Watching the final of TV One’s Dancing With The Stars caused some mixed emotions. There was the joy and pride at seeing our Norm boogying his way around the dance floor in a totally blokey way and winning the whole competition. Then there was the horror of Jason Gunn dusting off his dancing shoes and […]
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I know its a serious and somewhat important world event but I did get a fit of the giggles while watching the footage of dear old Uncle Saddam being questioned about some mass killings on the news the other night. Anyone who has seen the Saddam Hussein rock, paper, scissors site will understand.
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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Tim Shadbolt’s not the only Southlander getting national attention right now. The Brocks family, of Invercargill, is one of the 25 families selected from around the country to take part in Connected Lives, which brings the households together in a unique community showcasing how the
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(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) With the infamous Trade Me art scam in the headlines lately it would be easy for the uninitiated to believe taking part in an online auction is akin to swimming in shark-infested waters. Take heart gentle reader, it’s not that bad. I mainly use Trade
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If you’re wondering how newspapers in the US handled the Saddam-in-his-undies saga, here’s the answer. There’s not much I can say on the subject except he’s a hairy wee monkey, isn’t he?
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Saturday got off to a sad start with a funeral but ended on a high note with a wedding held in my living room and attended by more than 100 guests. No, I don’t have the world’s biggest lounge — there were actually only about 40 people there in the flesh, the rest attended via
Trend Micro caused more than a few headaches for users when it made a faulty update available at the weekend. The anti-virus update was available on the company’s site for 90 minutes. The problem arose because a bug in the file update created a loop that used almost 100 percent of the CPU processing power.
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I’m not a technological wizard but I am a fan of gadgets and geeky stuff, so right now it feels like geek heaven with WinHec this week and E3 next month. Microsoft’s WinHec bunfight this week took a look back at what the Windows has
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