(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Suicide isn’t a topic many of us want to discuss but the death of a United States teen last week has made it a hotly debated topic online and there…
Suicide and apathy on the internet
Category: Online column
A weekly tech column written for The Southland Times, a company that pays well enough to keep me in handbags and Drambuie
Lurgy and internet addiction to welcome me home
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Did you miss me? After weeks of getting my column written while enduring adventure and excitement in the wilds of Australia, I was stopped in my tracks last week by…
What I’ve learned while on holiday …
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) As my wee holiday draws to a close, I have a few observations. Indy Week on the Gold Coast is loud. And I pity the wee birdies trying to sleep in…
Cheap and fast Aussie internet
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) After our wee excursion along the Murray River it was quite nice to make it back to the big smoke. We spent a few days in Adelaide, staying far too…
Ahoy there from me on the Murray River
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) If all goes according to plan, you’re reading this as I sit here on a houseboat on the Murray River in South Australia, drinking all the wine I bought from…
Tax cuts and more broadband: good week
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It’s been a good week all round for the average punter, with the long-awaited tax cuts finally hitting our wallets and now the news that Telecom is offering customers more…
My cure for seasonal insomnia
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I know most of you are probably like most of my family and friends, who look forward to the start of daylight saving each year. However, I enjoy it about as…
Aaarrr me hearties, it’s pirate time
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Ahoy me hearties, it’s that time again. Today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day so break out your best pirate paraphernalia and embrace the day. The event came about…
Happy birthday to the little Google that could
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I know for some readers it’s probably difficult to imagine a time when Google didn’t exist but that time was just 10 years ago. Google celebrated its 10th birthday on…
Glad I didn’t watch that faked opening
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Well, how’s that for sporting prowess? I’m not talking about “those” Games that I’m boycotting, I’m talking about the Stags and the eblacks. Our very own Southland Stags took out…