Archive for 'Rants'

Email Signatures: Why you should be more careful.

Hi! I have a clipboard! Is it raining?

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 [...]

New Zealand Porn Industry Screwed by Google?

Search Google New Zealand for Porn

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.

How our car was stolen and then recovered

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(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 [...]

NZ CourierPost Fails to Deliver

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In my full time job I’m involved with marketing. One of the main difficulties we face as marketers is getting our audience to trust us. Companies can only gain the trust of their audience is by finding out exactly what it is their customers want and then delivering specifically what they have charged their customers [...]