William Lower

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kangadoodle: Hannah Harto - My Drunk Kitchen ep1: Butter yo’...

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kangadoodle:

Hannah Harto - My Drunk Kitchen ep1: Butter yo’ shit.

Hipster Lincoln

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Hipster Lincoln

Yep, that’s us

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Yep, that’s us

Human Statue of Liberty

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Human Statue of Liberty

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"New Zealand experienced one of the more radical experiments in economic reform… The Neoliberal..."

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New Zealand experienced one of the more radical experiments in economic reform… The Neoliberal experiment in New Zealand is the most ambitious attempt at constructing the free market as a social institution to be implemented anywhere this century…

Among the many novel effects of Neoliberal policy in New Zealand has been the creation of an underclass in a country that did not have one before.

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- John Gray, 1998

The Turtle Fence desktop picture

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The Turtle Fence desktop picture

You shall build a turtle fence!

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You shall build a turtle fence!

Lunch?

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 13:22:06 +1300

Lunch?

All the weird creatures… this time, a funky caterpillar.

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:55:07 +1300

All the weird creatures… this time, a funky caterpillar.

Students Pay High Price for Freedom

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:04:07 +1300

Students Pay High Price for Freedom:

An excellent article in the Herald today about looming VSM. This is just a terrible idea.

Decide for yourself.

"The answer to all our problems is bound up with what people believe. Governments do not stand a chance against a world population that truly understands. You think this is implausible? Wrong. Every revolution in human history began with a single idea. When that idea spreads, because it is convincing, the rulers wake up to a new world. It can and will happen again, and it could be in our lifetime."

Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:46:47 +1300

"The answer to all our problems is bound up with what people believe. Governments do not stand a chance against a world population that truly understands. You think this is implausible? Wrong. Every revolution in human history began with a single idea. When that idea spreads, because it is convincing, the rulers wake up to a new world. It can and will happen again, and it could be in our lifetime.":

hipsterlibertarian:

This is from a Mises Institute fundraising email. Not typically the most quotable sort of document, but I thought this was good.

Cat vs Internet

Tue, 14 Dec 2010 01:18:00 +1300

Cat vs Internet:

More Oatmealy goodness. Well worth a look.

FaceTime Calls May Be Cheaper Than You Think

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:23:00 +1300

A few months back, I performed a very unscientific trial of Apple’s new FaceTime service on mobile internet connections; comparing the cost of a FaceTime call on a data connection with a traditional voice call over the mobile network. What I found was quite surprising.

Okay, so I made a 43 minute call which used 74MB of data. That works out at less than 2MB/minute (1.72MB), sent and received.

What this means for us Kiwis on the Telecom XT network…

On the prepaid 500MB Telecom XT plan, after you have used the 500MB of data, you could call unlimited for $0.115/minute with FaceTime.

Or $0.026/minute on the prepaid 4GB plan at $61.51/month after bonus credit, then the above rate. This works out at about 39 hours of video calling! After this, the per minute rate goes up to $0.17.

So, that’s two-way video calling to another FaceTime user anywhere in the world from any iPhone, or Mac with mobile broadband, from less than 3c/minute!

I haven’t actually tested the data efficiency of Skype video calls, but I expect they are not far off. I will make sure I keep an eye on the data usage next time.

All this sounds good to me. Carrier-based calling and text services will inevitably decline in favor of VoIP solutions, but it looks that the transition is closer and more cost-effective than I initially thought.