Archive for the “annoying things” category

Ampersand validation issues with Joomla

by Luke Rodgers on September 17, 2008

Joomla! is, in many ways, a great CMS. One of its shortcomings, however, is that it has been slow to adopt web standards, which frequently manifests itself in annoying validation issues with generated XHTML and XML feeds. These issues are (…)

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If only Spore DRM complainers were this vocal about all corporate injustices

by Luke Rodgers on September 14, 2008

As of this writing, Spore, the new game from Maxis and Electronic Arts, has generated 2,015 1-star reviews on Amazon.com. The reason for this being EA’s rather draconian (can only install on three machines without calling tech support, computer needs (…)

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Annoyance from Ticketmaster

by Luke Rodgers on July 30, 2008

So, I was all looking forward to redeeming my “iTunes songs, compliments of Ticketmaster” that I got from a ticket purchase…

But when I go to actually redeem them, I get this:

I purchased the tickets on March 25th and the offer (…)

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