Sigh… the last few days have not been very happy computing ones… my Vista box decided to start to pack up with the occasional blue screen of death flashing up. I’ve since pulled some of the hardware out (even though it’s been there for months) and I’m now taking a wait and see approach to the computer. I’d rather avoid reinstalling the OS from scratch but if I have to I will sub in a [...]

I’ve just added a contact page to the website – it was well overdue so I thought I’d better get onto it!

For over two years Sky TV saw our household as a ‘start up’ package subscriber – no extra bells or whistles for us. Yesterday that all changed when we bit the bullet to add on the sports channels to see if Robbie Deans could trump Grahame Henry – forget the actual teams, it was all about the coaches. The game was disappointing for all red blooded kiwi fans but sets things up nicely for the [...]

Wow the weather event hitting the north island today is massive. I’m trying to reach the Metservice website which at present is not responding TVNZ7 provides hourly updates and via my Hauupuage card I can watch their coverage. It’s so so with a few phone interviews so far. I guess although pictures may speak a thousand words you still have to be able to get there to shoot them!