A story involving my iPhone, a QuadLock belt clip, a phone shop, Victoria Police, and Apple’s wonderful Find my iPhone application.
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D- Must try harder…
Love this extremely low effort phishing attempt, I don’t even think they deserve marks for trying – because they didn’t!
Trouble checking in?
Checking in is now mandatory at all shops and venues in Victoria. A lot of people still don’t check in, though. Why? It’s framed as a compliance problem, but I’m absolutely convinced it’s also a user experience problem, and that a simpler, more robust process, would lead to higher checkin rates. I’ve watched people attempting …
Flexible SVG in CSS backgrounds
I think I made something neat using css and svg, based on ideas from @chriscoyier and @noahblon.
Trudeau Cuisine – awesome customer service
Really have to give a huge shout out to Trudeau Cuisine. It was only a pepper grinder, but when a piece of plastic broke off, and Rachel still had the receipt and even the packaging, which clearly stated “Lifetime Guarantee”, we thought, “what have we got to lose?”. What we expected was the run around: “take it …
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Around about Google Maps
Been a long time since I had a whine about Google Maps, but lately I’ve been noticing some serious issues with directions when I’m out in the country. The worst instances have seen me end up five kilometres away from my intended destination. Back when Google Maps was new, you couldn’t really trust it, so I …
Bustin’ chrome
Good, simple bugs are rare in software these days. Someone’s just found a beauty in Chrome. Even hovering over this link: http://a/%%30%30 causes Chrome (just the tab you’re on) to crash. I’m currently using Version 45.0.2454.99 (64-bit). I don’t expect the bug to last very long. Enjoy it while you can 😉 Why does it …