Not that I have it yet, but Xobni is a very cool add-on to Outlook that gives you handy things like threaded conversations and stats for everyone you communicate with. What a great idea! Their premise is that we have all created far more MB of information through our email than through our web presence. …
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Separated at birth? or just related. We find out a ittle more about who is behind that mask: Juha/Bach is blogging over at Stuff…
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IRD Cool Vodaphone uncool when did it go so very very wrong?
It’s pretty easy to ignore reading the NZHerald (or whatever site) when this happens: I browse in tabs, so I just close the NZHerald tab and move on. It is easier to do that then to move the mouse down to the close (X) button on the NetRatings pop in. Net Ratings could fix this …
The USA tends to allow more things in business than we do in New Zealand or Australia. For example, our laws on food are strict, and strictly enforced. Similarly the legislation and Commerce Commission hold companies to account for their behaviour. In the USA they are a bit more laissez-faire. Food is under regulated and …
Like Bill Clinton, from Hope Arkansas, Barack Obama is bringing positivity to his first campaign for president. This video is stunning. Si Se Puede Cambiar is the US Spanish translation of Obama’s “Yes We Can Change”. I you have not seen Obama in action, then here’s a 2 minute snipet: Below the fold are the …
The gaystars site is actually pretty straight – it is full of RSS excerpts from blogs similar to this one. It also does not have any ads, nor does it have any obvious “contact me” I wondered at first whether it was part of some elaborate scam to prey on the homophobia of Z-list bloggers. …
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Yes it is obvious that Kiri is in a different league to Hayley Westenra, but for Kiri to say: “They are the new fakes for the new generation coming through but they can only perform with a microphone and they’ve basically never have any formal training. and “I’ve had a 40-year career but these people, …
yup. I get a bunch of links to this blog from something called Gay Stars, which has the domain name AdultSexBox.com. I have no idea why. I’m not gay, (I’m clearly not good looking enough as I haven’t been hit on by a guy for years) and sadly I’m not an adult sex star (umm …
Not bad – strong profit growth of 40% versus last year, with Trade Me and Digital leading the way. Trade Me showed $32m in EBIT, which is for the 6 month period to December 2007. That, apparently, puts them at tracking to hit the $60m required to complete the $50m earn out to March 2008. …
When will they ever learn – police officers these days should expect to be on video at any time. Indeed I feel it would be a better thing all-round if police were required to continuously record their activities on video.
via Jalopnik
via NZHerald, some stunning photography from the winners of the world press photo competition. Sadly, both the NZHerald, and the world press photo site (which has better size and range of shots), use flash to display the photos, preventing the photos from being displayed by others. It’s all about copyright, which seems retrograde to me …
The USA now spends more on “defense” than the rest of the world combined. US$670 billion – over 6 times NZ’s GDP, and about the same as Australia’s GDP. Crazy.
Lance Wiggs 