Damn! I didn’t think to repurpose this, created in 2001 for Chris Sayer’s Open 50 sponsorship proposal, into a flag contender for John Key's mad crowd-sourced flag replacement competition. Given the current “keep the old”, what about the Union Jack, maybe Southern Cross Stars, or a
The Stuff iPhone app has serious deficiencies: - No indication of article publish/update date/time. - Does not remember text size setting. Default too large & I don't want to set every time I read an article - No way to disable the story image icons which
I was listening to TV3 news in the car waiting to make a right hand turn into a side street as this story aired. A continuous stream of approaching traffic meant those turning left didn’t have to give way but several hesitated as if going to do so. It
My regular Sunday cycle was a little unusual this week. When your route includes Tamaki Drive, Auckland's Waterfront, Tsunami warnings on the news get your attention. Heading through Waterview first sign of anything unusual was a couple of Police cars stationed to close the on-ramp to the, barely
I don’t usually re-post someone else’s work but this post from Earl is worth sharing: I'm not usually one for inspirational stories. You can be sure that you will never see an email from me with some heartlifting carp, the bottom line urging you to pass
I'm no fan of Telecom but there is one one entity that appears "gormless" as a result of this article and that is the author. If this is an "award-winning Herald on Sunday column" they must give them out in cereal packets. Paul Holmes
Current Affairs
Peter Cresswell cuts through the bullshit that surrounds leaky homes in New Zealand: * LEAKY HOMES, Part 1: The myth of deregulated building * LEAKY HOMES, Part 2: What’s going on inside your walls?
It is amusing that Peter Day’s podcast introduction mentions a chance encounter. It’s only a result of chance that I heard the interview and thanks to an unlikely encounter that I knew the interviewee. I turned on the radio this afternoon and heard the last minute of “Peter
This is work related, I mean Progressive own 10% of TWL, but I’m just a consumer who wondered about today’s announcement (which I first read about weeks ago on this blog). It makes sense although some of the comments about retaining co-sited Woolworths, Foodtown as Countdowns post re-brand
UPDATE 2009-02-23: Looks like the Blackout Protest, and related submissions, may have worked: Computerworld John Key delays copyright law The government may suspend S92a if no agreement is reach...
I'm watching Sunday about Kiwis who chased the "big" money in Western Australia, which has evaporated, and thinking why should I care? They made the decision, they chased the big money in the Nicke...
Last week I flew about 22,000km in a Boeing 747 for the AutoCAD 2010 Launch Event . I didn't realise, until today, that the 747 celebrated forty years of flight while we were in the air on the flight...
