I said in a previous post that I would write about the way that www.interest.co.nz rate the financial institutions that appear on their site. I need to point out that I’m not a financial expert – I’m just pointing out what I see as some fundamental inadequacies in their rating system. I also need to […]
In an effort to rid librarians of the prim, proper, fusty, and matronly stereotype the national library conference later this month is dragging out Paula Ryan, the doyen of “what to wear” and “what not to wear”. So, I’m guessing she’ll be telling librarians to: stop wearing your hair in a bun stop wearing those […]
It is heartening to see that the government is looking seriously to address the issue of obesity by implementing a ‘traffic-light’ system for food. It may be too simplistic (according to the critics) and our eyes might eventually glaze over (like health warnings on cigarette packs) but it’s a start in the right direction. From […]
Hey, if you’ve got time go to www.threadless.com and vote on Ramiro’s design. Or, click on the image in this post. Ramiro is a designer at work and he just had his birthday yesterday. If he wins I’ll look good and he’ll be real happy, plus maybe I’ll get some of his $2,500 US dollar […]
The riots in Dunedin brought to mind the ‘troubles’ in Befast in the 1980’s except there were no rubber bullets fired by the police. Perhaps there should have been. I now hear on the news on my way home tonight that some students could spend up to 2 years behind bars for their involvement in […]
Well, shows how far out of the loop I am – they actually have a name for the Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake 2004 Superbowl breast exposure – Nipplegate! And what’s more, Americans – who are easily shocked – rate this incident as the biggest celebrity scandals in the past 25 years. Grow up, get […]