Archive for the ‘Soapbox’ Category
Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
So after 6 or so weeks, the 2011 Rugby World cup finishes with the final tonight pitting the hosts New Zealand against their bogey team France.
Now while I expect the All Blacks to win, I don't think it will be as easy as some are predicting.
The only way I see ...
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Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
Especially when you want us to watch it.
Times are changing in TV land.
While we in NZ still have restrictive broadband limitations in speed and monthly data caps, the world moves ahead in the use of streaming video.
Offerings such as Hulu and Netflix, plus streaming options through other providers such as ...
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
There are plenty of people who are a bit angry today.
Make that really angry.
The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill is a contentious bill with history of internet protest. Maybe the knowledge that more highly visible protest would precede any passing of this bill caused the government to rush the ...
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Saturday, March 26th, 2011
You are either one or you are not.
Most definitely I am not. It harkens back to the day when I was at University and spent the entire 3 years of my computer science degree and did not touch a PC at all.
Now, I have always thought that Universities are supposed ...
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Friday, February 11th, 2011
OK, I am biased, I am a football nut. I think they deserved to win the Halberg Award and given that the 28 person panel voted accordingly, there was obviously enough support from the people who mattered.
The panel consist of 10 media types and 18 sports people from a wide range of ...
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