From the southern end of the world – the first place that Santa visits – we wish you all a Merry Christmas. For some Christmas cheer, courtesy of Robert Earl Keen’s fine song writing, and Skinny La Veal’s once fine vocals have a festive time appreciating your friends and family.
It seems that Mattel are turning the recalled lead toys into park benches , so next time you sit down to rest your weary feet in a city park, don’t be tempted to have a suck or chew on your seat. Other ideas they have had for these recalled products are sending them to other […]
I have always thought that Web 2.0 companies choose names that look like bad txt messages: Flickr , IYomu , Bebo etc. I made a comment on Umami to the same effect – Johnny had been to Tech Crunch earlier this year and virtually every company had nonsensical names. So I found this quiz that […]
My Apple Powerbook G4 threw a wobbly last night – an electrical burning smell pervaded my study, and my laptop slowly lost power, moving onto reserve power before I shut it down to save my work. I traced the fault to an arcing power lead. A break in the plastic had caused it to short […]
I found this in my archives – and because I’m not shy I’m now sharing it with the world. This is a selection of performances and TV commercials I have done over the last 20 years or so. You could now say I have retired from the world of showbiz, apart from the odd karaoke […]
It’s official. John Key does not have an opinion on anything. I listened with amusement to National Radio this morning. The news featured a story about Winston Peters and New Zealand First giving their $158,000 electioneering overspending to Starship Children’s Hospital . Greens co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons said that no-one will be upset that Starship is […]