I fully disclose that I am a 24 fan boy. I love every detail including the iconic ringtones of the CTU IP telephones. Now, having installed these tones on my cellphone, I wait for those few seconds every now and then when someone calls me for I get to pretend to be Jack!  Read the rest of this entry »

Some breaking news, either a commercial with the site URL has just aired and a lot of people have been googling the site address or I have become particularly popular.

Over the last hour, I have seen visitors to my blog sky rocket. Statistics show that currently ‘ctuagent.com’ is the most popular search terms (sampled over the last six hours).

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In this quick post which I’d like to talk about the older generation and the raw deal they get when it comes to technology.  I believe the older generation, through the intended kindness of the young generations, get a raw deal when it comes to technology - which ultimately hinders their use and enjoyment of technology.

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A few months ago I wrote about a television advertisement from Total Oil.  The TV ad matched up two different shots showing energy production and then use in the home in a fancy split screen fashion.

Anyway, I love the music on the advertisement and have been having massive problems trying to track it down.  This is my final call for information…

I appreciate modern machines being designed to be idiot proof but when you set the machine and close the door it immediately locks the door shut! This idiot forgot to put the detergent and subsequently had to out smart the machine into letting him open the door.

At first I thought the door on the machine would fail safe – by that I mean in the unlikely event of there being an electrical failure the door would unlock. Of cause that was not the case and after power cycling the machine a few times I decided that I needed to adopt a new tactic.

I turned it off and wiped the program I was on. I then turned it back on and dialled in program 15 – drain. I hoped that the washer would accept that it had played out a program and would then unlock the door. At the end of the program the door was still locked and the detergent was still n the wrong site of the glass.

My last attempted turned out to be successful. Realising that “drain” was not the last action that a washer did I quickly punished in program 16 – spin! And a few minutes later the door unlocked its self allowing me to add the detergent and try again.

Not being an expert in washing, I will in about an hour discover that all my cloths have shrunk and I’ll have nothing to wear tomorrow. That said, I did read the labels and am currently washing at 30 degrees on program 9: delicate! As for all the other symbols on the labels, I have no idea!

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