A useful timeline (1)
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Now this is excellent. The NZ Herald has done a timeline of the developments in the NZ First funding saga, and it has links back to dozens of original stories. A great resource. Worth bookmarking. Hopefully they will keep it updated. Tags: anonymous donations, NZ Herald, Winston First
The weird turn pro (1)
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Pleased t' meetchya Levi. Did you know that I was a POW? The McCain-Palin campaign is looking less like a run for political office and more like some bizarre reality show hybrid of Jerry Springer and The Apprentice. Today McCain went out to the airport in St Paul to meet 18 year old Levi Johnston, the self-proclaimed redneck and father of Bristol Palin’s unborn child. While the Palin pick has gone over deliriously well with ...
NZ Herald on Catt’s comments on EFA (1)
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The NZ Herald has reported on the comments by Electoral Commission CEO Helena Catt, which I blogged about yesterday. The head of the Electoral Commission has warned that the law she is charged with overseeing is having a “chilling effect” on public participation in the election. I would encourage people to keep that quote and at every Meet the Candidate’s Meeting they attend ask Labour, NZ First and Greens candidate a question along the lines ...
How to Be a Curious Photographer (63)
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Photo by -bwr- A few months ago I wrote a post on how curiosity is a characteristic of great photographers. I was rereading this post earlier this week and began to ask myself a few questions: How do some people end up more curious than others? Is Curiosity a personality trait or can it be learned? How can I be more curious? As I pondered these questions I thought of the images that I see ...
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James Whatley said:
Thanks to Robert Scoble for the initial share. I got halfway through this article before and I had to go and start taking photos...:)
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Jeff said:
Great post - I need to work on every single one of the suggestions listed here ...
Winston’s Song (1)
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A reader recorded this off Leighton Smith on NewstalkZB. A reader phoned in and sang a song about Winston. Leighton started off very cautious about it, saying one verse only but loved it so much as he heard it, let her sing the whole thing. The song is here: winnies-song. Tags: Humour, Leighton Smith, NewstalkZB, song, Winston First
Teach Both Sides of What Controversy? (1)
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Michael Zimmerman of the Clergy Letter Project alerted me yesterday to a newspaper article discussing John McCain's VP pick, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s, stance on the evolution/creation issue. The piece is from the Anchorage Daily News and ran during the last gubernatorial race. I have previously written blog posts on the subject of intelligent design (ID) and young-earth creationism (YEC). The reason that well over 95% of the scientists of the world reject these approaches ...
Daily Show parody of Barack Obama video (1)
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The Daily Show does have a liberal bias (like most US media) but fuck it is still so very very funny. And their show tonight satirises the Obama obsession very nicely. They do a parody of the Obama biographical video that preceded his speech in their video called Barack Obama:He completes us. Highlights are: Obama as the cub in the Lion King How his story began 180 million years ago when the continents broke apart ...
Obama Speechifying (5)
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Per my earlier discussion of avoiding the conventions, I didn’t watch Obama give the speech last night, but I did read it (it didn’t take the 40 minutes speaking it required), and I thought it was very good. On the GOP character attacks, it seems like he did a bit of a rope-a-dope strategy, taking hits through most of August so he could unload with effect in this speech, deflecting the various stupidities of the ...
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"I understand there are people who mouth the words “but the Democrats would just be worse,” to this and may actually believe it, and the only sane reaction to this is to ask just exactly where they are buying the genuinely primo weed that they are apparently smoking."BWAHAHAHA! <3 John Scalzi.
Google Cuts Off Forestle (9)
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Based in Germany and apparently launched just this month, Forestle is a search engine using Google’s Custom Search program. On their homepage they say, “Save 0.1 yd² of rainforest with each search you do at Forestle. So far we have already saved 25,024.6 yd² of rainforest!” Now when you do a search, the result shows a “Forbidden” message from Google, and above it Forestle prints this message: <<Google ended partnership with Forestle! Dear Forestle user, ...
Enterprise Toilets (2)
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"Toilets are necessary but not sufficient for success in the telecommunication industry" Succinctly delivered by Kjell Nordström of Funky Business fame. Water, electricity, and toilets are necessary for any organisation. As are accounting programs, CRM, ERP systems and (with time) any state-of-the-art enterprise software application. Those are the resources that any business can have, necessary but not sufficient. To quote his co-author Jonas Ridderstråle: "It's the ability to combine and recombine things that will make ...
Obama's Secret Weapon: Geeks. Lots of Them (10)
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Feeling a bit like a Thermian [Theremin]? Never give up, never surrender! Someday, you could go from underdog to top dog. Just take a look at a few of the underdogs we highlight in this issue: Mutt, djbdns, Nginix, Gentoo, Xara and the program voted mostly likely to fail just a few years back—Firefox. If Firefox not radical enough for you, check out Chef Marcel's column for some more alternatives. Having trouble mapping your program ...
The history of the Internet in NZ (2)
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Anthony Doesburg reviews “Connecting the Clouds” which is a history of the Internet in NZ, by Keith Newman. The book was launched last Thursday in Wellington. I was somewhat gutted I was in Auckland and unable to attend, as I actually helped commission the book, proposing some years ago to InternetNZ that we should get such a book written while all the original pioneers were still around. As Anthony notes, Keith Newman more than delivered, ...
Rant about development and Netweaver (1)
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I tend to revisit this post quite often, this in fact is the second year that I am revisiting in another post for the simple reason that I made some rather explosive comments considering the fact I work for SAP themselves - but then again the post is not about SAP it's about development in general. Original:http://craig.cmehil.com/2
Download Free PDF Book from Amazon - Blue Planet Run (38)
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Don’t miss this. Blue Planet Run is a book with over 250 awe-inspiring photographs captured by some of the world’s top photojournalists. The idea is to help you know about water problems faced by people in different parts of the globe. Here are some pictures from the ‘Blue Planet Run’ book: 40 billion - The number of hours spent each year in Africa due to the need to collect water. People wrestle in Delhi for ...
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Christos said:
Αξίζει να το κατεβάσεις και να μελετήσεις τα στοιχεία που περιέχονται στις 122 σελίδες του.
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Kunal said:
have heard a lot about this book ..
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Claude said:
More Liberal whining, in pictures...
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Killahurtz said:
Blue Planet Run is a book with over 250 awe-inspiring photographs captured by some of the world’s top photojournalists. The idea is to help you know about water problems faced by people in different parts of the globe.
Podcast: Run SAP and Solution Manager (1)
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How to get started in SAP (1)
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The demand for SAP technology and functional consultants is near an all-time high. However, if you don’t already have an SAP job, building an SAP career remains a difficult undertaking. SAP certification and training is one way to prepare yourself for an SAP job, but recently readers are asking us how to choose between the various options available. One way to begin is by taking two classes directly from SAP: SAP NetWeaver is SAP’s technological ...
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I’ve created a new userstyle.org + stylish version of my old Cleaner FriendFeed for the new FriendFeed Beta that was launched hours ago. Grab it here. Here are the screenshots (before and after) Before Cleaner FriendFeed After (Cleaner FriendFeed Beta applied) So what were the changes? * Cleaner and cool look and feel (FriendFeed Beta is already clean, this makes it a lot cleaner)* Different font style* Highlights friends comments with baby yellow (instantly know ...Shared by Martin English (15)Contribute commentSearchSAP: SAP news, tips and expert advice (0) permalink
Run SAP lowers the total cost of SAP, reduces technical problems and allows better process management. This podcast explains Run SAP and its technical component, Solution Manager.Shared by Martin English (15)Contribute comment
