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OK, the NZ Herald had an article on the various music download sites and their prices, but they missed a few. So, here’s a nice easy list: amplifier. New Zealand music only. NO DRM. MP3. CDs (via post). $1.99/track (usually) iTunes. All sorts. Apple-only DRM (M4P). No CDs. $1.79/track RipIt. All sorts. DRMed WMA. No CDs. $1.89/track, tho some are …

I think the herald got theirs up first, but both are a welcome redesign from the old sites. New Zealand Herald. Stuff (Dominion Post) Both are done mostly with CSS. Both are fixed width (1024 screen needed), and the herald is RSS enabled – but either way, they are a lot better on the eye. Now, if only we can …

The drink, not some weird way of consuming columbia’s finest. “What happens to your body if you drink a coke right now?” I’ve already gone off coke….. scary tho! 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep …

So, we went to see this last night, at the Empire Cinema in Island Bay. General consensus: Oh. My. F-ing. God. Best. Bond. Ever. If you have seen them, think about the difference between the campy Batman films and the new Batman Begins. Dark, gritty, “he’s really not a nice person”, etc. Same deal here. And the “bond girls”, while …

OK, so today is out last day in LA (this time around). It’s been a fun trip, we have done the usual amount of work, managed to see some of the city and surroundings, caught up with a good friend (Hi Missy!), and even did the theme park thing. All without being killed on the freeway, or going totally postal …

OK, so RussB says it’s today or tomorrow (I’m in PST, so today is tomorrow is yesterday or something…..). I’ve just droped another $25 US for a “gift card”, and I’m already hooked. The iTunes store is not THAT good as a store, as far as they go (in the short time I’ve used it, I prefer alltunes / allofmp3), but …

OK, so Leonie and I are over in LA at the moment (Aliso Viejo to be exact – right in the middle of “OC”). We have just got back from a little shopping at what must be the largest mall I’ve ever been in. Urgh. Not good. Take Manukau City shopping center in Auckland, or even Botony, and double or triple …

As always, worth a read (link for the one person out there who doesn’t already subscribe). The more choices you give people, the harder it is for them to choose, and the unhappier they’ll feel. See, for example, Barry Schwartz’s book, The Paradox of Choice. Let me quote from the Publishers Weekly review: “Schwartz, drawing extensively on his own work …