Finally I have broadband again. It took Perth based iiNet about a week to arm-twist Australian monopolist Telstra into connecting me. Their communications and service (24/7 help desk) has been faultless – which is stunning in this industry. iiNet uses ADSL2, and here’s what I get: From me at home in Perth to a local …
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Rugby Heaven changed its logo today….
It’s one thing to complain about anther country. It’s quite another to call it by the wrong name. The United Nations accepted name for the country between Thailand, Laos, China, India and Bangladesh is Myanmar. Not Burma. Even Wikipedia gets it right – it appears that Myanmar is the formal name, used since the 13th …
Elijah is 11. He did this at Wellingon’s capitale holiday program. cool
This was sent to me by Paul Ryan, and is about to be posted on to Shipbuktu’s website – on the control panel which is registered members only. It’s a pretty impressive response to the customer service issues they have been having, some of which have been reported here. Bolding is mine. Some customers are …
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{update – From July 11th2008 you can now just go to a Vodafone store and get an iPhone 3G. And a contract.} Want to buy an iPhone in NZ? Well – the quickest way to get your hands on one is down on Queen street at Parallel Imports. You can also buy them online from …
Amazingly I had not been to the Waitakere Regional Park before yesterday. Count one for Auckland – a stunning array of yomping tracks which we explored for a few hours. (yes – I need to get fitter)
NBC, idiots that they are, withdrew from selling programs on iTunes, and instead is launching its NBC Direct service, which will be free. But there are a few catches. First, the shows will be riddled with unskippable ads. Second the shows will be playable on Windows only. Third, they’ll only last for 7 days before …
If you are looking for news on the Apple 4th generation “N90 iPhone” then try: A Chinese employee committed suicide after one of 16 prototypes dissappeared: mystateline.com China Stakes has the best article. Sun graduated from university just last year, that the iPhone is called the iPhone N90, that Sun was in charge of transmission …
So many rugby games, so little time. So I, err, invested in some Apple products to help me manage my Rugby watching. They also helped to boost my AAPL shareholding value. That’s the new iPod Classic (160GB) on the left and the new iPod nano on the right, along with the not so new but …
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So as Sophie points out, Stuff confirmed the Trade Me policy on “no iPhones” this morning. Adam also helpfully points out that perhaps I was behind the times – oh the horror. But yes – Trade Me has recklessly decided to arbitrarily ban sales of the absolutely essential and patently legal to sell iPhone. This …
Apple, at the same time as the new iLife launch, launched a very overdue upgrade to the dot mac product. I sent some photos from the new iPhoto to a new feature – dot Mac Web Gallery. The process is to select your pictures in iPhoto, and, err, push a button (or click a menu …
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Reading through some of the top 50 blogs. I found, on StevePavlina, this little snippet from a review on a book called “Life on Purpose”. The book seems far too religious for my taste, and the review a bit wordy, but I did like the first bullet that Steve quoted: 1. Become Incredibly Selfish. This …
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First check out iphon.fr, for the Haka iPhone combo. Seriously. Then go to Hakatv.fr to roll your own. Cultural sensitivity may be an issue.
Forget preroll, and postroll – the new new thing is Google’s idea of semi transparent ads over the top of the bottom fifth of video. It may even have legs on TV – as we all move to control our own TV watching through time shifting. Frankly this may be the only hope for TV, …
Lance Wiggs 