My latest rant

The fakers and scammers seem to be out in full force right now so if you are a frequent flyer in the land of online auctions, make sure you know what you’re buying and who you’re buying it from. It should come as no surprise that Trade Me is a favourite spot for these scammers

Xtra broadband customers can now download Jody, the interactive help assistant. According to the e-mail I received from Xtra, Jody can help keep my broadband connection running smoothly and save me from having to call the helpdesk. Have you tried to phone Telecom lately? Trying to talk to an actual live person is damn near

Thank you for spending $20 million in an extreme makeover for your e-mail service.  I’m sure the revamp was done with the best of intentions but, as the old saying goes, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it.  The new and supposedly improved service is only a month old but I’m pretty sure it’s aged

September 17 is the political version of the NZ Idol final. Without the singing, of course (thank goodness for small mercies). As we all know, too much of anything is bad for us — as the South Korean man who up and died after playing Starcraft online for nearly 50 shows. The same goes for

The wrong choice of apparel is the quickest way to make yourself look like a total knob or a dinosaur, or in the case of Motley Crue, both.  There I was, innocently minding my own business, watching the Live 8 spectacular on Sunday when all of a sudden the band that time forgot appeared.  Admittedly,

It started off like any other Monday — opened one eye, crawled out of bed, staggered towards the kitchen to get up close and personal with a cup of tea, got attacked by the cat, prised open the other eye, found the morning newspaper and settled down to read it. That was when it hit