Monthly Archives: October 2008

Off to New Zealand!

I’m flying out to Auckland, to the LIANZA conference, tonight! I have never experienced a powhiri (pdf) before, and am quite looking forward to it.  Take a look at this introduction if you want to see what a powhiri is. I hope to blog my impressions of Auckland and thoughts about any ideas and whatever [...]

No filter!

Why on earth does Senator Stephen Conroy think that filtering the content via Australian Internet Service Providers is a good idea? The plan is to block material deemed unsuitable for children, and for adults. This is wrong on so many levels. For one thing, filters are never going to be 100% effective, and for another, [...]

New eeePC

So I now have a new eeePC. Ended up getting the 1000h model. Thought about what I want to use the eeep for – while I’m out and about, mostly: Twitter, email, brief surfing, note taking. The keyboard is quite important for that sort of thing, and my only complaint about my old eeePC was [...]