Opera 8.02: Registration Code Giveaway
Aug 31 at 11:11pm by ObverseView
Have you used Opera Browser yet?
They’re giving away Registration codes for the browser just for today… to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
Go here to get your code. See what you think by using the browser of my choice. I use it about 80% of the time, so I love it.
Kenneth
Typhoon Talim: August 31st, 2005.
Aug 31 at 10:10pm by ObverseView
here’s a picture of the last typhoon just before it hits Taiwan. we’re having a few more than in past years, but nothing on the scale of New Orleans’s disaster. This one is expected to last two days, though I don’t know how strong it will be in fact. It seems to be dropping a lot of water on us, but the winds aren’t as strong as previous typhoons.
You can see what it looks like courtesy of the Central Weather Bureau. There’s a very nice graphic of the typhoon as it moves across the island.
Kenneth
New Radio Station: WWRN in Taipei
Aug 29 at 1:01am by ObverseView
I’ve been listening to this station as an alternative to ICRT which is basically defunct for foreign listeners, and has been for a while!
WWRN has quite a variety of programming. Let’s see how things shake out.
edited: I have found that they have been having problems, but I don’t know why…?
Kenneth
British Airways (Sucks!)
Aug 25 at 2:02pm by ObverseView
Well, I guess most of the world has now heard about the troubles with Gate Gourmet, and the knock-on effect on British Airways. We in fact got delayed 62 hours by the fact that the flight was canceled. It was supposed to take off on Thursday evening at 22.20pm. We in fact took off on Sunday at 12.20pm.
While we were perhaps willing to allow British Airways the benefit of the doubt over the strike initially, subsequent events really served to undermine our confidence in their ability to operate a good airline. I will list the problems we experienced.
On the day:
1. The plane was canceled.
2. There were no ticketing staff available to help us transfer our booking to another airline.
3. Information was scant - Managers did their best, but there were thousands of people.
4. No help was provided on how to get emergency accommodation, food, etc.
5. The BA helpline phone number was constantly engaged for days.
6. The BA website was unable to let me gain access because I had booked through an agent in Taiwan.
7. The BA website was unreliable, too, due to volume of traffic.
Other events:
1. The cabin we travelled in was too hot for the flight to the UK, making it uncomfortable. I think the a/c was broken.
2. The food choice I wanted was unavailable, and the quality of the food wasn’t great.
3. The food included a lot of unnecessary carbohydrates (incl. rice, bread, chocolate, and pudding) - for goodness sake, we’re sitting down!
4. The staff did not provide much water during the night.
5. When we changed our ticket, the ticketing clerk for BA incorrectly changed my wife’s ticket causing us two delays, one of 20 minutes at HRW, one of 10 minutes at HKG while we changed flight to Cathay.
6. The website would not let me make bookings for British flights because I was outside Britain when I tried.
I have noticed a sharp decline in the quality of the service provided by BA since I started flying long haul from Asia to the UK 12 years ago. While indeed the prices aren’t unreasonable, there are many competitors flying from Hong Kong to London nowadays. It looks likek I won’t be returning to BA as a passenger in future.
Bye bye, BA. You are no longer the World’s Favorite Airline - I suspect it’s now the Least Favorite!
A frustrated passenger.
Selling My Domain
Aug 25 at 11:11am by ObverseView
I’m becoming interested in selling this domain to another user. I am wondering if anyone would be interested in purchasing this domain as a way to build up their business.
Anyway, you can check it out in the Main section! Click on Domain for Sale.
Kenneth
KODAK Easy Share X360
Aug 24 at 5:05pm by ObverseView
I finally bought a brand new digicam. It was quite a good deal from a local supplier, TsannKuen in Taiwan. It is the
Things that are good about it:
I got a free 512MB memory card, plus battery.
It included Kodak EasyShare Software.
We both have found it very easy and enjoyable to use with its multi-picture taking modes and one video mode. The software is also quite intuitive and the memory card is generous. We were able to take over 400 pictures and movies at 4.4MP.
Things that could be improved:
We never got a camera bag with it. Weird omission.
The flash mode is entirely automatic, resulting in inappropriate flashing, like in museums.
It sucks up batteries readily!
Overall, I was very pleased with this model, I did not encounter some of the problems mentioned by the people in Amazon reviews: but then I am no expert in picture taking, since this is only the second digicam I have ever had. It certainly is an improvement over the first one I bought. You can see some of the photos I took with it in the Photos Section.
Weird Tech
Aug 24 at 12:12am by ObverseView
Bored with old-style pc cases, take a look at this!
It’s quite neat to look at! But don’t try this at home.
Kenneth
NetHousePrices.com
Aug 22 at 5:05pm by ObverseView
This website provides information about House Purchases that have been recently completed. Should help people form an idea about how much a particular house is worth now. It’s UK based of course.
Kenneth
US Interest Rates
Aug 21 at 5:05pm by ObverseView
This website provides a forecast of US interest rates, take a look. 7% is predicted for next year!
Kenneth
Buy my Calendar!
Aug 21 at 4:04pm by ObverseView
Take a look at my one page calendar for sale! Beautiful Picture of a London Park… Available from WorldCalendars. This is a limited edition as there are only 100 to be sold.
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