(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch but whoever “they” are (in this case, perhaps people who own expensive restaurants), “they” may very well be wrong. If…
Month: November 2007
RIP Robert Adler
The man who has made billions of blokes happy and revolutionised the way we watch telly died this week. Robert Adler was one of the two men credited with creating the remote control. Without him we’d still be wearing a…
Hair, hair
Movember is well under way and it’s been interesting following the progress of the various competitive moustache-growers about the place and the spot of controversy that erupted via (once again) the Trade Me message board. It amazes me that people…
Blowing up parliament: now there’s a celebration
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Now that the idiotic Halloween season is finally over we can look forward to something that is much more civilised and family-friendly: blowing stuff up. Unfortunately, retailers have jumped on…