Online column

(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. My latest dilemma is my upcoming holiday (just one sleep to go): I can’t decide […]

(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 reports of looters (rotten sods deserve to be put in stocks in the Square once

(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 do my computer bidding. That in itself should really be cause for some excitement: a

(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 relatively harmless to others. Most of the time. A report this week that a Facebook

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) This whole trend for all things retro seems to be invading every aspect of day-to-day life, from fashion to music and even etiquette. Yes, etiquette: something that was popular and considered important way back in the olden days (and for all you young’uns out there,

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) After my jealous wee rant/whinge last week about the overpriced-but-still-very-cool iPad I got to thinking about other useful objects some clever geek could invent to keep us wannabe geeks happy. I was only half-joking when I suggested the oven-cleaning/potato-peeling robot (what would my poor, long-suffering

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I can almost hear the excited squeals of delight coming from homes across the land as Apple fans melt into a puddle of geeky goo over the treats they can now spend their hard-earned cash on. Last week it was the iPad, and tomorrow they’ll

(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Oh it’s been such a fraught week or so of technological trials. I headed back to the office on Monday last week after a nice little two-week holiday spent organising my son’s 21st, mixing cocktails, sampling said cocktails and generally lazing around at home enjoying