Monthly Archives: February 2010

Quantcast tracks all WordPress.com blog stats

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

I’ve rather belatedly discovered Quantcast – which tracks a good chunk of the web, but is very US-centric. One thing it does do though is track every WordPress.com hosted blog, including, for what it is worth, mine: There is plenty … Continue reading →

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Puffin signals doom for jetpack

Posted on February 8, 2010 by

NASA seem to have cracked the three crucial problems with jetpacks with their Puffin personal flying machine. The kiwi jetpack is obnoxiously loud, and it, well it doesn’t really fly. It’s also only suitable for smaller folk. The Puffin approach … Continue reading →

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Techday joins the spammers

Posted on February 7, 2010 by

I received this on Friday from techday.co.nz: I didn’t know I had a relationship with Techday and neither was there an address of the sender included. So I clicked the Unsubscribe link and arrived here: It’s a website that I … Continue reading →

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Incredibly fantastic and great

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

Missed Steve Jobs and the iPad introduction? Rest assured thanks to Neil Curtis you can catch up on all of the adjectives in under 3 minutes. Found via TUAW, and yes the website of Neil is a bit different.

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It’s all about the story – launch progress

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

Things are going well at AllAboutTheStory.com – the site that matches the material from professional writers with editors who buy their material. While it is still very early days, we are pleased to have over 130 members and about 100 … Continue reading →

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An open letter to Vodafone Group from New Zealand

Posted on February 2, 2010 by

Dear Vodafone Group We don’t yet have the Kindle available in New Zealand, and I suspect that you are the folks to talk to. You see I’m pretty sure the folks at Vodafone New Zealand would love us to have … Continue reading →

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It seems BNZ’s Xero personal will allow importing

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

From this screenshot over on Xero’s blog we see a National Bank account is reported in amongst the BNZ ones in a beta test of Zero Personal: Actually the logo is for Kiwibank, while the text refers to National Bank. … Continue reading →

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Expensive love

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

I received several copies of this email from Apple, and clearly there is a disconnect between my idea of appropriate Valentines day gifting behaviour and Apple’s: I understand flowers, I understand dinner, and even a small gift, but isn’t a … Continue reading →

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