Yay, Ive been looking forward to seeing them ever since I bought their new
album a few months ago. Im fairly sure their live set will be quite
different from the album, but from all accounts they rule live.
Author: ranginui
Utter wankers!!
Whoever pushed over the headstones, and burnt the Jewish chapel in Makara
are complete and utter arsehats. Big cowardly arsehats at that. As are all
racists.
I tell you who is also an Arsehat, David Zwartz, who seems to be hellbent on
linking the descretation with the NZ Govts criticism of Israel. He’s doing
himself or the Jewish community no favours at all. Anyway who cant seperate
what a government does/say from what the people in the country say/do is an
arsehat. And anyone that takes offense at NZ criticising Israel for trying
to illegally obtain passports for two of its agents is a moron.
Quite funny.
I just saw this press release by the NZ Govt.
You’ve got it – we’ll confiscate it
Friday, 6 August 2004, 3:11 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Government
Now the press release is actually about P, and the hardline stance the Govt
are planning to take against it. It could apply equally to the Foreshore and
Seabed, or the history of NZ. Just struck me as funny thats all.
Koha as a teaching tool at the University of Buffalo
I found this today. Ive
known for a while UB has been using Koha. But its great to see such an
informative site, and to see what they have been doing with it.
Scary
I just wrote a script to convert a database into Koha format all from memory.
Which is a little bit scary, it seems I know the acquisitions/biblio module
off by heart.
Yay, the Black caps are number 2 in ODI rankings.
“New Zealand’s ascent to second place in the official ODI table caps a
remarkable improvement since the start of the year during which it has
climbed from eighth position following a combination of strong performances
at home and its recent NatWest Series victory in England.”
See the rankings Here
Can it get any Colder?
I dont think it can, ah well, at least the rest of the day looks like its
going to be sunny. Which is good because my fingers are freezing.
Rearranged Office
Well ive moved stuff all about and ended up with a lot more room on my desk,
and the monitor at a better angle. Lets hope that translates into more
productivity.
A Joint Arsehat award today.
- Haami Piripi –
For making a stupid statement. Come on, I share the sentiments, but lets be
a little bit smarter eh. - Helen Clark –
For not reading the legislation before mouthing off. In effect lying by
omission.
In the Herald today Helen Clark is reported as saying this
“Maori Language Commission chief executive Haami Piripi needs to decide
whether he is a public servant or a political activist, says Prime Minister
Helen Clark.”BZZZT wrong, he isn’t a public servant.
The Maori Language Commission was established under the Maori Language Act
1987, to promote the use of Te Reo, and as a start of the Crown trying to
live up to its treaty promises. And now the interesting bit.
No member of the Commission or employee “shall be deemed to be employed in the service of Her Majesty for
the purposes of the State Sector Act 1988” (Schedule 2, s. 8.).
That is, he isnt a public servant, in fact its agaisnt the law to deem him
as one.
Nice one Helen, how about you or one of advisors read the legislation your
party put in place.
New Computer for Laurel
Yay, Laurels new computer should be arriving here tomorrow. No more insanely
loud fan noise and clunky slow computer.
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