Archive for April, 2007
Lest We Forget
Apr 25th
They shall grow not old. As we that are left grow old Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. They shall not grow old…” On April 25 1915, Australian and New Zealand troops landed at Galipoli and…
Day Shift
Apr 22nd
Staying awake the whole night and still being up at 5am is not a problem. However, waking up at 5am is totally an unbelievably weird. Still, one must work. And one must work the hours the boss gives you or you’re not going to be working long at all. After all, the boss is always…
Ramblings and Conjecture of the Google kind
Apr 20th
There has been so much happening in the NZ political scene over the past few weeks and months that for me to sit here and write something about it would just be pointless. In fact, I’m guessing that for the most part its probably been discussed ad-nauseum and theres probably very little I can add…
Google buys DoubleClick ahead of MS, MS screams anti-trust
Apr 16th
Well, who’s surprised that Telecom has offered to completely split off the Access portion of the company into a completely new company totally separate and independent of Telecom itself? :-) Even I hinted at it. Its funny how monopoly based companies think. After a while you get a feel for how they work and the…
Finally read the Anti-Telecom draft
Apr 12th
Just really quickly as I rush out the door to work. Over the weekend I finally had a chance to read the discussion paper about how the MoED intends to break up Telecom. Unlike some commentators I’ve heard on the radio, I believe this to be a fair and decent split. They’re not taking ownership…
First draft of Telecom Split proposal
Apr 5th
I haven’t had time to read it yet, and I’m not going to print it out to read it at work over the weekend, but my gaming intentions have been put on hold so that I can read this document instead. What am I talking about? Well, as you’ll remember, last year the Government decided…