It’s true – Skype works . I spoke to my brother in Aus and the line was crystal clear – no issues at all. I recommend it for free calls to other skype users. No hassle to install, and after running a scan with Ad-aware I found no nasties related to skype, although I have…

Skype – free internet calls that work? With no spyware? You’re kidding me right? My bro Luke gave me the tip off about this software so I’m gonna get a headset and find out if it really works. Presently it’s in beta and is for Windows only. I also discovered an online store that I…

On Thursday Tash saw an ad in the Guardian’s entertainment guide that a documentary course was being held that weekend. We signed up because we saw that the remarkable Sorious Samura was one of the guest speakers. The course was hosted by Ron McCullagh of Insight News . It covered the basics of the technical…

who’re the wiseguys that found this site by searching for: line drawings of jesus life of david gale sucked jamie oliver fat tongued what exactly happened in david lynch s mulholland drive notes buddy spyware elephant man lisboa (yep – other people have seen him) underpopulated country new zealand british nanny pictures (okaaaaay….)

I’m using Bearshare which is part of the gnutella network . I’ve downloaded some Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Split Enz and, hallelujah, gospel. It’s cool, and as much as MP3 is a crappy format, it’s a great way to get a taste of the music – I’ll be following this up by…

Thought I had a googlewhack but it turns out that it only counts if you use two words.

As we all know, when you download freeware it usually comes with added nasties. I have installed Ad-aware 6.1 from Lavasoft – recommended by yours truly for removing unpleasant spyware from your treasured ‘puter. Best of all, it’s free (and doesn’t come with spyware)!

Holy crap – just read at Ben Poole’s site that Mozilla have changed the name of Pheonix/Firebird to Firefox…. How about calling it er, um, I can’t decide.

A New Zealander looking for local news? Please don’t go to nzoom, the self titled ‘homepage’ for New Zealanders. I usually use stuff.co.nz as my news source. It is run by a newspaper company, and while it looks a little bland, it is well coded and has good selection of news highlights. The other day…

First time I’ve opened my laptop in what seems like weeks… Odd. I’ve been watching a lot of movies, working, generally in hibernation mode. It’s a good time to hibernate as it snowed here last week. Just watched ‘Amelie’ – what a freaking awesome film! Highly recommended. Feel-good city without the mush or sentimentality. Last…