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These opinions are my own, and not that of any of my current or former clients.
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Lock in a 36% price increase from Mercury Energy
I’m actually shocked that Mercury energy have the cheek to do this scam. They are sending out notices to people (families) offering to lock in electricity prices for the next three years. They also say you could win free power … Continue reading
How to be an Angel
This is exactly what Angel investors should be doing No lengthy agonising, no distracting the team with over-indulgent due diligence and no inch thick documents and negotiations through lawyers. Simply find a great idea with a solid team and put … Continue reading
Give prisoners the basics at least
Inmates in 10 prisons in the Georgia, USA coordinated a strike that lasted a week, and inclusive of all of the usually conflicting groups (Bloods, Crips, Muslim brotherhood and so forth). While the article in deathandtaxes raises the point that … Continue reading
Poorly surveyed
I got this email just now, it’s so ugly I thought I’d follow the link to see how bad the survey was. I took the extra time to take pictures and write comments. The landing page as not too … Continue reading
How readable is your site?
Google has a new readability feature, so why not check a few local sites? Here are some, in decreasing order of ‘Basic’ readabilty. Proving something about left wing academics, tough I am not sure what. Overall very consistent in readability … Continue reading
Crisis explained
I do like this succinct explanation of the Ireland situation.
Posted in NZ Business
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This is dangerous NZ Police
This is an unsafe act. The police officer appears to be standing in a part of a lane that is closing off while traffic is whizzing by at 80-100kmph. He is behind his bike, which will turn into a projectile … Continue reading
Pretty good education NZ
In an article in the NYTimes that focuses mainly on Shanghai’s stellar results we find a table, and in that table we find NZ’s education test results. This is the PISA test of 15 year olds. I’ve often said that … Continue reading
Judgment day – when will US and China, India and others
It’s hard to see how the United States can resume the rapid GDP growth necessary to reduce its fiscal deficit when almost 20 percent of its working population is unemployed or underemployed. A McKinsey Quarterly report on Globalisation’s Critical Imbalances. … Continue reading
Posted in Global Macro Trends
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New Lingopal
I got Apple spam yesterday. We’ve added phonetics, sharing via Twitter/Facebook/email and copy/paste to the application. So now you’ll be able to tweet some of the ridiculous Lingopal phrases. Check out the changes on the Lingopal blog
Neither beautiful nor usable
Seen the Review your Website page before? Wondering what it is all about? Wondering why it ever existed and was so ugly? It was an experiment. I put the Review your Site page up to see whether it would be … Continue reading
NZGirl is not safe
Perhaps it’s because the site is aimed at teenagers, and they are asking teenagers to show their breasts to everyone. Or perhaps it is because they are saying some breasts are better than others – when breast cancer folks are … Continue reading
