While I can fully understand and appreciate people using captcha on web submission forms to stop spam / robots, I really don't get why anyone would make a captcha so complicated that it is unusable.The IIA Netvisionary nomination form has this "lovely" captcha on it:I saw that and my eyes glazed over.Sorry guys, but there is no way that I'm even going to attempt to make sense … [Read more...] about Captcha Gone Mad
Oscars – Slumdog’s Night
This year's Oscars were dominated by Slumdog Millionaire.I liveblogged the evening / night over on FilmReviews and lost track of how many awards Slumdog picked up - was it eight? … [Read more...] about Oscars – Slumdog’s Night
Bido Spam Bloggers Requesting Reviews
Remember Bido spamming people on DNForum?Well they've also decided it would be a "good idea" to spam bloggers asking for a review.*sigh*I get a lot of email to both my personal and work email addresses every single day, so sometimes I don't spot an email immediately. Since it's a Saturday I decided I'd go back over some of the less important emails I'd received over the last … [Read more...] about Bido Spam Bloggers Requesting Reviews
Ryanair Staff And Fixed IPs
Jason spotted a glitch on the Ryanair website earlier today and posted about it.It's a glitch. Most large complex websites have them at some point or another.It's not the end of the world (Aer Lingus still use the browser language setting to "work out" where you're based)What is amazing is the tone and total lack of professionalism of the comments from the Ryanair staff … [Read more...] about Ryanair Staff And Fixed IPs
Exchange ActiveSync Rocks!
Image via WikipediaWhen I got my Nokia E71 back before Christmas I immediately fell in love with the device. One of the options that we setup was MFE (Mail for Exchange) which was pretty functional, although a bit limited.However while we were working on our Hosted Exchange service launch Paul came across a really nice bit of software that takes the E71 and Microsoft Exchange … [Read more...] about Exchange ActiveSync Rocks!