Archive for March, 2009

We need a new word

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

I spend a lot of my working day on conference calls with people from around the world.  So much so that it’s a regular source of confusion when it’s the afternoon for me, but I’m wishing the Americans a good morning and the Indian guys in Bangalore a “good evening”.

Now “Good day” sounds too formal, and “hi” too informal, so I think we need a new phrase.

I propose “Good mornvenoon” as a timezone independent greeting.

Try it and see!

The definition of irony?

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

When the founder of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, gets scammed online.

Well, it’s more ironic than anything in that Alanis Morrissette song.

If there is a god, she must have a sense of humour

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

If the church of England can get a virus, then clearly omnipotence isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.