Category Archives: Whines

Mobile extremism & ignorance good for nobody

Posted on May 24, 2010 by sim

Ever since the iPhone launched some years ago and ended up being, by most measures, a big success, I feel the tech press has been getting increasingly mean. And I don’t like it one bit. These days not a day … Continue reading →

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Myki: another public transit ticketing disaster

Posted on Apr 7, 2010 by sim

Meet the Myki card, a brand new smart card, the backbone of the high-tech public transport ticketing system in Melbourne. Or not. If you’re a sensible consumer, you will stay away from it as long as possible. When the Matkakortti … Continue reading →

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When lack of competition makes you go hungry and other food whines

Posted on Feb 23, 2009 by sim

We’ve all heard the supposed reasons behind the increasing food prices; rising fuel and other costs, failed crops and all that. Some of them are downright lies and the others are becoming increasingly dubious as over the past 6-12 months … Continue reading →

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Random thoughts of the day #13

Posted on Oct 30, 2007 by sim

As the season enters the dark period, most people in Finland also turn gloomy and bitchy like I’ve often noted. To get my share of it out of my system, here are some of my pet peeves of the season. … Continue reading →

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Are you kidding me?!

Posted on Oct 10, 2007 by sim

Just when I thought I was at least temporarily done with the operator-related rants, the Finnish incumbent duo are at it again. The TeliaSonera part is recent stuff but the Elisa part something I just ran into.. TeliaSonera forcibly invading … Continue reading →

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