Ahh, it’s that silly time of the week again, when we Randomeers do our best to entertain the masses…
1. So one of the big stories of this week was how Microsoft has finally ended support for Windows XP. Other than in the office (well, up to a couple of months ago anyway), I haven’t had an XP machine in years, but apparently more than 1/3 of homes and businesses around the world rely on it. There has been ‘outrage and disgust’ from people that the support will no longer be there. This baffles me slightly. I’m pretty sure that the majority of these users will have upgraded their actual machines several times since 2001, you know, because they needed better, faster, more stable kit. They also probably got new phones, tablets, TVs and no end of other technological improvements in that time. WHY do they not expect that the thing that runs their computer will need to be replaced so that it can run better, faster and in a more stable manner just like everything else? Ooh, sorry, did my less than inner computer geek come out here? Oh well, RIP XP, I don’t miss you at all!
2. From one techie story to the next, a number of BBC journalists recently did a series of selfies showing who they thought they were. I was curious, what would you take a selfie of?
3. From the basic techie to the downright loony techie, have you heard about the fish farms in the high rise buildings in Hong Kong?! Apparently the locals’ desire for fish rather outstripped supply, especially as much of their fish comes from China where there’s been a lot of food health scares of late. It’s an interesting concept, mind you, fishing in them would be somewhat like the proverbial barrel shooting exercise (albeit you’d get wet feet)
4. From one nutty thing to another, did you hear about the 9 month old baby charged with murder in Pakistan? Yeah, he was arrested along with 30 other men accused of stealing gas, when they were, in fact, protesting about electricity shortages. The judge was not amused…
5. But the nuttiest thing of all that I found this week? That would be the woman in Peterhead that’s taken to decorating dog poo on the local streets with strawberries and cream. Apparently it’s to embarrass dog owners into picking up the poo, and/or to encourage the council to clean it up more quickly. Uh huh.
Linking up with my fellow Randomeers:
I have a laptop around that runs XP because my embroidery machine is old enough that it won't work with any newer system. In fact, the software grudgingly accepts XP, but it would prefer NT. which, in turn, totally turned me off on buying a $5k embroidery/sewing machine – why spend the money on something that simply won't work when the OS changes? (I bought mine used.)
What is that woman with the strawberries and cream thinking ??? Uggh!
hahaha!!! Ahhh, that felt good 🙂 And the strawberries and cream!!!
Oh yeuk to the strawberries and cream dog poo
OK I am now feeling a little sick!
We have been forced to upgrade at work now – can you imagine the Windows7 fun we will have now!!
Well…my computer was a XP from 2005 and actually not doing too bad. We have been meaning to get a new one just didn't like being forced to get one right now. The new one should be shipping out today and now I need to learn 8.1…ugh.
I don't have a tablet, nor a smart phone and I have a dumb TV that isn't even digital so we have to use a converter box and digital antennae which is fine cause it will at least stream movies/TV from Netflix!:)
That last photo put me off my breakfast! Ugh!
I have XP at work and it works fine thank you very much. They guys who look after our computers have told us that windows 7 isn't available in English in the Czech Republic! I find that very hard to believe. What do you know about 8 ( which is available in English)
OMG the strawberry and cream turd?!
I might never eat strawberries and cream again!
I concur with what everyone else said about the strawberries and cream!
You've done it again. You get to keep the crown 🙂
Well, my medical transcription module works with XP, so my PC has 7 as its OS but I'm running "XP mode" for transcription. But, my job is set to expire in July so who cares? I'm upgrading my laptop, but buying 7, not 8. Interestingly that is what the techie guys recommend, even though 7 is only available online.
I remember being at school and being able to have a really good chat with my friend in IT lessons because the computers took so long to turn on and every command took about 5 minutes, ahhh good patient times those were 😉
Good for the woman to bother doing something about it, I am constantly shouting at my kids to avoid dog poo every time we're out – It would be easier to avoid with cream and a strawberry on top!
Yep. I wont miss XP either. Plus I do hope the dog owner gets the message.
My PC computer still has XP and I love it – thankfully I dont have too many issues with it:)
So gross! But i am laughing!
I'm not sure I understand the XP issue, doesn't it just mean no more zillion updates just as you try to turn it off ? Apple have stopped updating the iPad 1, so it's falling behind the others but it still works fine, it just won't get any better. Sorry if I've got it wrong!!!
I always preferred raspberries to strawberries, phew !
that is a serious waste of perfectly good strawberries
What Charlotte says, I think it's pretty funny but I bet she gets done for littering herself! Because the world is bonkers.
That's why john didn't apply for the post of peterhead high school head…………it does have it's idiosyncrasies. I was delighted when our pc hard drive died this week, the demise if xp meant we had to get a new tower – yay, can't afford it but no choice. Looking forward to some speed and less crashing when it arrives next week! Jx
No,3 made me think of dookin for apples for some reason but then I was totally thrown by No.5.
Some of us haven't used a Microsoft OS for years, but I do agree that you should upgrade your OS as soon as the new one is stable. Pretty much day 1 with OSX. Not that it's perfect of course.
On the dog turds thing, well done the lady. There is a photographer in Carlisle who has produced a book on what people do with their dog turd bags – like decorating trees? Again he did the project to get the council to act, as there's no point in scooping if you then simply discard the bag.