Journalism, the future of newspapers, and cat pictures.
Category: whingingBy William M. Hartnett on Mar 16, 2007 in whinging | 7 Comments
Speaking of consumer complaints that get me incredibly worked up, to the point that I begin fantasizing about hunting down all the industrial engineers and software designers whose moronic decisions have inconvenienced me so that I can repeatedly punch them in the neck … behold the picture at right.
That’s the handle to the glove compartment [...]
By William M. Hartnett on Mar 12, 2007 in geekery, whinging | 0 Comments
As much as I like shiny new cell phones, I like saving money even more. So I tend to hang on to bricks like my old Nokia 3360 two or three years after everyone except your grandmother has upgraded. (I’d still have that one, in fact, except that my cat peed on it. Seriously.)
I mention [...]
By William M. Hartnett on Feb 16, 2007 in television, whinging | 0 Comments
>Volkswagen Withdraws Commercial That Involved Suicide (NYT)
Can’t let this one pass without a quip, delivered in the style of an afternoon easy listening radio station DJ: “Just read a story about a Volkswagen commercial making light of suicide. You know what makes me want to do myself in? MY Volkswagen. Now here’s Phil Collins [...]
