S92A, and other thoughts on the revised Copyright Act

There is quite a furore (e.g. #blackout) at the moment about the eminent arrival of the updated Copyright Act in NZ, pretty much all surrounding section 92A.  92A doesn’t appear in the official online copies (either HTML or PDF) – I don’t know if that is because it only takes effect from the end of the month, or [...]

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How to waste $500M

I believe this was announced a while ago, but I only noticed when it was twittered today: Vodafone NZ is extending their network so that there is 900 MHz 3G coverage over much more of the country.
I was quite elated reading that – the existing coverage is is not great, and it’s annoying having a [...]

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Talking Toasters

At least once a week, I put bread in the toaster, put it down, go back to work, and then forget about the toast for an hour or so. The toast is never that great re-toasted.
Why doesn’t someone make a Bluetooth-enabled toaster (or maybe wi-fi, for a bit more range) that could pop up [...]

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