My nephew and niece
Together for the last time in a while.
Rowan has since made to arduous trip to Dubai with his mother, to join my brother already there.
Katherine remains here at home.
P.S. Rowan can pull himself up to stand against things, and is nearly walking…
I’ve just picked up on a most interesting story:
In the past the RIAA has persecuted the young, the old, those without a computer, and even the dead!
Just this month there has been a new furore about their most recent victim, and she isn’t even the person being sued. At ten, Tanya Andersen’s daughter is the youngest victim yet. She was seven at the time the RIAA alleges her mother was downloading music files.
Gotta love ‘em…
P.S. The same RIAA is claiming “victory” against internet file sharing, with an increase in legal downloads and a decrease in file sharing, despite evidence suggesting the opposite is in fact the case.
My niece, looking somewhat bemused…
My brother saw this lamborghini parked in the disabled spot very soon after arriving in Dubai. The owner of this car may be disabled, but I think this is highly unlikely - probably he is just a wanker…
Link to an amusing BoingBoing post.
Here are three amusing videos from this site I newly discovered:
(**WARNING - this features partial nudity… I find it funny becuase it is so euro-cheesy)
Wow, there are a lot of groovy websites out there:
Basically start off points:
For quite some time I have suspected that my ISP (Telecom NZ) has been shaping traffic - specifically, my traffic.
 I did some googling (keywords: telecom, “traffic shaping”, policy; limited to New Zealand websites) and came up with this interesting local discussion from the end of last year.
There were many other links, which, in summary, stated that Telecom has been traffic shaping packets in the plan I currently use, from when it was first introduced in December last year. Apparently they stopped doing this at the end of last month.
Have since found another interesting blog article here that gives more information…
Here is Telecom NZ’s official statement…
Here is a story about it in a local newspaper…
 I have not yet decided how I feel about this, or what to do. I think I will investigate the NZ ISPs that do not massage their traffic, and quite likely transfer over to one of them.
References:
“Spartans! Tonight we dine in Hell!”
Own the original series. Very good Frank Miller comic (if maybe embellishing strict historical accuracy). Has been made into a movie that is about to be released.
Here is the second trailer:
Here is an excerpt from the movie:
Here is a link to some ace old music videos…
Or actually, my internet connection:
The best of several attempts…
This ranks in the bottom 17% of worldwide internet speeds according to SpeedTest…
Woohoo!
Sugababes vs Teapacks
This is a groovy number by a British trio based in London…
… and this is the Israeli entry into the 2007 Eurovision song contest!
Which of these two versions of a certain Eurocheese number is better?
Or perhaps people prefer the 2006 Australian cover?
Came across this blast from the past:
Now it all looks sooo 1980s…
Wow… I never knew what an interesting fellow Thomas Kuhn was:
My paradigms have just been shifted…
Link here for one of the best sites I have found on the net concerning the human brian…
Peter F. Hamilton’s homepage.
Where Lois McMaster Bujold fans hang out.
Cory Doctorow’s homepage. Most of his stuff can be downloaded in a variety of formats from here.
A perennial favourite - John Varley.
A webpage where Accelerando by Charles Stross is available for download.
Terry Pratchett’s home site (not strictly SF, but still very good).
Three Brits, two Yanks, and a Canadian. Guess who is who…
P.S. Favourite children’s fantasy author - Diana Wynne Jones.
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