Archive for June, 2007
Guild Wars Items for Sale
Jun 30th
This is an extreme diversion from what most people would expect from me :-) In fact, this is a first for me in a very long time. I’ve never done this here on this site. I’ve used other sites to do it, but I’m getting so much traffic about GW again for some reason that…
The NZ Economy – Over-inflated Weather Balloon?
Jun 29th
I’m very pessimistic about the current state of the NZ economy. I’ve been watching it happen for quite a while now. When we hit and levelled at US$0.65 I was pretty much losing faith in the economy about then. However, now that we’ve topped more than 77c, I’m really starting to get very concerned about…
The shortest day, longest night
Jun 22nd
Well, I survived it. The longest night of the year turned out to be mildly tame after all the threats of the bad weather. It rained a fair amount, but it didn’t get too cold. I think the lowest I saw was about 9C at 4am. At 6:06am this morning the sun was as its…
Just stuff… You know?
Jun 21st
I have a heap of drafts that I’ve started over the past week, and just never really felt like finishing. To be honest, when you spend all night listening to the news and talkback radio stations in the car while you’re doing your job through a 13 hour shift, you get to the point where…
John Rambo Returns…
Jun 17th
Holy crap this is violent. Its like the violence from all 3 previous movies wrapped up in to one single movie. One scene in this trailer sees a guy have his head cut off, another guy get shot point blank with a 50 cal cannon and another guy have his throat ripped out with Rambo’s…
Yahoo! and Microsoft also in FTC crosshairs
Jun 17th
Continuing with the theme of stuff seen on Ars Technica, I thought this one was highly ironic given the state of things only a few weeks back. Google will not be the only Internet giant undergoing scrutiny for its recent advertising purchases. The Federal Trade Commission has decided to investigate Microsoft and Yahoo’s recent acquisitions…
Piracy worse than Burglary, Bank Robbery and Fraud!
Jun 16th
And so yet again we hit another season of hell and troubles when it comes to the nut cases from the various RIAA/MPAA associated organisations. Here we have general counsel for an MPAA member organisation boldly claiming that piracy (that is, the digital kind) is worse than Burglary, Fraud and even Bank Robbery… All combined.…
Judge Orders Man Not to Have Girlfriend
Jun 16th
Okay, this is just… Different. In light of recent months, I can actually understand how this might happen. A judge has ruled that a 24-year-old Canadian man is not allowed to have a girlfriend for the next three years. The ruling came after Steven Cranley pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several charges stemming from an…
Work begins again…
Jun 6th
Well folks, thats it for a few days again. Back to the grind a night early. The past short period of time off has given me a bit of a chance to reflect on some things. I think its very fair to say that as much as I enjoy the security work, its definitely time…
2012 Olympic brand… Sucks
Jun 5th
I’m sorry, but the 2012 London Olympic branding is just down right awful. The logo itself especially. Or to coin a very British term… Its pants, it is. Its bad enough that I’m not even going to put an image of it here. Its just … ewww. It looks like some 80s burn out still…