I have decided that places who provide exceptional customer service should be mentioned and awarded for their outstanding actions that made me feel happy :D.
– Noodle Box Gungahlin – This store opposite “The G” in Gungalin is amazing – the food is pretty good, but the smile, friendly word and attitude of the staff regardless of the day is amazing – they are always friendly and you’re likely to leave the place feeling even better than you walked in and you’ll have food to! Check it out!
Dear Developers (of any software),
Just a little note to request that you contemplate your error messages more carefully, specifically while it’s a good idea to validate data and assume its hostile, think about the message you want to send to your users.
To use an example that annoyed me today – examine the Pizza Hut online ordering system – if you live in an area where the local store does not accept online orders – the system does not tell you this. It rejects the post code as invalid – the problem is that the error is wrong. The post code is a valid Australian postcode. The system should instead report back the actual problem – the store in your area does not accept online orders please call 13 11 66 or similar.
This is a problem with a great deal of software – developers need to remember that software is destined to be used by people, and that any error messages generated should be meaningful to the end user. From the perspective of the software as in the example above the post code is invalid, but as an end user – it is not, it is a valid postcode as per the definition of a post code. So all you developers out there think about your error messages, yes its not fun to handle many cases (for the above – they would need to handle both invalid postcodes as well as valid post codes but not in a serviced area). Your end users will be happier with the software.
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Today I am bloody well ashamed to be an Australian. We are a nation of laid back slackers, with a motto of she’ll be right mate, emphasis on the word mate. Yet we have blocked off a three mile square chunk of Sydney and charged 11 people with various offences due to “The Chasers” breach of the exclusion zone.
Seriously, when did we give up everything in the name of security, its pathetic! What next – DNA testing and banning from medicare for those genetically disposed to expensive problems? Extradition to gaol for not being patriotic?, or more poignantly for notbeing patriotic to the US cause. I’m more than happy for a foreign dignatry to supply their own security forces, so long as it fits in with what goes on around them. Likewise I’m equally ashamed to be associated with the demonstrators who cannot even unite under a single banner and have many different agenda’s to push.
People wake up! Smell the bloody roses and do something about it.
While no where near as great as their RSW the Woodhenge is a very nice Shiraz. This one while drinking well now, will do wonders with a few more years of bottle age in good cellaring conditions. This one is under the Stelvin cap’s which should stop any cork taint. Get into it, ignore the RSW (trust me ;)) OK so I want you to ignore the RSW because I love it, but they’re both tip top drops!
A white quaffing wine. Not too bad for those who’re not such a fan of the white varietals.
A blend of Shiraz, Cabernet Savignon, Petit Verdot from Wirra Wirra predominantly shiraz – this is a bargain basement wine, but the quality is so much higher than that – take it to a BBQ and among the wine drinking people there, 50% of them will love you, 50% of them will not be overly impressed, but you won’t get booted out thats for sure.
It’s cheap enough to grab a bottle or three and determine if you like it or not, very much down to personal tastes.
Supplied by Nat, and boy do I feel like I need to dig out something special next time I catch up with him.
The company was far better than the wine, but this is a drop worth hunting around for a day or four to find a bottle. Do not ignore it – I’d assume if the ’04 Cabernet Sauvignon vintage from the Coonawarra was outstanding, this one, is very very likely to be equally as impressive.
Like much of the “I drank this a long time ago and can’t remember it” ranks – it was nice enough and worth checking out.
Decent Cab Sauv – can’t remember it much – was about 7 months ago I drunk this one.
Oh baby! I cannot wait to get my hands on a primo of primo years bottle of this one. It’s only made when the grapes are of sufficient quality, which means in the primo of primo years this one should be insane – 05, 06 and 07’s of this ones are must haves on my list of future wines. (I’ve got to get some of this one – assuming it’s made in these years).