Entries Tagged as 'rant'

Up the Garden Path

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Finally, after about 10years, someone has fixed Microsoft’s biggest UI failure in Windows: editing the system path. Previously, you had to edit this huge string, accurately, in a tiny text box, with no validation. Now you can use RedmondPath.

Useless Miles

Tuesday, June 19th, 2007

Airline miles, that is. Myself and Hilary are planning a holiday to Tobago and since she’s been racking up the BA airmiles (57,000 at the last count) we thought we’d treat ourselves to an upgrade. Except that… you can’t upgrade a ticket booked through an agent you can’t upgrade at check-in you can’t get through [...]