Archives for November 2008

A giant steel shredder

The other day I wrote I hate books, in which I suggested we should move wholesale from printed to electronic media. Now today I’ve come across an interesting article about the turmoil of the publishing industry. It’s a long article, and interesting to read, but look at this snippet: But first, a horror story. Debbie […]

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I hate books

We have this new stuff called technology. Let’s find ways to make it work to spread the ideas and information that used to be in books.

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OmniOutliner Lists FTW

If I ever need to list anything I turn to my favourite software OmniOutliner Pro. The screenshot here shows the beginnings of a list of sections of a Help File I’ve been writing. The main topic: RFOs section has several subtopics, each of which has its own subtopics. I drag and drop the lines or […]

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When flip flops aren’t jandals

When I was a kid flip flops were footwear — what are now known as jandals. Now it seems a flip flops are a politician’s capacity to change. With our New Zealand election only a few days away now I find it very annoying that everyone goes on all the time about this or that […]

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Apple Mail solves Gmail attachment problem

I often receive Word files or PDFs by email. It’s not a problem — I use Gmail’s web interface for handling my email and often choose to view the attachment as HTML or in Google Docs. Sometimes I download them and view them on my own machine. The other day though I received a Word […]

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New Apple Reseller in Wellington

Hmmm, there’s a new Apple Reseller in town. From an email I received last night: …the new premium Apple reseller The Bay which opens at 195 Lambton Quay on Thursday. … There is a preview of the store on Wednesday [5 November 2008] from 5 to 8pm. I won’t be attending the preview. Between the […]

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No entry – out of office

. New Zealand has 3 official languages: English, Māori and New Zealand Sign. While many institutions have dual language names, or at least make some efforts to recognising Māori (for example, Radio NZ), it’s not really common for street signs to carry more than one language. In Wales though, they’re more hard core, even if […]

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