MYOB is not for me

I've come to the conclusion that MYOB is a crap application. I'm sure it does wonderful things for accountants and bookkeepers as well as business owners who like to control everything themselves, like myself. But it has to be one of the most unintuitive applications I have ever had the chance to use. Though, this is only my opinion. MYOB is a successful company so they're clearly doing something right. Then again, people are idiots and just put up with crap anyway, so I guess their success doesn't really show anything through my eyes.

I have moved

I have shifted into my new office. I'm pretty tired, too tired to post. Will probably talk more about it another time. When I can sit upright.

I figured, since I'm not saying much. Pictures speak louder than words.

 

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Obama? N!xau? Isn't that the same thing?

I'll be honest and up front. I haven't paid much attention to the pollitical drivel that has been spewing out of the U.S. of late. In fact, I'll be completely up front and say that I never have, even when it was crammed down our throats it school when I lived there for a portion of my life I refer to as "The Wasted Years". You've all seen and heard of The Wonder Years. Well, it's pretty much the same version. Minus the political bull, minus the weird crush called Winnie. The arse hole brother was the same and so was much of the decor.

Acknowledgement is brilliant

There are a lot of ways to tell people something. Generally people tend to tell you when something goes wrong "You sir are an idiot... now fix it" and when you do, you hear nothing. Gratitude and appreciation for someone's work can be worth more than money could be. You can get paid large amounts of money to do something and do it right. There is no denying that a large piece of money is a good thing. But nothing feels better than a "Thanks" or "Great job mate, couldn't have done it without you" when you know you've done well.

Yes, acknowledgement is brilliant.

Daihatsu Terios

Yeah, it had a spoiler.

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I had the chance to drive one of these for a couple of reasons. I was in Fiji for two weeks, I needed a rental to get around and I had just watched Jeremy Clarkson thrash one on Top Gear. Since they don't sell them in Australia any more, I decided that it would be a good, economical runaround that won't get bogged. This was an opportunity to drive a car I couldn't back home, and get to see what Clarkson was on about. He loved the car. And because I think Jeremy is a god, I had to agree. "Yes, Jeremy."

Big Hearted Renovators Dream can only lead to disappointment

You have to love marketing. The crap they come up with sometimes is gold. I know someone who owns a marketing company. I have to say, they're a great person to hang out with. Because they're so full of shit that everything they say is hilarious.

Great weekend - bad ending

I'm dramatising this a little bit too much for I am peeved to say the least about my discovery over the weekend.

Last night I had my nephew and niece over for dinner. I haven't had them over in ages and I wanted to show my nephew the great book on the cosmos I got for my birthday from Mell & Mark.

As we turned the pages and my nephew said "coooooooooool" every page he turned. We got about half way through the book to realise that there are about 50 of the 300 or so pages were folder over.

Normally I wouldn't care. But the book is A3 sized. The photos in it are the highest res possible and large. The colours are brilliant and the fact that it was a 30th present and from good friends means a lot to me. The book was in perfect condition when I got it, I know because I spent several weeks going through it page by page. I would have noticed a giant crease in the pages because they really stand out.

The paper is a very heavy weight. No less than 300gsm each if I were to guess. So they are thick, heavy pages and when they crease, it's almost as if the seal breaks on the surface. Leaving this massive crease and white mark of the white paper under the black print.

It's a little upsetting to see that people have come over, looked through the book and done this. More so that they've put it back with the pages straight, so it's obvious they knew what happend. I'm sure it wasn't intentional. But this isn't an ordinary softcover book you just toss around. I'd imagine I'd be told of this accident if it were to have been noticed.

Sadly, the book is ruined and as such, I have thrown it away. It's like taking the Mona Lisa and adding the finishing touches with crayon.
Not happy Jan!