Month: March 2011

The key to getting it right

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Dear New Zealand citizens, If you don’t know the name of our country’s Prime Minister you have no right to whinge about him. I am sick to death of seeing all the hand-wringers on the Trade Me message board getting…

Horror after horror

I think I might just be in a bad mood for the rest of the week as I try to get my head around the insensitive, selfish fuck-tards who seem to inhabit some parts of cyberspace here in New Zealand.…

Your photos are safe

You’ve probably seen the “Facebook is stealing your photos to use in ads” panic post that ‘s popping up all over the show by now but never fear, your snapshots are safe: the whole thing is a hoax. For once, Facebook…

Apple’s timing is off

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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It’s always heartening to hear that the big guns have misfired. Apple has had another whoopsie with its sexy wee iPhones, with daylight savings time in the United States causing…

Good grammar and good times

For all my grammatically correct friends. On his 75th birthday, a man got a gift certificate from his wife. The certificate paid for a visit to a medicine man living on a nearby reservation who was rumored to have a…