

I keep on seeing dashes where there ought to be hyphens.

Stop it. Now.