The local technology alliance (TalTech) is proudly presenting its third TechExpo tomorrow. I thought I’d go and see if there was anything interesting. So I took a look at the website and had to laugh, although it’s rather sad, not funny actually.
Here are some of the bloopers I found on their websites. Now, keep in mind, this is an organization “focused on uniting our many technology-oriented corporations, small businesses, entrepreneurs, service providers, investors, civic lenders, individuals and students from all sectors of our community.” Mission and History.
I hope they didn't get the award for best HTML.
Then, there’s this one:
Not to mention creating run-on sentences.
Or:
I think I’ll suggest they hire an IT undergraduate from the School of Library and Information Studies at FSU to help them figure out this new-fangled web-thing.
Filed under: Uncategorized
I saw this mis-constructed arrow in an elevator in a fancy hotel which will go unnamed. This is just one of many examples I’ve come across, and will be sharing here, of what I see as an indication of the lack of pride our workforce takes in its work. If I were reassembling this elevator indicator and saw that I’d put an element in sideways, I’d take it apart and put it back together right. Wouldn’t you? The other, equally sad, explanation is that once the unit was assembled, no one bothered to test it. I come across this often in the IT world. Instructions to do something are given to some poor non-techie without having been tested. The poor soul follows them to the letter, not just once, but twice, three times before he admits that he is just not “technical.” The Helpdesk person comes to help and lo and behold, there’s a mistake in the instructions. Anyway, here’s the first in a series of such items.
Filed under: About
Almost every day I see something that I think deserves wider attention. Generally these things fall into the category of dumbness. But sometimes I see something uplifting. I often take out my iPhone and snap a photo or two of what I see, because I know most people wouldn’t believe me if I just told them about it. So I’ll be posting these gems frequently. Hope you enjoy them.
Filed under: Our Earth
The National Audubon Society (among others) is organizing a wildlife rescue effort and letter-writing drive in response to the Gulf Oil Disaster. Here is what I sent to Secretary of the Interior Salazar:
I’m writing to comment on the Department of Interior’s remand of the 2007 – 2012 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, announced on March 31.
Let’s use this tragic accident to refocus our efforts on reduced use of petroleum products which an increase in the production and use of “green” energy sources (wind, hydro, solar) will result in with the added benefit of reducing our emissions of greenhouse gases.
Given the recent oil rig disaster in the Gulf Coast, I am alarmed that dangerous offshore drilling may be allowed in some of America’s most sensitive coastal ecosystems. As a Gulf Coast resident I am disappointed in the decision to expand oil and gas development in new areas, such as the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and increase oil and gas exploration in the Arctic Ocean and the mid- and south- Atlantic. A long-term energy strategy should focus on clean, job-producing, renewable technologies, not expanded drilling in our oceans or elsewhere. I am particularly concerned about plans to allow risky offshore drilling in the Arctic Ocean. Despite the acknowledged gap in scientific information, limited understanding of the effects of drilling in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, the potential difficulty of removing oil spilled in icy waters, and the limited infrastructure available in the Arctic to respond to such spills, the plan still allows exploratory drilling as early as this summer on Chukchi Lease Sale 193.
I urge you to reject exploratory drilling in these sensitive waters. I thank the Department of Interior for this opportunity to comment on the revised 2007-2012 oil and gas leasing plan.
