Things I am interested in…

For some reason the internet was going blindingly slow this morning, but then sped up to be quite fast

These are my links for May 2nd:

• Testing and Repairing Phone Line Problems
• Marvel Create Your Own Superhero | Make Avatars with Iron Man, Hulk, Spider-Man, Thor, Thing, Wolverine, and more Marvel Characters | Marvel.com
• Get Rich Slowly
• Free-Codecs.com :: Download latest audio codecs, video codecs, codec packs and tools, FREE!
• Introduction » Exact Audio Copy

These are my links for July 24th:

• Den of Geek – Cult TV, Movies, Games & Comics Reviewed, Discussed & Appreciated – Den of Geek –
• RoboCop Archive – New movie in 2010 –
• Superhero Hype! – Comic Book Movies – Superhero Movies – Superheroes – Heroes – Comic Books – Graphic Novels – Super Hero – Adaptations – Adaptation –
• Shacknews – PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads –
• Alzheimers New Zealand –
• Home page – Alzheimer Scotland –
• Convert Host Name to IP Address or Find IP address of a host – e.g. find IP address of host name of <!– TMPL_VAR NAME=PROXYIPNM –> –
• Xnet :: Your Homepage! –
• Premium Watches Collection –
• DVICE –
• Stanza: A Revolution in Reading | Lexcycle –
• DL.TV –
• Windows ClearType Tuner –
• Heart Attack/Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment –
• Cardiac Risk Analysis – to convert lipids from mmol/L to mg/dL multiply by 39 (and divide by 39 to convert the other way)
• What are mg/dl and mmol/l? How to convert? Glucose? Cholesterol? –
• American Heart Association –
• Secular Web: Atheism, Agnosticism, Naturalism, Skepticism and Secularism –
• CDI – Center for Defense Information – Security Policy Research Organization –
• Lively – Experience another dimension of the web –
• Penny Arcade! –
• NZGamer.com –
• NewTeeVee –
• Glenn Greenwald – Salon.com –
• In Which Our Hero –
• Grasping Reality with Both Hands: The Semi-Daily Journal Economist Brad DeLong –
• Steve Jackson Games –
• Barack Obama | Change We Can Believe In | Home –
• Twentieth Century Atlas – Historical Body Count –
• ECG Learning Center –
• Watchmen –
• Wizard Universe : Comic Book News, Previews, Reviews, Message Boards, Comic Books, Toys, Entertainment, Comics –
• Latest Headlines – [livemark:http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/default.stm]
• Rubik’s cube –
• Tired of nm-applet asking for password to Keyring? – Ubuntu Forums – Tired of nm-applet asking for password to Keyring? Networking & Wireless
• Welcome to Topfield’s Official Website in New Zealand –
• Good Gear Guide –
• snopes.com: Redefinition of Pi –
• Watchmen Movie News, Watchmen Comic News, Trailers, Videos, Plot Summary and More – WatchmenComicMovie.com –
• eeebuntu –
• Robert’s Perl Tutorial –
• Eclipse.org home –
• Home Automation Index –
• Linux Home Automation –
• HomeToys.co.nz – Gadgets, Gizmos, Gifts, Technology Toys and much more –
• Home Control Home Page –
• Instructables – The World’s Biggest DIY & How To Show & Tell –
• Public timeline – Identi.ca –
• whoisi.com: Follow your friends on the Internet. –
• MMORPG And Free Online RPG Mega Directory –
• Top Science Fiction MMORPGs –
• SuSE 9.1 and SuSE 10.0 USB Stick survival guide – formatting USB stick under linux – Works for other varieties too
• Linux – How To Information | eHow.com –
• SithVixen.com –
• Wookieepedia, the Star Wars wiki –
• SithNET – La Tasca de Mos Eisley – PlayJedi & PlayLady –
• digital home of MacSlow –
• Travian – Browser Game – Romans, Gauls & Teutons –
• Welcome to EeeUser! [EeeUser Eee PC Wiki] –
• 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read | How To Split An Atom –
• How To Lose Belly Fat – Stepcase Lifehack –
• Smartphone, Pocket PC & Ultra-Mobile PC Store – eXpansys New Zealand –
• The Particle Zoo: Subatomic Particle Softies –
• tuXfiles – the Linux newbie help files, tutorials, and tips –
• Scobleizer â?? Tech geek blogger –

Epitiro, a UK-based international internet measurement company, has recently surveyed the broadband speed of the five foremost ISPs in New Zealand.  What doesn’t surprise me very much is that the state telco ISP (NZ Telecom’s Xtra) is not first second, or third.  It is interesting that British Telecom repeatedly comes number one in the same survey carried out in the UK.

Epitiro press release here.

NZ responses here and here.

I have not been able to yet find a response from Xtra…

Or actually, my internet connection:

The best of several attempts…

This ranks in the bottom 17% of worldwide internet speeds according to SpeedTest…

Woohoo!