Tuesday, 7 December 2004
Personal
Know your strength
Today, I pulled a brand new door completely free of its hinges. There was a ching as the hinge pins fell onto the floor. I'd like to think I don't know my own strength, but the more likely explanation is that hanging the doors upside-down is just the latest in a long line of mistakes made by the folk who fitted our new doors at work.
(Examples: fitting the wrong handles; replacing the handles only to discover the correct ones smash against the entry keypad; using an electronic lock that burnt out on both door sets within weeks; a design of crash bar that doesn't open in emergency.)
Nah, they can't possibly have hung the doors so that gravity pulls them apart; I'm definitely stronger than I used to be.
Tech
Removed
Astonishing.
I asked a company to remove me from their mailing database, and not only have they done so, but they've also sent me a letter telling me they've complied with my wishes. It's great to see that one year on some companies take the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations seriously.
So congratulations Borland, you're still leading the industry in a small way.