We read a lot about how datacenters need to be more energy efficient. PCs are becoming more and more energy efficient. That is true and is happening but what’s alarming is that we use ever more of the energy efficient stuff. Where we had single core systems in the past we now have quad/eight-core systems. [...]
Miraz has blogged about a subject that’s been worrying me for a while now. The new section 92a of the Copyright Act. This is the free-for-all for the music and film industry to go on a feeding frenzy. Come March NZ’s ISPs will mutate to being cops & judges. If you want to know more [...]
I wish all readers here a H A P P Y N E W Y E A R ! May 2009 be a if not prosperous then certainly a joyful year. We will see major issues coming up in the year so it certainly won’t be boring. Will the financial crisis be over in 2009? [...]
Have a read here: http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/12/29/53FE-microsoft-future_1.html InfoWorld has run a cheeky little article series of where Microsoft will go in the next 10 years. Interesting is that such an article would be unheard of only 5 years ago. Where could Microsoft go? Stupid question. The answer was always “UP”. Today Microsoft is like a boxing heavyweight [...]
Just wanted to wish all my Blog readers a Merry Christmas! Have a nice one and enjoy the time off. For all those in the northern hemisphere… I’m jealous of your white Christmas
I just got sent a link that set me off again. http://tinyurl.com/5laabm Make a long story short this is another case of scientists saying Global Warming is a myth. What I hate about the whole f*****g Global Warming discussion is that nobody seems to have gotten the point. I couldn’t care less about the official [...]
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Most people that know Rebecca and me will say that we love food and eating. Maybe it has something to do with being German but I think that’s not all. Food is something important in our lives. It reminds us of home or better it makes us feel at home. When I was living in [...]
Yesterday our good friends Melanie & Brian celebrated the launch of their New Zealand Immigration DVD in the Wellington Film Archive. So far I’ve not yet seen the whole DVD but the excerpts were great! It looks very professional and I promise next time I am going along for the trip. The on-locations look wonderful. [...]
I love the Lifehacker website. Especially their things about best mouse and now best keyboard. And I do agree that the IBM Model M is THE best keyboard out there. We’ve even got one here in the office. I dared the colleague to use it…well…within 5 minutes there were noise complaints galore. And there we [...]
Today I got a little wake-up call. I’ve never thought much about trade agreements in the past but I got pointed out what the downside with an FTA with America (US-joining-P4-whatever) would be. To make a long story short, here they are: Weaken or remove our screening of overseas investment a free-for-all in purchases of [...]