I enjoy using WordPress, after all it is pretty much the leading blogging software. It’s been through a number of iterations and has become a pretty solid hunk of code. However I have to say, WordPress upgrading sucks. I’ve just completed an upgrade here and seriously, all that downloading, unzipping, making sure I backup my [...]

Well it finally happened. Dwindling traffic finally took it’s toll – that and I blew away all my old posts. I found an email in my inbox from TextLinkAds wondering why their system couldn’t find the posts on my site. After tyring to explain that I was rebuilding the site, intending to grow traffic again [...]

My mate over at webhelp.co.nz has an interesting post about his favourite Google Search, a nice little trick that allows you to quickly and easily find mp3, mp4, pdf, avi, mpeg, audio, music, videos, movies and much more. I thought I’d extend this a little by adding some new functionality to his search & introducing [...]

So I’ve finally started using Flickr. It’s not that I haven’t had an account. I remember getting introduced to Flickr by my mate Josh not long after they started. I was using Stock.xchng instead for my photo storing needs. I’ve always had issues with flickr, not sure why really, but maybe it’s their ridiculously small [...]

Over at Gizmodo I found a like to some really rad new headphones that do away with the MP3 player altogether. No more needing to lug a big iPod around, instead simply slot your SDCard in the slot and away you go. These are currently being shown at CES and haven’t yet hit the SkullCandy [...]

I am currently looking for solutions to managing my personal finances. I’m currently going through a number of services. Sadly many online services only support US based banks – useless for someone in NZ. www.xero.co.nz is a New Zealand service they say is suitable for personal finances. They are wrong it’s a small business service, [...]

Many years ago I registered www.studiowhiz.com with registerfly.com – who have since had their ICANN status removed. I’m going through the hassles at the moment of moving my domain to GoDaddy – hopefully before it expires in the next few days. This hassle has involved getting Registerfly to pass domain details to Enom. Enom to [...]

“We’ve knocked the bastard off” – famous words that echoed around the world when Ed Hillary reached the top of Mt Everest. Today New Zealand farewells a living legend, a man almost every young boy wanted to be like. Farewell Ed. 11 January 2008, aged 88, Sir Edmund Hillary passed away from a sudden heart [...]

Update: Jan 25 2008: Well folks it’s all over, MacHeist is done and $488 003 was raised. However true to form the MacHeist guys thought that wasn’t the best number, so they’ve added $21 997 to the amount to bring the final total to $500 000 raised for charity. UPDATED: more apps are now available. [...]

Some great news for the new year, Mike Culver from Amazon is coming to NZ for a brief tour. He’s known as a Web Services Evangelist with the Amazon Web Services team. Starting in Christchurch and heading for Auckland via Wellington & Hamilton, I’m sure Mike will have some great stuff or those developer types [...]

It’s 2008, what are you going to do this year? What possibilities await you? 2007 saw some fantastic things happen in my life, not the least being the arrival of a little bundle of joy. 2008 will no doubt see career challenges, updates to my vehicles, changes to the landscape around the house. I wonder [...]