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  1. When do you chuck out your fruit and veg?

    chuck out veggies: when they start growing other veggies. chuck out fruit: when it starts to look like a character from sesame street more fur than fruit = nope.
  2. The Great Big Job Hunt Thread

    *zing!* UPDATE: I have a....thing.... next week. A company that I contacted are interested in possibly maybe having me in on a consultancy basis to work for them free of charge in a community management and marketing capacity... so i'm going in to talk with them (after signing an NDA so i can actually talk with them properly!) about what i'd want to get out of a work placement with them vs. what they'd get from having me there... suggestions for what questions to ask of them during this "interview" would be VERY much appreciated. i've also expanded/started to expand on my "portfolio" - i'm looking to set up a streetpass group for my local area and run events for this, and my manager at GAME let me do some work towards the sony pre-launch event, i'm also going to pitch another, charity fundraising event to her soon... i also updated my linked in profile to read a little better... http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rebecca-frost/80/332/113 check it out! again, any suggestions on improvements are more than welcome... also - ADD ME! ^_^
  3. I want your opinion on this, first from a technical point of view, but also from a *moral* point of view... A short while ago, i was complaining on facebook about badly aimed adverts on my newsfeed: i installed the advert blocking extension that my friend suggested and was really pleased with it - in a single session on facebook the little widget often tells me it's blocked over 100 adverts, youtube videos play straight away and other websites that are otherwise horribly advert heavy, almost to the point of being unusable, are now completely ad-free! great! HOWEVER... this morning, while i was watching a new vlog from a youtuber i follow...it hit me. i wasn't seeing adverts on their videos... i wondered if that meant that my view of their video didn't count towards their rating - if the advert revenue was still being counted, or if adblock negated that completely... i was then hit by tremendous guilt, because - youtubers use that advert revenue to make their money. i've since disabled adblock for youtube only.. my questions to the group are ~ (heheh) 1. TECHNICAL - does anyone know if advert revenue is still collected by Youtubers from people viewing while adblocking extensions are active? 2. MORAL - how do you feel about adblock software - do you think it's right or wrong of me to use it? do you think i'm being hypocritical turning off adblock for youtube and not for facebook? 3. BONUS - do you use adblocking software? : peace:
  4. What Have You Bought?

    @Happenstance - your avatar... LOVE that issue's cover! i have a copy and am planning on getting it framed when pat and i get a *real* house in the future.. ^_^
  5. Ylvis

    The intelevator is just about my favourite thing ever.
  6. What Have You Bought?

    Picked this up at work for 87p. yup. thank you, game reward card, staff discount and the fact that it's only £4.99 at GAME for some reason rather than the £17 that amazon wants for it. worth 87p just for the digital copy of the movie, but i get all those awesome games too? BAAARGAINNNN!!! i also bought a tonne of makeup that i'd run out of (foundation, powder and blusher - all ran out at the same time... conspiracy!!!) along with some aussie 3 min miracle conditioner (but just a little travel one 'cause i never use all of the big ones) because the premier inn shampoo REALLY did a number on my hair >_< aaaaaand: because hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe it's awesome. those are incredibly artfully arranged. kudos. bacon bird pokemon FTW. thanks for the heads up! *disappears forever!!* i also love retail
  7. oh man - abort! abort!!! when GAME was in trouble we had so, SO many people kicking off about their gift cards, and since nothing was confirmed at the time the company wasn't offering refunds... i remember thinking "god, these people are putting their money into a system that could easily collapse and they might never see that money again" ... then i got to thinking "but even if the company weren't in trouble - putting money onto a gift card to buy things is stupid 'cause if you lose that card, it's gone."loads of people think that if they lose a gift card they can just bring int he receipt for it - i had to explain to a lady that she couldnt do that recently, she'd had £20 on a card, lost it, then tried to pay with the receipt. luckily she didn't go too mental... but it really made me wonder why people do it........... if you need to pay off a console, just make sure a certain amount is left in your bank each month, surely? or if you can't do that - set up a separate current account and just pay it into that and don't learn the pin number. oopsh! i went off on a tangent there, didn't i? tl;dr - gift cards are dumb.
  8. Forum User Photos

    work asked me to email through a headshot for my ID tag for the gadget show live... i sent them this. i think it fully represents me. of course i gave them more than one option... then i sent them one of me looking totally ridiculous, just as a joke....
  9. Bit Strip

    on the bright side it's making my facebook friends cull a LOT easier... GIRAFFE! unfriend. BIT STRIP! unfriend. GIRAFFE!! unfriend. STORM!!!! unfriend. GIRAFFE!!! unfriend.
  10. good stuff thread.

    ((Strange developments on the "Bluey emails crazy cat talk to a German publisher" front: 6 people from that company have now viewed my Li profile over Thursday and Friday of last week...?!)) It's confirmed!! I'm going to the gadget show live for work!! that's Thursday-sunday in Earls court! i'm super excited!! weee! EDIT: OH! ALSO!! I discovered that i'm psychic. yep. psychic. yesterday at GAME a couple were asking bout those blind-packaged pokemon rumble gachapon balls we sell, i told them we still had them but i'd had to move them out back to make room for all the batman stuff... i told them to wait a second and i'd go grab a random one for her - so i went out back, grabbed one from the BACK of the box, and came back out... i shook it next to my ear and said "yep - it's a pikachu." they bought it, she opened it. it was a fucking pikachu. IT WAS A FUCKING SHINY PIKACHU. i told her "no offence... but i hate you." FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU~~!!!
  11. fooo i was gunna say-!! 12 months... you're practically married. bus married.
  12. Ace Attorney 5: Dual Destinies

    ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod It's back! I have to admit, I haven't played much of it so far (i've been having horrible migraines for the past few days...) so am not in a position to give a proper review, but...
  13. good stuff thread.

    i'm in with a small chance of going to the gadget show next week for work... i'll know more tomorrow, probably. ^.^ I've been getting slightly bolder with my job-hunt, and in an effort to catch the attention of a foreign publisher that i just happened to REALLY like the games of, i sent them this email: (their company name is "Neko Entertainment" "Neko" means "Cat" incase you didn't know!!) ....their CEO has since added me on Linkedin and i got a very nice but slightly pigeon-english "thanks, we'll keep you on file for future projects" email ...you catch more flies with crazy?
  14. Wait, wait... wait... 12 MONTHS?! @Ike - go for it!! if you've been chatting to her for more than a few bus rides i'd say "do you want to get a coffee?" is an easy one to slip in and still be not-too-big-a-deal-as-to-make-things-awkward if she says no. hell i've asked a girl out (...platonically....)the first time i randomly got chatting with her and it turned into one of the best (....platonic...) friendships i have!
  15. Tech Hints and Tips

    At the job i recently left, i freaked out the entire office because when my mouse broke i continued to work by using keyboard shortcuts to access everything i needed. O_____O they were only a few steps away from burning me at the stake, i think... that should've been one of my warning flags that i was in the wrong business.... i was also asked by a colleague why my desktop was so tidy once when i was showing her how to do something... i said "because i keep things in folders..." and she replied: ".........folders?!" then i nearly exploded her brain when i showed her multiple desktops and how i used them to organise the different aspects of my job t the time... *sigh*
  16. Not always right

    amazing...
  17. Ace Attorney 5: Dual Destinies

    ALL ace attorney games are out of stock on the game endless range and neither of the stores i work in have any AA in stock :/ just finished downloading my copy of #5! gunna have a little wind-down time then get on with the game
  18. Not always right

    @Iun I like my name, I just like messing with people even more BECAUSE I'M A MONSTER
  19. Not always right

    ...michael it's michael...?? you mean when customers have the same name as you and they think it's the most interesting thing in the world? haha. i always tell them i hate my name - when they ask why i just say "i dunno...."rebecca"..."ruh-beh-kah" just... urgh..." and they usually STFU :3 i also LOVE telling customers what *actually* happened when they're complaining about something like waiting for 3 hours when you have it clearly logged that they were waiting for 2 minutes and 53 seconds... i'll sometimes joke with call-centre people about tacky hold music, but it's never the fault of the person you end up speaking to if some annoying automated message thanks you for your patience every 3 seconds in between that panpipe version of greensleeves.
  20. Ace Attorney 5: Dual Destinies

    email sent!! (though i'll be downloading it in the wee-small hours of the morning anyhow!)
  21. IMGURRR!! i loved her in this video - it got me really into the rest of PTX's stuff and i'm going to see them in brum next month! SUPER EXCITED!!
  22. The Great Big Job Hunt Thread

    @Rowan ...this makes me take you more seriously, for some reason O_o @Ramar don't lose heart!! i dont know much about C++ ....actually i don't know anything about C++ but perhaps there's a refresher corse you can do? or maybe for a while as well as applying for jobs ask around for companies who might be willing to let you shadow someone and brush up on your skills? Job hunt central back in bluey-land it's lunch time (i learned quickly that there's not a lot of point calling companies between 1 and 2 'cause EVERYONE is on lunch - so i'm taking an hour out, having some food, then i'mma do some drawing 'cause i actually had an idea for an app O_O more on that later...) and do the weekly shop (i love you, sainsbury's home delivery service ) last night after work i checked my email to find a reply from one company inviting me to apply to a Social Media Community Development, Digital Marketing and PR work placement they run. it's a 4 week programme in which i'd shadow one of their employees - after that i'd be allowed to take away any work i do for a portfolio and they'll give me a reference. SO! i've just finished and sent off an essay they requested on a recent advertising campaign i admired and why. so that's done... i'm hoping that being invited to apply means i have a good chance of actually getting in, but honestly i'm not sure how packed their internship programmes are.... after "lunch" i'll be ringing 'round my friday emails to chase up, starting with those i've noted have already viewed my linked in profile, which i'm going to read as "interest" my boss at GAME is being really supportive (in her own way ^_^) she's a pretty tough personality so it actually means quite a lot that she's being so helpful - she's put me in charge of the upcoming PS4 lock in that we're going to be running.... something for the profile. tl;dr = write write write, draw draw draw, call call call, ps4 ps4 ps4. edit: also! Linkedin have just sent through an email offering a months free upgrade trial... i think i've been using it for 2 weeks now... probably an automated time thing?
  23. The Great Big Job Hunt Thread

    not really an option for me travel-wise... if they were local i'd definitely go to hand in my information, but because many of the places are at least an hour's drive away it's not really possible. also, since many games companies are in crunch right now i think a phone call/email then a gentle follow-up on wednesday (to emails and calls sent/made on friday) will be less intrusive... i don't know, though... it did always make a bigger impact on me when i was receiving cv's if the person actually came in to drop it off (saying that - they needed to time it JUST RIGHT in a busy workplace... if we were really teaming with customers it made no difference to me, they may as well have posted it.) i've had one reply in which the guy sounds pretty interested in talking with me further on the subject, but said that due to UK employment laws they can't take me on without paying me and haven't budgeted for a marketing/PR person at this point in the company's existence... does anyone know the details on uk law and work placements??
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