Halloween 2011
Posted on Wednesday 02 November 2011 at 8:55 pm in category: Abby, Kees, USA
In the past week 23 people read this, in the past month 136 people read this.
Usability Issue
Posted on Monday 22 August 2011 at 11:51 am in category: USA, Whatever
In the past week 18 people read this, in the past month 74 people read this.
Here's something that has been bothering me for a while now. I've been to the parking garage of Akron General Hospital quite a few times, and everytime I drive in there, I see this sign:
As you can see, the parking deck has nice color coded floors, so you can remember where you parked easily. The buttons in the elevator inside do not have these color codes, which is stupid in itself, but I can live with that. Somebody has given the basement floor the color green, the ground floor the color blue, first floor is orange, and the second floor is red. A committee has probably looked at it and approved it.
The real problem is this: wouldn't it make way more sense to give the 'Basement Floor' the color blue, so you can remember Blue - B - Basement, and the 'Ground Floor' the color green (Green - G - Ground)? Of course, I'm not even talking about people that are colorblind, but they probably should use the handicapped parking spots anyway. I do not know if everyone has this problem, but I do. When I get in the elevator, I always push the 'G' button, because I remember being on the green floor, and then I end up looking for my car on the wrong floor...
Odd sign
Posted on Monday 22 August 2011 at 09:40 am in category: USA, Whatever
In the past week 8 people read this, in the past month 52 people read this.
I've had fried green tomatoes, and they are good. But why would a store called Sam's Applicances in downtown Akron have this sign on the window?
What keeps the police busy in Hudson, Ohio
Posted on Sunday 14 August 2011 at 12:58 pm in category: Whatever, USA
In the past week 39 people read this, in the past month 237 people read this.
This, my dear readers, is what keeps the Hudson Police busy:
From the Hudson Hub, August 14th, 2011.
Starbucks is throwing laptop-lingerers out
Posted on Tuesday 09 August 2011 at 08:49 am in category: Whatever, USA, Nerds
In the past week 74 people read this, in the past month 419 people read this.
Related link: NYC Starbucks Taking Steps to Block WiFi 'Loiterers'
Apparently the people that use the free WiFi in Starbucks coffeeshops are starting to become a problem. I have to admit I have done this too: you go into a coffeshop, order a cup of coffee (maybe a pastry), and sit down with your laptop at one of the tables. Nobody bothers you, and you can sit there virtually forever.
Some Starbucks restaurants in New York City want to put a stop to this.
