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XTN-2010-04-23 #14 ANZAC day this Sunday23 Apr 2010

Been a hectic week. ANZAC day is coming up on Sunday 25th April so spare a thought for those fallen soldiers. On that topic, Red poppy or white poppy? While I don't disagree with the whole white poppy campaign, I think the timing was poor, being so close to the Red Poppy Appeal day. I'm contemplating ...

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XTN-2010-04-17 #13 Trialling Bilbo Blogging Client

This week, I'm trialling a new desktop blogging client called Bilbo. A KDE application for Linux it works much in the same way as Windows Live Writer, although image manipulation / positioning was much easier ...0 comments
XTN-2010-04-09 #12 Could not ask for a better Autumn day

I really can't ask for a better Autumn day, we have wall to wall blue sky and a very light breeze which is not cold. It's got to be a balmy 18-19 degrees out side. ...0 comments
XTN-2010-04-05 #11 Got to love 4 day weekends

Yes, it's a Easter which means it's a public holiday, but the show must go on. The show is a couple of days late, which I apologise for. Friday was a bit of a mess ...0 comments
XTN-2010-03-26 #10 Winter is getting closer

Winter is in the air. The temperatures are definitely not as warm as they were a few weeks ago, although I have to admit the night time temperature is a lot more comfortable at the ...0 comments

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Apple announces iPad in 9 more countries

20 Jul 2010 @ 10:09

Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23. iPad allows users to connect with ...
Telecom focuses on Fibre future

24 May 2010 @ 10:40

Telecom has today confirmed that it is fully investigating structural separation in order to participate in the Government’s Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) initiative.“Telecom’s strong preference is to align the interests of ...
PublicACTA Conference Decleration available.

11 Apr 2010 @ 16:01

On Saturday, 10 April 2010 around a hundred people gave up their sunny Saturday to spend the day in the Wellington Town hall to create a document which could ...
National Library of New Zealand 2010 Web Harvest

09 Apr 2010 @ 11:17

The National Library of New Zealand yesterday released it's latest notification of the 2010 web harvest. The National Library has commissioned the Internet Archive (an American-based not-for-profit) to perform the ...
iPad warranty when bought off TradeMe

06 Apr 2010 @ 10:35

With the recent listings showing up on TradeMe for the iPad which has yet to be released in New Zealand, and a question on one of the auctions regarding ...