Archives for July 2007

The info (i) button in the iTunes podcast list should be a toggle

I just sent this feedback to Apple at Apple – iTunes – Feedback: I think the info (i) button in a podcast listing should be a toggle. At the moment I click the (i) for more information about a podcast. The info window appears as expected. While I can close the info window with Command […]

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RSS feed for Wellington

I’ve only just discovered this, but it’s about time: RSS – Wellington – New Zealand: One way you can get the latest Wellington City Council news releases is by using our RSS news feed. The Council plans to expand its RSS service over time.

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NZ UFO Network

The universe we live in is unbelievably enormous, so I don’t see any reason to discount the idea that there is intelligent life beyond the Earth. I’m quite happy to accept that UFOs are real, and am interested to read and hear stories about them. Unfortunately I’ve never seen a UFO myself, but apparently, if […]

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Community service – what do they do?

So what, exactly, do people do when they do ‘community service’? A man convicted of distributing a pirated copy of a New Zealand hit film has been ordered to carry out community service. [Via Radio New Zealand News Headlines: 300-hour community service sentence for pirating NZ film.]

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Stargate S8 musings (spoilers)

Spoilers below. Be warned. I like watching Sci-Fi on TV, and have long enjoyed Stargate SG1. After seeing most of the first 7 series on TV I gradually bought the DVD sets. Then about a year ago I bought Season 8. Somehow between being busy and temporarily going ‘off’ Stargate I hadn’t got around to […]

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Using your first Mac? Another site to visit.

Here at TiKouka you can read this blog, visit the archive of weekly MacTips, or spend a few hours in the Learning Centre. But while there’s a heap of information on this site about using Macs, you might want even more. My First Mac is a shiny new site offering help buying and getting started […]

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Government websites – home and away

Today we read that in the UK Government websites ‘too complex’: Many [UK] government websites are still too complicated and difficult to use, says the National Audit Office. While services like online road tax renewal are very popular, other sites such as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), are too complex, the report said. … The […]

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Five reasons why I use a graphics tablet

I’ve been using a graphics tablet and stylus for years now, instead of a mouse or the trackpad on my laptop, and I wouldn’t give it up for anything. Here’s why. First, the Wacom tablet has a settings control panel. I have it set so that the corners of the tablet map to the corners […]

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In stock means backordered at Ascent

A couple of weeks ago I was washing the dishes when I realised there was both an absence of puppies and a suspicious silence. That’s never a good combination. A few moments later I discovered the cause: the puppies were preoccupied with chewing up the stylus I use with my Wacom tablet. The side button […]

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Ship, hills, snow

The day started out cold. The Rimutakas were snow-capped this morning. When we went down to the waterfront for coffee there was a big ship in the harbour — probably waiting to collect a load of logs. It was an appealing scene.

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Newfies by the sea

On the Wellington waterfront I spotted a whole convention of Newfoundland dogs.

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The magic of numbers

I subscribe to the Quotes of the Day RSS feed. Every day 4 new quotes arrive to provoke some thought or just tickle the funny bone. Today’s quote seemed very apt for 07.07 on the 7th of the 7th of 07: “The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base […]

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