This year I started my Dip Grad (Marketing Management) taking one paper each semester. It will take me 3.5 years to complete the seven papers I need to do. It’s been 19 years since I was last at University so I was a little on edge when I returned to study at the University of Otago . It’s been great fun but hard work as I have mixed with and learnt alongside students many years my junior. FOSC 307 (Introduction to [...]

Much has been written in the past 24hrs since Barack Omaba won the USA Presidency. His speech writer deserves much credit but it’s the messenger that makes or breaks the message. In this regard Mr Obama is a masterful orator. This is one of many skills I am sure he will bring to bear in his soon to be ‘full time role’ of leading his country. For my part I’m glad he’s got the chance [...]

Well it’s just days until the US Election and I have enjoyed following the race for the US Presidency. If I were a betting man my money would be on Obama to win. He certainly is a good orator and there is a Kennedy esk style to his public messages and the way in which they are delivered. ‘Joe the Plumber’ has done well out of the contesting as well – the latest I have [...]

Been a while I know since I posted but what with university study and family life the blog has taken a back seat. An update since my earlier post on WHS. I opted for a 1.3TB system running 2 gig of DDR 667 on an Asus MOBO. All the drives are SATA2 and there are 2 x 500 gig and 1 x 320 gig that form the storage pool. I did have some initial problems with DHCP dll’s [...]