Bob Marley (we’re Jammin’)

Yesterday France passed a law allowing jamming of mobile phones in certain areas (cinemas, theatre, etc.) On the BBC’s site today, they ask whether we should have the same thing in the UK. Having spent plenty of time in the “Quiet” coaches of trains with the Nokia ringtone blaring out at top volume, I can honestly say that the answer should be a resounding “YES!“.

What say you?

Writing

Gah. Why is it that I can write stuff on here all day if necessary (and given the inclination/material/time) yet when I really need to get a supporting statement for a job application done, the entire thing just falls over and fails me?

What’s worse is that this one is for a job I actually quite fancy doing – charity-based, fairly well-paid, decent location, and mega kudos on the CV. Plus they’re not likely to be a fly-by-night organisation that just folds up and fucks off. So it’s all well and good, and I’m more than qualified. I just can’t get the supporting stuff to flow properly. Gah.

Photography

Over at the BBC it’s time to vote for their photographer of the year. Some of the images are quite spectacular – enjoy.

Search Terms

It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, but a couple of search terms today have made me chuckle.

Apparently I’m #7 on Google for “spastic retard name calling how do people with learning disabilities feel“, which is probably one I shouldn’t publicise too much. I also come in at #11 for “Psychologist Gordon Ramsay” – no idea what that actually means, but there we go. I’m amazed I’m not higher than #17 for “Debenham is Shit” (because it IS shit, and so’s their website) and completely befuddled at being #4 for “Queen Bouddica fashion“. Woad is me.

Moving Home

A quick pointer (slightly belated) that Pixeldiva has moved home, and is now back on her original domain at www.pixeldiva.co.uk. The blogroll has been edited to reflect the changes for both her and Kitchentable.

At some point I may even get round to adding a couple of new people to the list!

Applications

Do you ever get to a point with a job application and think “Oh, fuck that for a game of soldiers”?

I did last night – I’d done most of the basic guff, and was looking through the job spec for extra details on what they did and didn’t want. It was at that point that I started getting worried. I’ll get exact quotes later once I’ve got back home, but for a job with a closing date of 19th October, the part of the specification that said “Have site content prepared and ready for testing by the end of September 2004” became a bit of a worry. Explaining that “team leaders are very busy and will avoid discussion of the extranet project” showed the entire thing to be a bit of a political problem, and “Demonstrating the extranet to people who will be extremely averse to using it” was the final straw.

At that point I realised that no matter what, some things are just too much stress and hassle, and that this job was one of them. I deleted the application form (it was a – badly formatted – Word™ document) and decided I’d got better things to do.

Retirement

Stuart at Kitchentable has decided to retire. Fair enough – and good luck for the future. Kitchentable’s provided me with many a smile over the last year or two, so I hope he does well, and gets all the happiness he deserves.