Swearing an oath in court

It’s one of the silliest things in my opinion, for a few reasons. 1. What does swearing an oath do? Obviously honest people are going to be truthful, so it’s aimed at dishonest people. It might be just me, but what does swearing an oath do if you are going to lie anyway? 2. It [...]

Don’t let recruiters push you around

I got a call from a recruiter who was telling me about a job. After a short conversation I realised it was the same job another recruiter had called me about. This guy reckoned he had worked in this dept. and knew inside info on what they would want and could also give me an [...]

Lyrebird in action

Linux better at reading proprietry MS formats…

A friends HDD has died – FAT or MBR or something – so I chucked it in my external laptop drive caddy to try to get the data off before playing with it. The HDD wouldn’t boot attached to it’s original Laptop, nor get a directory listing in recovery mode, slaved to my laptop in [...]

Star trek / Simpsons theme music

For your viewing pleasure a mix of the two themes

A Trip Down Memory Lane.

My revived interest in poetry has reminded me of some little gems I composed as a kiddly-wink. This one was written when I was in grade six at Eight Mile Plains Primary. It is sung mournfully to the tune of “The Pub With No Beer” The teacher’s are rough, at Eight Mile Plains. They keep [...]

Resaurant Review: Kuta Cafe` – Mt Cootha

It may seem like we eat out a bit, but really we don’t! This time we had a wedding delivery on Saturday and had other errands so we couldn’t go home to eat, so we thought we’d review a different cafe`. Kuta is the cafe` behind the tourist shop, next to Summit – the function [...]