In my experience, the only browser that works with Jetstar’s website is Safari for Mac

23.07.2019/13.16

I’ve found some forum entries about this, but they date back to the beginning of the decade. I alerted Jetstar to this in March, and the problem has worsened since then. Basically, I can’t book online, and I don’t know why. Consequently, I booked one flight with Air New Zealand and only managed, after […]

The path of least resistance: we humans aren’t discerning enough sometimes

04.02.2018/11.38

I came across a thread at Tedium where Christopher Marlow mentions Pandora Mail as an email client that took Eudora as a starting-point, and moved the game forward (e.g. building in Unicode support). As some of you know, I’ve been searching for an email client to use instead of Eudora (here’s something I wrote […]

The religiosity of the superbrands

10.02.2014/11.29

Another friend asked the Windows laptop v. Macbook question on her Facebook today. You can predict what happens next. The cult came by. As with the last time a friend asked the same question. The cult always comes and proclaims the superiority of the Apple Macintosh. And it is a blinding proclamation, of […]

Water trumps ﬁre

09.02.2014/03.50

Since I used to post updates of the web browsers I used: I have switched to Waterfox, replacing Firefox. Since the latest Flash updates a few weeks back, Firefox has been crashing twice a day. Other weird things have happened, too, like the save file dialogue box failing to appear after several hours’ use, […]

Apple’s brand evangelism can have a negative effect, providing an opportunity for rivals

01.04.2011/00.07

What a great post today from Eric Karjaluoto on his blog about Macs v. PCs. He outlines his gripes on a number of ﬁelds and doesn’t believe Apple holds a great advantage any more. I have to say I agree with him. On his Facebook, I wrote the following. Well said, Eric. […]

Where do the Mac evangelists hide when Apples go, ‘Boom’?

05.03.2011/04.31

Once again, I posted a Tweet (which went on to my Facebook) about Apple messing up (this time, about Mail with disappearing attachments). There were no replies. Interestingly, whenever I post about a Windows bug, the Mac evangelists all swarm on to it, usually with the sentiment, ‘Get a Mac.’ They all disappear […]