Archive for year 2006
Breaking point
Sep 16th
I’ve had enough. I’m going to start applying for the US Greencard Lottery every year until I win. Its drawn every fall, but I can’t find out accurate info on whether I’m too late for this years draw or whether I have till sometime in October to finish the paperwork and send it off. My…
Alonso needs a good telling off
Sep 14th
I really really really hate Alonso. Michael Schumacher’s manager has accused Fernando Alonso of “pitiful behaviour” after the Formula One world champion described the German ace as the least sporting driver of all time. Bild newspaper quoted Willi Weber on Wednesday as saying that Alonso’s comment to Spain’s Radio Marca was an “unbelievable insult, totally…
Labour says "Not gonna pay it back"
Sep 12th
Fully not surprised, but can the opposition force the issue and get a vote of no confidence passed in the house? Would the Greens tow the line on this one? What about the moral standards of the United Future party? Labour will not pay back money the Auditor-General decided had been illegally spent because it…
This is the right moment…
Sep 11th
On the back of an absolutely amazing race, the end of an era is set to draw to an end in only 6 weeks or so. At the end of the current Formula 1 Grand Prix season, legend Michael Schumacher will hand in his driving gloves and move on to greener pastures within the Ferrari…
One City, No Tree
Sep 4th
While I do admit I’ve been rather lax lately about certain aspects of whats going on at the moment, the One City debate has been of interest to me. For those that don’t know, what most people call Auckland is actually made up of 4 different cities. Auckland City, Manukau City, Waitakere City and North…
Answers
Sep 4th
“I want to know the answers to the questions that don’t exist yet,” I said quietly. “What?” “I want to know the answers to the questions that have never been asked yet.” “That doesn’t make any sense,” she said. “How can you know the answer if there is no question? Thats like having butter without…
Monstrously Expensive Habit (Meh)
Sep 1st
Dunno if I should admit this. :-) Oh well. ;-) Got my Visa bill for August. Sat down and went over it. US$300 alone spent on Second Life. Well, US$295.14, but close enough ;-) Put that in a different light, or better known as Kiwi dollars. NZ$480.03 including Visa’s “Offshore Service Margins” charges they like…
What is Second Life?
Aug 24th
Its funny you know. I spend a lot of my time online in Second Life. I’m constantly getting asked by people out in the Real Life what Second Life actually is, and I still can’t give an answer to that I’m satisfied with. I can’t really convey to people that don’t use it just what…
419′ers finally get some imagination
Aug 23rd
I’d pretty much written 419′ers off as being completely unimaginative. Seems to me that ever scam for years now has always presented itself much the same. Dude worked for some high up organisation or government, had hidden a lot of money and wanted help getting the money out of the country. This, on the other…
Another free energy crackpot surfaces
Aug 22nd
And yet again, another company that believes it has broken the laws of physics and can produce energy from nothing. :-) An Irish company has thrown down the gauntlet to the worldwide scientific community to test a technology it has developed that it claims produces free energy. The company, Steorn, says its discovery is based…