time is a funny thing
42 months ago, Leonie and I packed up our place in Greenhithe, Auckland, and moved to Wellington. That was quite possibly the best thing we did. And that one step into the unknown started a chain reaction. 30 months ago, the company I worked for in Wellington was sold to a US company. We (as non-owners) did quite well out …
Read Moreapple stuff
new nano: blurgh. old, fat nano FTW. that square one was the only nano I really LOVED the design of. Tempted to buy one of the old ones for “later”, but I’m stuck with my iphone for the next 16 months, so I’ll stick with that. positioning of the touch: genius. genius feature: not sure, will not be on a …
Read MoreStop 1 – Durango, CO. Mesa Verde. Richard Running Deer.
We are now in LA, in the home-away-from-home that is the Air New Zealand lounge in LAX. It’s SO nice to hear kiwi accents again, after 12 months of being away. We put in for Premium Economy upgrades, but decided late on to try for Business – we found out when we got here that PE was pretty much full, …
Read MoreHop 1 – Blue Lake Ranch, Colorado
After a slightly hungover start, thanks to “not a big night” with friends before we left, we set out for hop 1 on our trip. From Heathrow – with Giraffes in our Bloody Marys – we flew to Denver, which wasn’t too bad, and then on Barney, the unpainted plane (“she flys great, just needs a lick of paint”) to …
Read Moreyubikey – sometimes simple is better
I’ve been listening to Steve Gibson on some older Security Now podcasts, and found one on the Yubikey, from yubico. First up, what is it? It’s a small USB dongle, which looks like a USB flash drive – well, a VERY VERY small USB flash drive. It has a single button. If you plug the key into your USB port, …
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