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  • Anyone for ham

    We were waiting at the shops yesterday and to my surprise I found sparrows were really keen to eat at an old piece of leg of ham that had somehow found itself on the pavement. The birds were scared off on a number of occasions when I tried to get closer and when others disturbed… read more…

    Anyone for ham
  • Extended warranties in New Zealand

    Over the last few years I have taken advantage of the extended warranties available from various stores like Noel Leeming, Harvey Norman, Dick Smith and Farmers. They all seem to have different names, but all seem to amount to an extended warranty. The problem is they don’t always do what you might expect, or at… read more…

    Extended warranties in New Zealand
  • Jensen Harris’s keynote at uxweek on Windows 8

    A week or two ago  I watched the 2012 uxweek keynote from Jensen Harris entitled “The Story of Windows 8”,  it turned out to be a most interesting presentation. Jensen Harris is Microsoft’s “Director of Program Management for the User Experience team“ Today I watched the keynote for the second time in order to write this… read more…

    Jensen Harris’s keynote at uxweek on Windows 8