Dec 17, 2010

Before I get stuck into this, I want to say that I’m a big supporter of the police overall. Police officers put up with more crap than pretty much anyone in any other profession, including the complaints departments of telecommunications companies. Probably. The police have a tough job to do and, for the most part, they do it and at the same time manage to...

Nov 11, 2010

I’ve recently put together a new WordPress website that is dedicated to New Zealand blogs (www.nzblogs.co.nz), with an extra splash of international blogs if they’re funny, unique or interesting enough. As a blog writer in New Zealand, I’ve found it tough to compete against large international blogs and websites in Google search results. And...

Nov 5, 2010

50 years ago, if someone said the word ‘internet’, you’d probably have thought they were talking about some kind of mixed gender netball game. You probably wouldn’t even have owned a PlayStation. That’s how dire things were back then. Today, the Internet is so powerful that you can just Google the word ‘dire’ to make...

Jul 2, 2010

In my job as Chief Executive Officer of nzraw.co.nz, I get a lot of emails. I’d say on average at least one a week. Mostly they tell me that my penis is too small but today I received two emails from one person. It didn’t take too long to realise that the woman that sent them had set an email ‘signature’ that was actually just a line of...

May 26, 2010

First off I need to point out that I don’t actually search for porn! I do, however, keep an eye on what Google is up to. Through this, it has occurred to me that the porn industry in New Zealand is potentially screwed. As evil as it is, porn is massive all over the world. It’s big business. Porn is Russia’s largest export after vodka (Note: I...

Feb 15, 2010

(UPDATE TO THIS POST: I FOUND THE CAR! SEE THE END OF THIS POST FOR DETAILS) This morning, my wife called me to ask me if I’ve moved her car. Questions like this spark immediate concern! Yes, my wife’s car was stolen last night from right outside our house. Ok it was only a 1992 Nissan Bluebird, registration plate TZ9717, but the thing about a 1992...