Online column

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Another day another dollar (plus GST) and another chance to offend someone. What can I say, it’s what I do. Last week I managed to upset a reader who wasn’t happy with my Taser fantasies. Remember folks, it’s only a problem if I act on […]

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) My desire to have a Taser of my very own is no great secret. In fact, if you’ve read more than a couple of my columns, odds are you’re up to speed with my Taser-owning dreams. Okay, so they are still frowned upon by the authorities,

Here’s the Online column from January 14 It pays to take all this technology guff with a grain of salt, doesn’t it? Between the news stories out of the United States about people relying so much on the whizz-bang GPS systems in their cars that they forget all common sense and all the wee Google

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Here we are with my first column of the new year and already I’ve found something to moan about thanks to the lovely people at Apple. (Pauses for dramatic effect and to don cast-iron undies, crash helmet and cloak of invisibility to hide from/deflect the expected

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) As 2009 shuffles off into the sunset, you can’t help but wonder just how the new decade we’re about to dip our toes into will ever be able to compete. It’s been a busy 10 years: New Zealand started 2000 with its first elected woman

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Oooh, it’s all happening now, isn’t it. Just the one sleep to go until Christmas Day, and summer arrived on Tuesday. That in itself came as a wee bit of a shock to the system, since I’ve only just got over our last burst of

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I can’t believe Christmas has snuck up on me again, waving its tinselly bits at me mockingly as I wonder where the past 12 months have Have you written your letter to Santa yet (check: Dear Santa, I’ve been a very good girl this year

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) While there are many things I’d like for Christmas (a Taser, a bottle of Drambuie, George Clooney’s phone number), the one thing I don’t want is a munted computer. According to Symantec Security Response, the Koobface gang is as busy as Santa’s little helpers just