Oven Pride

Have you seen the advert for Oven Pride? "So easy, a man can do it." I just can't get over how hypocritical the social system is. Around Christmas there was an advert for a washing line saying "give her something special this Christmas". There was complete uproar about it and the advert was removed. But, after Sheila's Wheels, we know that insulting men is perfectly fine. Sexism, racism, ageism, why does EVERYTHING only one way?

Moodle (part 2)

It is now working. Moodle thought that it was my first login, despite having used it quite a few times. I had to log in from college, reset my password and re-agree to the terms. NOW I can use Moodle again. Want to know the best bit? The work I needed from Moodle cannot be found by anyone.

UGG Boots

Warning: The following article conatins dangerous amounts of sarcastic quote marks

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

£200 for a pair of boots. They are not rugged, waterproof, bulletproof, jet-powered, or have wheels. Why the high price? Because they are "fashionable". My favourite thing is that "fashion" is based on my least favourite group of people in the world, "celebrities". The people who are famous for being famous are now deciding what is worth preposterous amounts of money and the brain-dead public is following. I am perfectly happy with my £40 DCs. They are waterproof, rugged and cheap. It's nice to see the Big Brother followers are busy spending their false benefits so they can look like "celebrities". "Well done!"

SCEA

The box art for Heavy Rain in USA was so bad that they have released the EU box art file for Americans to print out and replace their case with. First of all, why would you only notice how bad it is after release? Secondly, is it wise to allow customers to print their own game covers? Copyright/Piracy may have been given a boost. Well, at least the EU got the good cover.

Idiots

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

I should probably start with this, I don't hate ALL stupid people. But I cannot stand stupid people who think they are clever. I have met my fair share. The exact Barbie stereotypes (3 of them) in my class spend the whole lesson complaining that people think they're stupid because they're blonde. I don't think they're stupid because they're blonde. I think they're stupid AND they're blonde. One of them thought we poor people don't need more money because "they're used to it."

Maybe if we spent lees time making excuses for idiotic people and more time teaching them, we would have much less morons. Too many people with ACTUAL issues get ignored while thick others shout about being Dyslexic. You don't have the condition. 90% of people I have ever met claim to have Dyslexia. I doubt that even 2% of them do. But it's easier to claim disorder and sit back, than work hard and improve.

Moodle

My login has broken. I logged in earlier today and it was fine. An hour later and it now decides that my username doesn't exist. There are no links for help. All I can do is send an email to my set e-mail address, which I was never given.

Now all I can do is wait for Welsh Baq to be asked why I didn't do the work left on Moodle. "My login doesn't work" Why do all real excuses sound fake? I tried to look for it earlier this week, but there are 8 different Welsh Baq courses with very similar titles. None of them had any work left for my class. Why can't teachers set up a webpage properly?

Gel Productions

While these posters are much better than previous schools. I can't help but think someone had given a child Photoshop again. The poster is very cluttered, the black text on brown camo in the corner is a very poor decision and the background is repeated poorly. Halfway down the poster you can see that the camo background doesn't join. An inverted version of the background would have fitted fine.

There is also far too much text on the poster. I think the header is good, but the amount of information is just too much. Also, I can't understand why they chose to put the swirl across the poster. I feel the need to point out "£5IVE", obviously someone wants to look cool.

My last complaint is the advert on the webpage. It is COVERED in stars for no reason. The "world famous" DJs they have cannot be found on Google. The link to their webpage forward you to their Myspace page, full of out of date information, cheap Flash plugins and dead Photobucket links.

It turns out that the guy who runs it is 45. That explains all of the "groovy" speak. Let's be honest "UV it up!" is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard. I can't wait to miss this party.

Powerpoint

The easiest and quickest way to turn a crowd suicidal.

Is there any other way to drive people crazy so efficiently? Every slideshow produced by Powerpoint is boring, unimaginative and cluttered. All the slideshows I have sat through in the education system have been stuffed with clipart animations and every object has the same sound and animation as the others. The objective is to INTEREST the audience, not make them fall asleep.

If Windows 7 was actually thought up by retarded actors actual customers, I have an idea. I'll ask Microsoft to scrap Powerpoint. Roll on Windows 8!

Hating iPad

I know it has no Flash Player. I don't care. The only time Safari crashes is when Flash Player breaks it. Bring on HTML5 and reliability. Just look at the iPad like this. An eBook with massive memory, internet browser, iWork, iTunes, Appstore, GREAT battery, large screen, thin shell, fast processor and competitive price. Stop thinking of it as an iPod and start thinking of it as an eBook or portable movie player. All they need to do is change the name.

Octobit

Just a quick post as it is driving me crazy. Over the week I have been travelling. From restaurants to parties I have been subjected to the worst music around, Octobit. The Gameboy was one of the first handheld consoles to uses Ocobit (music with only eight notes). Several years later and the DS is no better. The lack of voices, poor speakers and repetitive soundtracks are appalling. Everywhere I go there is a child playing Pony Puzzle Adventure (or something like that). If I have to put up with another 30 minute session of bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep, I will start work on a portable EMP device to put and end to it.

New Super Mario Bros

First of all, is it really right to call a re-release "New"?

Secondly the advert is ridiculous. 4 players, on the same screen, at the same time!!!!!!!! PS2 had that. They're too busy re-advertising existing features to develop new ones. Nintendo hit the perfect mark (to con people) with the Wii. Since then they just keep releasing old junk. We had weighing scales before Wii fit. We had internet before Wii channels. The worst thing is that every brainwashed owner will be clawing at the door for EVERY "new" thing they create.

Windows 7

Wow. All new (not really) features. Come on Microsoft, stop taking the piss. All the features advertised for Windows 7 are available on Vista or XP. You have to be a real idiot to be impressed by network sharing, never mind not realising you probably have it now anyway.

DVD Storage

The Lost Planet 2 development team revealed they had to cut a "significant amount" of the game due to the size of a DVD. They also cut it from the PS3 version to keep the versions equal. It will be released later as DLC.

Well done Xbox. Due to your poor choice of storage media PS3 has to miss out as well or pay for something we should have had for free.

Prince of Persia

The new game will allow you to control elements. You can stop water. Not freeze it, but STOP it. It allows you to use waterfalls as walls etc. As if stopping time wasn't stupid enough. I bet next game will let you stop enemies and the game after that will let you stop buying Prince of Persia and wasting money.

I'm Back

New look, new title, new objective. Pointing out the stupid things in the world.

Yes. I know it's a downloaded template. But I'll keep modding it to make it suit me better. I left the links because the designer deserves credit. Check out the site for some brilliant templates.

To start here are a few things that have bothered me this week.