http://www.nothing.net.nz The weblog of mike forbes Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:29:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I saw this elsewhere on the intertubes and thought it would be a good list to compile. Without further ado, five reasons why I love my job: 1 - I get to play with Linux and open source applications, all day, every day. 2 - I work with amazing intelligent and geeky ... http://www.nothing.net.nz/five-reasons-why-i-love-my-job/ Is this thing still on? Whoa. So, I've been doing the usual things. Working, drinking, sleeping, playing. I've signed up to be a Youthline volunteer here in Wellington, and accepted into the training programme, which is something I've been meaning to do for awhile. I've been playing with server things quite a bit - ... http://www.nothing.net.nz/heresy/ So, it's been awhile, as is something becoming more typical with my blog posts. I've had a bout of .. sickness, which is the best way for me to word the situation. It starts to become a long story, but various things going on and my back injury from a few years ... http://www.nothing.net.nz/squirrels-are-funny/ Kat and I are well settled in Wellington now. We are officially "Wellingtonians".. 1) We've seen Brett McKenzie (of FoTC) in the street, at a cafe and now at the pool, along with other quasi-famous celebrities, including Giovanni Ribisi and Michael Imperioli (Christopher from the Sopranos) out in the wild. 2) We ... http://www.nothing.net.nz/riding-the-crest-of-a-high-and-beautiful-wave/ I've almost completely given up the idea of keeping things (in internet/blog terms) flowing. Life is too busy! Kat and I are settled in Wellington, Guests welcome. We have spare bed(s) ! My new job at Catalyst is awesome, everyone is nice and I'm enjoying the work I have been getting to do. Since ... http://www.nothing.net.nz/update/ Kat and I are off to live in Wellington! We've both managed to score brilliant jobs, and the packing is well underway. I expect things to be completely messed up for the next few weeks as we move all our stuff to another city. I finished up my last day at work on ... http://www.nothing.net.nz/moving-and-mancold/ I am SO sick of hearing about the fucking rugby. New Zealand is in mourning, over the loss of the rugby world cup. Blah blah blah. There is MORE to New Zealand than the game of rugby. For the past few days everything in the news has been about rugby, even the HOMECOMING ... http://www.nothing.net.nz/enough-with-the-rugby/ John Ballinger from Bluespark.co.nz (with the help of his mate Shaun O'donnell) has hacked his iphone so that it works on the Vodafone New Zealand network. No AT&T! Photo credit This is probably the first proper working (SMS/Phone calls, etc) iphone in New Zealand, and it only took about 6 ... http://www.nothing.net.nz/first-working-iphone-in-new-zealand/