Comments for John Mee

Comment on A 30-second Geek chair review: Aeron, Mirra, or Leap? by Pezz

Pezz — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:02:05 +0000

Goodness me John you are quite the chair reviewer!!

I have been looking for steelcase since chatting with you a while back.

Little did I realise you were an expert!

Now where do I find one of these things???

Comment on A 30-second Geek chair review: Aeron, Mirra, or Leap? by Iain

Iain — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:43:59 +0000

Thanks for the great product review and comparison! I have been considering these three options for my next desk chair. The seminal Aeron has an established reputation that’s impossible to ignore, but it’s hard to imagine that other brands/models 10+ years younger couldn’t perform as well or better, so I’m glad to find you approve so highly of the Leap.

At first I assumed the Mirra to be the Aeron’s successor, they’re priced similarly here (Australia), I am interested to know why you considered it so inferior. There is also the Herman Miller “Embody”, I’m interested to hear if anyone has had any experience with them, though I find it hard to imagine they would be twice as good as the Leap (therefore justifying the extreme price tag).

Comment on Zend Framework Quickstart Tutorial: Deploy to a subdirectory instead of web root by Alexey

Alexey — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:30:28 +0000

HI John,
Many thanx to you.
Your htaccess configuration worked for me!

Comment on domainnamegroup.com.au is a scam by courtie

courtie — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:47:22 +0000

i also just received one of these letters, i googled them as i didnt know who the hell they were and found out there a scam, so i contacted the local police and i also left these “domain” people a message, they called back and i gave them a piece of my mind!

Comment on How to complete the BAS Online by Gino

Gino — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:22:33 +0000

Nice article. Compellingly stated. Dealing with the ATO – on many issues – is literally a study in how an entity can become so bloated, complex and common-sense lacking that it’s actually better for your mental health to not deal with them in the first place.

Comment on The Technical Interview by bryan griffiths

bryan griffiths — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:10:07 +0000

Umm, the order it prints out is the basic depth first search of that tree. This should be a simple tree traversal loop you learn in first year comp-sci… I prefer the puzzle tests that are actualy puzzles and can be solved with some inginuity. This however, is hardly a puzzle. The interviewer is simply checking if you know how to do a depth first search. Something many AI coders, among others, do for various reasons regularly.

Also, it would help if you stated the problem correctly in your post.
You have: A, B, E, H, O, F, G, H, C, I, J, K, P, Q, D, L, M
You ment this: A, B, E, N, O, F, G, H, C, I, J, K, P, Q, D, L, M

Comment on A 30-second Geek chair review: Aeron, Mirra, or Leap? by brad

brad — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:38:57 +0000

Just a follow up. I have bought a new aeron and I need to give it the thumbs up. So this year I have bought a new Leap and a new Aeron ( size C ). I believe HM have made some subtle improvements to this model over the years. I believe people pay too much for the older models ( Aeron ).

I’m glad I have both and they are different chairs for sure. The Leap took me a long time to find the ‘sweet spot’ etc.

I have another excellent chair which is a Kineta by K&N. Looks a bit like the Think chair by Steelcase.

Comment on A 30-second Geek chair review: Aeron, Mirra, or Leap? by Alex

Alex — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:07:03 +0000

Something wrong with your Aeron. On mine it takes just 1 (as ONE) rotation to adjust the back support. 5 sec job.

Comment on A 30-second Geek chair review: Aeron, Mirra, or Leap? by brad

brad — Sat, 28 May 2011 11:46:20 +0000

I bought a Leap chair off Steelcase in Sydney. I wanted to choose the colour so they did an order from the US for me. Took 10 to 12 weeks. That was OK. Quite happy with it.
I had a second hand Aeron for a few months and did not really like it. It looked great but was not really comfortable and did not work as a computer chair. Seemed to be better as a chair for just sitting in. I suspect the gas lift might have been a bit soft. I would like to try a new Aeron and see what that is like. As I said I like the look of them but I have my doubts about them. Old design and quite basic in it’s functions. But they look great.
The Leap is a very nice chair though cost me $1200.

Comment on How to complete the BAS Online by John

John — Wed, 11 May 2011 05:48:18 +0000

The stuff in the middle of this about “Getting the BAS Form” electronically is no longer valid. I’m afraid they’ve changed it (again) to a whole new system, so you’ll have to navigate that part of the minefield yourself. If you find a good guide on the lastest procedures send through a link or write-up for others.