Viva La Revolución

Posted: September 1st, 2010 | Author: Jackson James Wood | Filed under: Jackson James Wood | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Tis a glorious day in the Peoples’ Republic of New Zealand when our most trustworthy and benevolent National Government nationalise—by semi-violent means—and return to the workers of Aotearoa vast tracts of arable land, productive dairy cows from which a new generation of proletarian babies will suckle and grow strong and massive piles of toxic debt are wiped from the ledger books of running-dog capitalist pigs and tools of the military industrial complex thus freeing the worker from the chains of economic serfdom.

I for one welcome our new socialist overlords.


An open letter to John Key

Posted: August 3rd, 2010 | Author: Jackson James Wood | Filed under: Jackson James Wood | Tags: , , , | 4 Comments »

Dear John Key,

I take umbrage at your comments about Chris Carter’s mental health as reported by stuff.co.nz today.

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We Hope Cactus Kate Has A Sense Of Humour

Posted: June 28th, 2010 | Author: Absolute Genius | Filed under: Absolute Genius | 1 Comment »
Or, why you don’t embed images on your blog if they’re hosted by people who definitely do have a sense of humour.
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Kobo: A Review

Posted: June 26th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off

I love it. Outright love it. I don’t want to be the guy who bitches and complains about companies all the time – after my last post – so I feel the need to say something positive now.

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How Groupy.co.nz treat customers

Posted: June 26th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , , , | 2 Comments »
UPDATE: I’m putting this first so that it will be seen – Lance from Groupy has straight out said it’s unacceptable from them. So take the following as actions of an errant employee founding partner and not as a reflection on the rest of groupy.co.nz. Original post follows.

Apologies about the length of this. It’s going to include a bunch of quoted emails. I’ll quote them in full so that I don’t get accused of leaving stuff out afterwards. The short story is I won’t be shopping with groupy.co.nz – which is a shame, because Lance Wiggs runs some excellent businesses, the concept was good, and I had a lot of hope for it.
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Carter’s Credit Card Conundrum

Posted: June 25th, 2010 | Author: Absolute Genius | Filed under: Guest post, Uncategorized | Tags: , , | 1 Comment »

Speculative journalism at it’s best:

Maverick Labour MP, Chris Carter astounded members of the Press Gallery today when he used illict substances and started a dance party during a press conference today.

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Credit Card Controversy

Posted: June 10th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | Comments Off

I honestly don’t have a problem with ministers using their ministerial credit cards for personal expenses, and I don’t understand the current furore around it.

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How To Change The World, Pt One

Posted: May 24th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

As written in The Guardian, via tech-blog Gizmodo, this is how you change the world. A spectacular initiative where women on bicycles carrying netbooks and wireless connections visit obscure villages to provide a fleeting flirtation with technology. These women quite literally peddle a view over the information of the outside world, educational possibilities impossible without their presence.

Beautiful. Read it here. Now.


iPhone Priorities?

Posted: May 24th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

The Herald’s Sideswipe column has the results of a study of UK residents to find what they considered the best invention. It’s bemusing, to say the least.

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Actually Absurd “Actually” (Or, An Open Letter To John Key)

Posted: May 19th, 2010 | Author: Daniel J Miles | Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Dear John Key. I’m not one to criticise too heavily over the silly pedantic stuff. However I just can’t handle this one any more.

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