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Good grief. Like we care.
Sports broadcaster Martin Devlin has outed himself as the “celebrity” in the Auckland disorderly-behaviour name suppression case. I was happier ignorant, thanks stuff.co.nz Here’s a reality check; Devlin said he had been described in the media as a “household name”. “I think we all agree that description is totally inaccurate.” Yup. Much ado about nothing.
Ravenous predator
SURPRISE! Watch this video of Great White sharks using the element of surprise to catch hapless Cape Fur seals who are forced to cross a narrow strip of shark-infested water (literally) to go fishing for their own food. Amazing. (STUNNING 3 min video below the fold)
Goodbye from Keith Olbermann
I rate broadcaster Keith Olbermann highly, especially his eloquence and his passion and his willingness to face, call out and go after hypocrisy. From the New York Times 12:05 a.m. | Keith Olbermann, the highest-rated host on MSNBC, announced abruptly on the air Friday night that he was leaving his show, “Countdown,” immediately. The host, […]
Anonymous comment vs IMPERSONATION
Regular readers of thePaepae.com (and my occasional posts at the PropertyTalk forum) will, I hope, have absorbed my views regarding participation in internet discussions, viz: I believe in speaking in my own name. From my observation, in many cases it seems the anonymity of some commenters on the web seems to encourage them to make […]
CYBER CROOKS – unmasking the real criminals
There’s been considerable discussion recently here on thePaeape.com about so-called internet ‘scams’ and ‘bandits’ and ‘criminals’ … but let’s not lose perspective. The sort of stuff highlighted in today’s NZ Herald technology pages, this report from PandaLabs about selling stolen credit cards — well THAT’S clearly criminal stuff. WASHINGTON – Cyber criminals are selling stolen credit […]
Spotted on the road … gulp
First time I’ve seen this … I saw this on my travels this morning. I guess that’s one time you don’t want to be using a van with your business sign-writing all over it. – P
Oh boy. USD $8.5million for a domain name …
Facebook paid USD $8.5 million to acquire the Internet address ‘fb.com’ — from American Farm Bureau Federation — for internal use by its employees. — Reuters
Nice to know ‘The Sun’ respects copyright
It’s good to know The Sun newspaper respects copyright. Phew. Oh, it’s News Corp — Rupert ‘so,-basically-you’re-stealing-from-me’ Murdoch. Fair enough.
Whistle-blowing at a news conference (note the smear)
LONDON, Jan 17: A former Swiss private banker handed over data on hundreds of offshore bank account holders to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at a news conference on Monday. Rudolf Elmer once headed the office of Julius Baer in the Cayman Islands until he was fired by the bank in 2002. He is scheduled to […]
Steve Jobs
At my request, the board of directors has granted me a medical leave of absence so I can focus on my health. I will continue as CEO and be involved in major strategic decisions for the company. — Apple CEO Steve Jobs 17/1/11 Full statement at apple.com All I can say is I wish him […]
A little bit of crossover …
Regular readers know thePaepae.com isn’t a soapbox for my business pursuits. Even so, every now and then I’ll share something of what I’m doing for those who may have some slight interest. In that spirit, here’s a 12 minute ‘sample’ clip of an audio programme on the outlook for the NZ property market and economy […]
The Letters … by Leonard Cohen
You never liked to get The letters that I sent. But now you’ve got the gist Of what my letters meant. You’re reading them again, The ones you didn’t burn. You press them to your lips, My pages of concern. I said there’d been a flood. I said there’s nothing left. I hoped that you […]
Elementary — so how many of these do we do?
from Robert Valett’s Prescriptions for Happiness — one of those A-Z’s that can be a combination of corny and insightful. Better than reading the news! – P
Best wishes to our mates in Queensland
With the flooding, the last thing they’ll have time for is browsing the internet (!), so they won’t see this, but I wanted to ‘send’ my best wishes for their recovery, and condolences to the grief stricken. It’s a tough situation. – P
