Do you have to be a grumpy dickhead to drive a bus in Wellington?

Probably not, but it seems high on the list of requirements to get the job.
If you hate people that much dont do a job that involves almost constant
interaction with them. And for christ sakes, let the old people sit down
before you pull out of the stop cutting off traffic.

Google analytics

Im currently trying Google Analytics at the moment to track visits to the blog. Just to see what it looks like. So far its pretty cool, but if you are using linux (or probably anything) make sure you update your flash plugin for the browser. It goes very badly with versions older than 7.0.

In other geeky news im speaking at the Linux Conf Australia next year, which
despite the name is being held in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Lucky I have a few 13 hour flights before then that I can use for speech
writing.

Some fun ideas

Ive been playing with a couple of neat little things. One of them is indy.tv From the site:
“Indy is a music discovery program that learns what you like, and plays more of it. And it’s free.

Indy makes it easy for you to find great new independent music. Just download Indy and double-click: as it plays songs, you rate what you hear. Indy quickly learns what you like and gets really smart about sending you more music you’ll like. Let Indy help you find your place in the collective consciousness as you help other people find theirs.”

The other is Connectviabooks which is like an online book club.

Spokesman of crappy crap crap

So National in their infinitesimally small amount of wisdom have appointed a Spokesman of Political Correctness Eradication. If they werent such complete tools you would think it was a joke. Ah well, it might be mildly entertaining anyway, still im pretty annoyed a portion of my taxes (albeit tiny) is going towards paying the salaries of these retards.