I’m a huge fan of Jalopnik – which covers all new and exciting in the car world. They have largely taken the place of car magazines for me. anyway – how the heck did this happen? (the car came in from outside, after going up a mound. The front end of the BMW is in …
Category Archives: Life
Just another Apple fanboy
Rowan has finally confessed that his affair with OSX has now turned into full blown romance. It was just a matter of time. Turns out we both purchased the new MacBook Pro’s on launch day a few weeks back. It’s an addiction Rowan – just roll with it. Welcome aboard.
I’m 71% geek…
which is kinda frightening considering I’m currently working in a cell-phone free environment helping tweak a chemical process driven plant… 71% Geek
On Perth…
Three cheery headlines this morning in theWest – Perth and Western Australia’s dominant newspaper: Five Stabbed in Nightclub Brawl That was in Subiaco, where I am planning to live. It’s the best ‘cosmopolitan’ suburb around, and everyone is telling me to stay there. The good news (apparently) is that is was not gang related. One …
NZ Banks blame you
Slashdot is covering Computerworld‘s scoop of the proposed NZ banking code of practise that demands to see users PC’s in the event of a disputed transacton. Slashdot readrers don’t like it. at all. and neither do I. From TFA: “Liability for any loss resulting from unauthorized Internet banking transactions rests with the customer if they …
The picture above
I’ve had a few folk ask about the picture above. It was taken near Amersfoot, in South Africa. I was on the BMW off road course, run by the amazing Jan de Toit from Country Trax. The course starts with learning the correct technique for picking these monstrous 1200cc bikes up, includes getting those things …
on getting it done
A message to Garcia is a delightful little story – which perhaps belabors the point a little later on, but worth a read of the first screen. It’s about taking responsibility and getting stuff done. These days a fable like this would be published as some sort of hokey business book.
Average NZ card transaction size
The average electronic debit & credit card transaction size in NZ is $4.6bn/80m = $57. From memory that average transaction size seems really high – I recall figures of closer to $30 from US and historical NZ experiences. <update – seems I’m wrong – this presentation is showing much higher numbers for the USA – …
Going to Paris?
How about renting my friend’s great Parisian Pad? It’s a funky little apartment in St Germain. And the relevance to here? well the website is done on WordPress, and I helped out a bit.
Wellosphere Interconectedness
Brenda L (who this blog thinks, for some strange reason, is kiwgrll) has a great post on the interconnectedness of the Wellington blog community – the Wellosphere perhaps. Let me tweak a few things. Rowan no longer works at Trade Me – he is at Xero, where Rod is the founder/CEO. I’m also gone from …
Is Perth cool or not?
So everybody who I’ve talked to has raved about Perth, what a great place it is, the wonderful climate, fantastic people and so on. All that seems true. But why didn’t anybody explain to me that Perth is closed from Saturday at 1230 until Monday morning? That late night shopping or 24 hour supermarkets don’t …
psst – Want to earn over $100,000 per year?
We can influence our income level through a variety of means. Let’s look at the ones tracked by the Census of 2006 – thanks to no right turn for pointing it out. (No Right Turn is coincidentally the first website that comes up when I press the ‘NZ’ button on Safari, so I read him …
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ACC, Benefits and 36,800 words
So you are in a giant battle with ACC, which has included you spending time in Prison for benefit fraud (something you are appealing). You profess that you cannot work because you cannot use a mouse or write, and have mild brain damage. Then ACC (or is it WINZ?) cuts off your current benefit. So …
The ultimate home setup
An impressive all-mac based home entertainment set up. I want this. Actually I want this is a much smaller form – with a macbook pro, external 500GB drive and projector. That is also a lot cheaper than the $13k he dropped on this system. Meanwhile I’m struggling with the playing and ripping of DVD’s as …
Gareth Morgan’s Kiwisaver calculater
What a weapon – Gareth Morgan Investments (GMI) have built a Kiwisaver fee calculator. Check it out. Plug in your portfolio sizze, and investment strategy, and the calculator will show how much the 6 ‘official’ and GMK’s Kiwisaver products will charge per year. The calculator lets you adjust the unitization factor, which Gareth claims is …
Lance Wiggs 