I don’t post much technical stuff here, but I’ve been into Linux (specifically Ubuntu) for a long time. I’ve been geeking it up tonight installing Chromium OS on my netbook, and decided a head-to-head boot-up speed test was in order. I measured how long it took for each OS from pressing the ‘on’ button to [...]

Freedom, Miscellaneous, Personal, Science, Technology | 2 Comments »

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A commenter (‘Ed’) in The Press commits the Broken Window Fallacy in a particularly distasteful fashion. Because of these accidents a lot of jobs are created. Think about police, tow truck companies, funeral parlors, hospital staff, insurance companies, new or second hand car dealers, lawyers, prisons, judges, maybe even roadworkers to fix the road after [...]

Catastrophes, Miscellaneous, Parables, Politics, Quotable | 1 Comment »

Here’s a photo post of some of the things we’ve been up to since our last update. No longer being a Poor Student, I decided to splash out in January and become a consumer electronics junkie. Here’s my first new cellphone since 2001 and my brand-new laptop. My new cellphone has GPS (as well as [...]

Holidays, Miscellaneous, New Zealand, Personal, Photos, Wellington | 3 Comments »

Phil and I have been full-on campaigning recently, with only one week to go till the election.  (Vote Libertarianz!)  Anyway, to take a break from all the hard work, please enjoy this very clever remake of “Take On Me”: (Hat tip Chordstrike).

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Major Gustavus von Tempsky, known by his enemies as Manu-rau or “many birds” for his skill at leading swarming attacks during New Zealand’s counter-guerrilla campaigns of the 1860s, was killed while leading an attack against Titokowaru’s fortified village at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu in 1868. A memorial is visible at the site of his death in South [...]

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