It’s pure caffeinated Gold

A good friend of mine (OK he’s my second cousin, once removed) has set up his own coffee roastery, Aurum, in HB.  Aurum means Gold (just in case you didn’t know)
Now all my friends know I am a coffee-aholic, they have even suggested I write a book on the good and bad coffee shops in the lower [...]

Our download speeds, they are criminal.

Got this information off www.speedtest.net 
It shows the average download speed per category. It certainly goes to show how far behind we are, how we are being treated like fools and highlights the source of my frustration; not to mention the impacts on New Zealand’s productivity as a whole.
Top ISP provider in the world is Segic Usach Ltda [...]

Looks like the electoral commission is going to be busy

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10485715
 What with Andrew Moore of www.dontvotelabour.org.nz being approach by the electoral commission and Mr Tony Gavigan ’shareholder activist’ (how do you end up with a job like that) encouraging everyone to register, it looks like it’s going to be a busy year for the Electoral Commission.
If you should wish to register as a third party [...]