Apr 01 2008

Google Docs New Airplane Template

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Just noticed a little Easter egg in Google’s Docs application. When creating a new Document from within Google Docs, you’re given the option to create a "New airplane". Clicking on this opens a new Google Doc with the following image as a template. Enjoy.

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Mar 03 2008

Amanzi Limited site updates

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We’ve been tweaking the Amanzi site recently, but under the hood we’re planning a fresh new release shortly. This will tie in with the new slogan: Your virtual IT department. This sums up nicely what we’re planning with the business – it’s effectively giving all NZ small businesses access to a high quality IT department […]

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Jan 29 2008

Back in the swing

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Been a bit quiet on the blogging front recently as we just spent a week up in Cooks Beach in the Coromandel. The weather wasn’t too good due to the effects of a tropical cyclone that drifted towards us from Fiji. But overall it was a good break and I managed to catch the monster […]

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Jan 06 2008

Out with the new, in with the old

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Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years break. So we’re already  a few days into the new year and I’m just finalising my new years resolutions. I’m doing them a bit differently this year in that I’ll be documenting them and setting target dates with achievable milestones and measurables. In other words, I’ll […]

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Dec 16 2007

Google’s confusing profiles

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The Google Operating System blog have posted about the new Google profiles that are being implemented. I edited my profile a couple of weeks ago when I was creating a custom map on Google Maps. I didn’t really see any significance in this at the time as I thought it was just tied into the […]

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Aug 11 2007

The almost perfect HP notebook

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I placed an order for a new notebook last week as soon we will be needing two of them around the house. Obviously I will get the new one and the 3 ½ year old notebook will get passed down to Deb to use. A little side note here before I continue – although the […]

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Aug 10 2007

Books I’m reading

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While the NZ dollar has been so strong over the last few weeks, it was a great opportunity to do some shopping online on Amazon. Here are the books I’ve bought recently: Geek books: Active Directory, 3rd Edition by by Joe Richards, Robbie Allen, Alistair Lowe-NorrisThis is the Active Directory bible as far as I’m […]

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Aug 10 2007

Schmap – Dynamic Travel Guides

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It’s not the first time I’ve been published internationaly, but this is kinda cool! Hi Stuart, I am writing to let you know that two of your photos with a Creative Commons license have been short-listed for inclusion in the third edition of our Schmap Wellington Guide, to be published mid-August 2007. www.schmap.com/shortlist/p=95555995N00/c=SE51022406 Clicking this […]

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Aug 10 2007

Google Indexing Speed

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I’ve been noticing this a lot more recently – Google seems to be indexing web pages in near-realtime. I posted a blog entry at about quarter past two on Windows Script Host 5.7, and less than 45 minutes later that post showed in Google’s results for “Windows Script Host 5.7” This is impressive when you […]

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