Who else is playing Pulse of the Nation? Brought to you by the folk who invented Virtual Super 14, Pulse of the Nation lets people predict the outcome of the general election. Each fortnight, if you are a subscriber, you get to pick the percentage you believe each party will get at the general election. […]
I had an interesting experience with my Flickr account last week. Normally my statistics loll along at about an average of 20 views per day. My most popular image for a long time was a photo of a graveyard gate I had taken on the West Coast. Then whammo, suddenly my photo of the Olympic […]
There’s a good thing going on over the ditch. Someone came up with the idea of getting advertising agencies to pitch for an impossible job, all in the name of fun. Past pitch attempts have been for the return of child labour; to make the humble plastic bag fashionable again; to make celibacy sexy… You […]
Finally, the NZRU have come to their senses and started associating their brand with something worthwhile: Weetbix. One of my boys has great difficulty being enthusiastic over breakfast. This morning we discovered the box in the Weetbix packet that will hold, and protect, the soon-to-be-released rugby Stat Attack II cards. The game was on: I […]
Saw this advertisement in today’s Sunday Star Times (still haven’t cancelled my subscription). I had wondered what Don Brash, ex leader of the National Party, was up to. Now I know.
So the power crisis is so bad that the mothballed power plant in New Plymouth is getting ready to fire up. Only one small catch – the workers need to be fully kitted out in asbestos proof suits. Contact say, according to the Reuters article that they have cleared the safety aspect with the Department […]