OK, NZ have won 5 medals so far - 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 2 Bronze, but how does that really compare with countries with a similar population? Check out the link where you can compare a countries medals v their population and also their GDP.
Let’s hope we can get some more too
Plug for my employer:Â And check out all the action on tvnz.co.nz - 4 live streams and video highlights of NZ competitors.
Finally bit the bullet and have purchased the new “bits” and built a new PC (with assistance from Snork!) My old PC was built when I was in the UK in 2001! – i.e AMD 1.25GHz, 512k RAM, 40GB Hard drive etc…. it was about to die and the fans sounded like they were about to take off!
So here is the spec of my new toy (cost about $1200NZD with Vista Premium and Office s/w included in that price) : hmmm more power…..
 You’ll notice I have a TV tuner card in the mix – next project is to get it to work so I can get Freeview (DVB-S or DVB-T) and record TV onto my hard drive. A bit of a mission I believe with New Zealand specs using the latest codecs and standards for HD transmission.Â
Will let you know how I go with setting this up…..
My cycle route to and from work.
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Looking for something a bit novel and different?  Stumbled across this site “The Cool Hunter” it covers everything from architecture, fashion & gadgets plus heaps more. The cruise the globe (or the web) looking for funky stuff.Â
Howdy, both of us have not really not been up to much this winter – I’ve been busy at work with quite a few projects for TVNZ in progress and enjoying these.Â
House DIY is slowly progressing and waiting for some fine weather to measure up the backyard so Amanda can use her landscaping skills she obtained on a course to design it. We hope to get the a new backyard built before summer arrives.
and the BIG news is…..
Amanda is pregnant. Been trying for a while and finally it happened so we are both really happy! Amanda is due late January 2009 so will be doing all those pre baby things before our life changes significantly. (I need a boys holiday!!).Â
We went for the 12 week scan a couple of weeks ago and all is well. The bean sized person has a head, 2 arms and legs and all they are all in the right places. Hit home when I saw it “live” in the scan and made me really starting thinking about being a Dad (Shit!! – but guess most of you have already been through all this and will start giving me all that advice on how my life will never be the same again!)
Amanda is doing well and so far the pregnancy has been pretty good with only mild symptons, being tired, hungry and weeing a lot more. I’m fine too except for the occasional reality check when I look into the future, but guess I move to #3 in the pecking order of the family now so I don’t count 
Pic below just to confirm this is real
PS: I will be updating this site regularly (at least once a week) so come back for more updates, news, views and photos in the coming weeks….
Auckland’s dismal rail service continues. As of 13 July Auckland Rail says they are introducing more trains, more often. Well for me catching a train from Ellerslie station everyday there are no extra services at peak hour and the times are even less convenient at peak hour to and from work.Â
Not sure where the statement “more trains more often” comes from – does this mean that service reliability will improve too? Currently the southern line which I take everyday has just over a 80% statistic for being on time! Yes, that means at least once a week both to and from work I can expect the trains I catch to be late (or even worse cancelled!).Â
You can check out the delays and increase in costs for the ARTA projects and also the reliability of the Auckland Rail Service in the ARTA monthly business reports. Will Auckland ever get a reliable and efficient rail service?
For me, a Tui billboard I made up sums it up nicely!!
IÂ just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.
Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you “look ahead,” before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.
Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.
e.g mouse over the All Blacks site
Finally after reviewing all the quotes we got a heat pump installed in the lounge. It was great timing just before the cold, winter weather hit NZ. We now have a nice warm house at night and have it set up so when we get up in the morning it has been running for about 15min and the house is warm (this doesn’t improve me trying to get out of bed in the morning though, I still hate getting up!) .
It is a Fijtsu ASTB18LDC model and heats most of the house up.Â
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