Well, Games Gadgets and Geeks is over for another year. We got around 180 registrations, and probably 110 turned up. Speakers ranged from Brian Sweeney (head honcho at Sweeney Vesty and the man responsible for NZEdge), Denise Bach from Yaktivate, Mario Wynands from Sidhe Interactive, Glynn Foster from Sun Microsystems talking about Project Indiana, and […]
I’ve just finished watching TV3’s 6pm news – Duncan Garner’s coverage of John Key squirming in the house was almost too much to bear. He looked decidedly uncomfortable under a heavy barrage of criticism from Labour. I’m guessing the best thing for him to do was to sit there like a man and take it, […]
In an apparent coup last weekend Helen Clark was ousted as Leader of the Labour Party by her erstwhile opponent, the sort-of-right-wing John Key. And what’s more he announced it at a National Party conference. According to the press there were quiet and confused murmurs amongst the blue rinse brigade as Key announced his defection. […]
A bit naughty of me since I’m on the committee but I should have been promoting this event ages ago. Games Gadgets and Geeks happening at the Wellington Convention Centre – Renouf Foyer on the first floor of the Michael Fowler Centre. It starts at 4.30pm, finishes at 8.30pm on Wednesday 8 August 2007. Great […]
The tragedy of the collapsing bridge in Minneapolis brought comparisons to our own Auckland harbour bridge here in godzone. I was amused to see in the weekend press – http://www.stuff.co.nz – a story about the “nippon clip-ons” and how Transit NZ have implemented restrictions on heavy vehicles using those outside lanes. They have reduced the […]
Today Sugar and I celebrated 25 years together. What an achievement. That’s longer than my mother and father stayed together, and they were married! We celebrated by having dinner at Logan Brown restaurant here in Wellington. The last time we went was the year it opened – which we were guessing would be nearly ten […]