A weekly tech column written for The Southland Times, a company that pays well enough to keep me in handbags and Drambuie
(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 the wine tour I went on the other day. Ah, it’s a tough life. I […]
Ahoy there from me on the Murray River Read Post »
(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 bang for their broadband buck. As part of the roll-out of ADSL2+ technology, which brings
Tax cuts and more broadband: good week Read Post »
(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 much as a dose of something nasty you can’t discuss in public. Every year I
My cure for seasonal insomnia Read Post »
(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 way back in 1995 after Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy) and John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) were
Aaarrr me hearties, it’s pirate time Read Post »
(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 Sunday and in those 10 years founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin must be pretty
Happy birthday to the little Google that could Read Post »
(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 a win over Manawatu on Friday night (yay), giving me something to focus on that
Glad I didn’t watch that faked opening Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The Olympic Games get under way tomorrow and while other years I’ve been pretty happy to sit in front of the telly, cheering on our Kiwi sporting heroes, this time around I’m boycotting the Games. In these rather fragile economic times, when businesses are struggling
So why won’t I be gawking at the Games? Read Post »
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) So, let’s say you’re a flat-chested chicky-babe with a dream of one day being a tad more boobalicious. And let’s say you don’t have the cash to pay a nice cosmetic surgeon to help you achieve that dream. How do you fund the surgery? Do
How to get implants from a cyber sponsor Read Post »
