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The Olympic Games Are Great, Pity About The TV Coverage

Time for a rant again. The Olympic Games are great and the sportsmanship so far has been pretty good. The performances have been even better. When you start getting world records in heats and semi-finals you know you are going to be in for some great action in the finals.
Unfortunately, one of the things that [...]

McDonalds No Longer Number One For Customer Service

It seems that McDonalds, the famous (or infamous) family restaurant that prided itself on staff training and customer service has now joined the ranks of most other corporations and put profit ahead of customer service.
I am in Australia so I don’t know how they operate in other countries. In the past the burgers were basically [...]

eBay Plus PayPal Equals Nightmare - if you’re a seller

I am sorry to say that it looks like eBay Australia may win it claim to use PayPal as the only means of payment for all sales on its site. For sellers, this could be the worst situation possible.
As a former seller through eBay and having used PayPal as a payment option, I have found [...]

WordPress 2.5 Would Be A Commercial Failure

If WordPress charged for their blogging software they would most likely be seeking bankruptcy right now, or be ripe for a Microsoft or Google takeover. The latest version of WordPress 2.5, to put it mildly, sucks!
I would like to put on record right from the start that I am a WordPress fan - I like [...]