Archive for April, 2006
MoT Responded
Apr 26th
I got a response back from the Ministry of Transport regarding my submission to them on the proposed tolls for Auckland’s roading system. Nothing exceptional, but I thought you might like to see it anyway. :-) Stephen Thank you for your submission which has been received. Your comments have been taken into consideration and will…
Reminder – Deadline for Submissions on Auckland Tolls
Apr 25th
This is just a reminder to everyone in Auckland that your submissions on the proposed road tolls in and around Auckland City (including the CBD and as far as the Manukau and Waitakere city borders) must be made BY Friday of this week. If you have not done so, please go to the Ministry of…
Seriously annoyed with myself
Apr 22nd
The more I think about it, the more I want to go back to putting the original VoIP company idea together. I’ve had it on the bench for over 18 months now, and still no one has offered a service similar to mine. The closest in this country at the moment is Woosh. The biggest…
Dapper upgrade SO easy
Apr 22nd
Coming from a very Linux oriented background, I tend to be familiar with ways of upgrading to the latest versions of the distros I use. On Fedora and many RPM based distros, you can upgrade from the CD by booting off the CD or you can use Yum (if its a recent version). On all…
Baby, you mean the World of Warcraft to me
Apr 21st
As sad as it is, its a good thing I don’t have a girlfriend. ;-) I’d probably write something stupid like… Darling, no orc can keep me from you. I would make my way into the heart of Moonglade and fight an army of trolls just to be by your side. I would go up…
Paul Thurrott is very disappointed by Windows Vista
Apr 21st
Found this via Digg today. Apparently its hit Slashdot as well. Its actually a really good read that discusses just how disappointed the author (a long time writer covering MS) is by Windows Vista. He doesn’t hate Vista, he definitely doesn’t hate MS. He’s just grossly disappointed by the platform that will become the next…
Google Calendar API available
Apr 21st
OMG! I nearly squealed like a school girl! Google Calendar allows client applications to view and update calendar events in the form of Google data API (“GData”) feeds. Your client application can use the Google Calendar data API to create new events, edit or delete existing events, and query for events that match particular criteria.…
Google Calendar… The best yet.
Apr 15th
Been playing with the Google Calendar a bit lately and I have to say I think its one of the most useful Calendars I’ve used in a very long time. Far nicer to use than the Yahoo! calendar and puts MSN’s calendar to shame by a mile. I think one of the best features is…
Reactions to the tolls proposal
Apr 13th
Note: Please read the full post as there is info on how to make submissions to the Ministry of Transport at the end of it. I’ve known about it some weeks now, but I finally showed Nikki the proof today that I wasn’t making it up (the article in the Herald) and she went off…
Play games, become a druggy or alcoholic
Apr 13th
You know, this kind of thing really starts to annoy me. A lot of these people will just not be happy until violent games are eradicated entirely. But to do that, we’d have to eradicate pretty much everything. Whether its cartoon violence or something more realistic, there are very few games made in modern times…