Looking for a quiet tenant for the flat downstairs from us. VERY VERY sunny, with balcony galore.

Flat is in brooklyn (number 7 bus), the hill faces west so has mega evening sun, and views over happy valley towards wind turbine.

1 bedroom (with spacious living areas).
dishwasher.
infinity hot water.
has lockable garage...
very private / off street
quiet street
cats okay.

and it's $280/week.

Mike discovers there's a new CHEESE SHOP in Petone

Pamela the midwife has a blog post of thoughts and info on teenage pregnancy in New Zealand.

Mark Osbourne mentions Uruguay gave a laptop to every single child.

Vampire wannabies can buy bags of tasty blood fit for human consumption.

There's a Save Maranui fundraiser involving speedos.

Open office is spreading quickly all over Belgium according to The Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations.

Someone invented a Robot that loads and unloads the dishwasher

Rachel Alpine talks about need for plain language and official information

Live scribe, the makers of that shiny gadget pen i use alot are opening an app store of applications that run on the pen.

ACTA negotations involving New Zealand are still guided by people who think copyright infringement is equivalent to terrorism.. and when a crime is as bad as terrorism then we don't get a trial. (That logic appears often this century)

National Party (NZ's new government) coud be reviewing our insane new copyright law, perhaps fixing the section 92A and 92C "guilty apon accusation" clauses - but possibly adding more wishlist of BigContent owners at the expense of New Zealander's freedoms.
quoting from http://www.stuff.co.nz/4763648a28.html

"National has said it is open to a "complete review" of copyright
legislation and there is speculation it may intervene to stop 92A taking effect."

I'm working working working - doing a few "middle of the morning" (aka 4am) changes in corners of telcos.

and I'm moving house - new place is definitely a student pad, cheap, no dishwasher, no bath, no gas, no heating :-( but it's cheap and close to the city and has a lawn access via a tall ladder that has 270 degree views of the city. Previous tenants used it as a Stoner Lawn - we'll be making it an Epic Beer Drinking Lawn.