How not to write an error dialog
… and if that wasn't unhelpful enough, the AutoUpdate continued and said "Installation completed successfully".. and I have this uneasy feeling it didn't. Hope it doesn't come and bite me later!
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Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version
When you think about it, this is one really weird video. Enjoy the alternative lyrics.
Thanks @sirsteveyoung for forwarding this one.
80s T-Shirt with a twist
Listen along and you will understand this shirt. Rather clever IMHO
Read MoreIf you were ever in any doubt that creating an app store ecosystem rakes in the money…
Each of these icons represents an app in the iPhone App Store. Each pulse represents a purchase. Can you say “kerching”? Expect to see more app store ecosystems from the likes of Google. Maybe Microsoft, Amazon too…
Now that’s a lot of zeroes
Second only to the post war Hungarian forint (worth 400 octillion pengo) the Zimbabwean dollar is the world’s most devalued currency (as a quick read of the wikipedia article will confirm – in fact, it has been redenominated four times and was effectively abolished last October. I knew things were bad since Mugabe repossessed all private land, but I don’t think I’d realised the extent to which the currency was destroyed. There’s probably a lesson or two in there somewhere.
I found this via the rather excellent Futility Closet blog which I Stumbled Upon.