The master speaks, and Lance reaches for his wallet to feed his insatiable addiction for all things Apple. At least it is a better addiction than Methadone/P/ice or other ilicit drugs. Probably just as expensive though. MacBook air: ordered, but not with the tiny solid state drive which costs AU$1400 more. I’ll use this in …
Category Archives: Life
Some Ed Hillary Pictures worth seeing
A well played innings. Ed Hillary was one of very few Kiwis to play on the world stage and with maintained universal respect. More pictures at National Geographic
Aha! Tower of Power
Pretty amazing: Masses of power: up to 4 TB of hard disk drives, 32GB memory and 8 30 inch monitors. That’s a bit beyond the occasional spreadsheet…
Waiting for Apple
The Apple store is being updated. What new goodies are in store?
Back from the roads…
A fun sojourn in New South Wales…
Off on the road
Wishing everyone a great holiday season. I’m off on a motorcycle road trip in NSW for about 10 days so blogging will take a break.
The Great Christmas Conspiracy
It’s been going on for years. Everyone is involved. Tens of thousands are conned each year, and we are all part of the grand conspiracy. It starts with the parents, is reinforced by the schools and assisted by department stores, grandparents, uncles, aunts, the media, the post office and even random strangers on the streets. …
As the housing bubble bursts in Florida
NYTimes has some food for thought from the post bubble impact in Florida. ‘They’ said it wouldn’t hapen there, or in DC, Sydney, or Auckland. ‘They’ say now it won’t happen in Wellington, in Perth or in Nelson. It well – economics always wins in the long run. If you have any, please do consider …
Guaranteeing Safety on the roads
A timely topic as we head out on the annual Christmas travel-fest. It’s dangerous on those roads, and we all need to do something about it. The NZ Government has come up with their list of measures to reduce fatalities on the road: Increased demerit penalties for crossing stop lights Increased demerit penalties for faster …
Anti Free trade: BNZ and USA
Why is it so complicated to wire money from the USA to NZ? I know the US laws are convoluted, but BNZ certainly isn’t helping reduce barriers to free trade with these instructions: Dear Mr Wiggs Thank you for your enquiry about transferring funds from the United States to Bank of New Zealand. In order …
New Web Hotness
Get on to the latest new hotness: Dopplr.com You can share your trips with other folk. It seems. It’s the latest brand new hotness. apparently. But it’s also trivially easy to use – a lesson in UI.
iPhone – passe already in Australia?
I hear from Sydney that the iPhone is becoming a bit, well, common in the tech community. This before a release date has even been announced in Australia. Personally I’m a fan of only buying Apple goodies within days of launch date – to eliminate any concerns that, say, mac fanboy Rowan gets some Apple …
Deficit and housing
via calculated risk this chart – showing the huge size of the US Trade Deficit. Sure Petroleum is bad, but that red line is hovering around the the thirty billion a year mark. Meanwhile on the same blog we see that a major US apartment owner is in big trouble, risking default on $900m in …
A simple question..
Mega blogger Seth Godin asks How long has it been since you went through an entire day without buying anything at all? It’s a good question. About two times a week for me, as I go turn-about for buying lunch (a sandwich) at work each day. Another question could be: How many non-food/grocery/fuel items do …
Is Road Safety a value for our Police Force?
Dave Moore writes on the motorcycle vs Police Car crash in the Buller gorge. A police car did a three point trn on a narrow incredibly curvy road to case a motorcycle, and 2 more crashed into him. There is a systematic safety culture failure that really scares me here. First – what made the …
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