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) We’re a pretty tech-savvy bunch and Kiwis in general are pretty quick to jump on-board with new gadgets, but we might not be so good at protecting ourselves for the…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) While I absolutely adore the internet and would rather give up coffee again than go without my web fix, there are some things I’d happily change. I’m sure that by…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) That farmer bloke up north might have won $28.7 million in the Powerball draw last week but I’ve had an even more exciting week, with lots of lottery wins and…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I hope you’re all fit and well after Microsoft’s big security fix on Tuesday. According to reports it was the company’s biggest-ever fix, with a whopping 16 patches addressing 49…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Did you miss me last week? Did you wonder if I’d been eaten by a dingo or got lost in the vast wastelands of the Gold Coast. I did email…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) By the time you read this, I will (if all goes according to plan) be somewhere on the Gold Coast with a glass of wine in one hand and a…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I don’t know if it’s the changeable weather or just me getting a bit fuzzy in my old age, but I seem to be having some difficulty in making decisions lately.…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) They reckon times of adversity bring out both the best and the worst in people, and the Canterbury earthquake shows that “they” are, once again, correct. There were the early…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The untimely demise of my trusty old Microsoft wireless mouse on Tuesday afternoon prompted a trip to town with my eftpos card to buy a new, sparkly wireless mouse to…
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The internet’s a strange beast and its users are often even stranger. Yes, I know I’m one of those users so am possibly strange, but my strangeness is well-hidden and…