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Living with Mangee
21st Sep, 2007
04:15:00 - Dugg: Apple ticking off New Zealand Mac users. No DST updates for NZ time change.
Quoting Russell Brown on Hard News "At 2.00am on Sunday September 30, New Zealand Daylight Saving Time will begin -- a week earlier than has previously been the case. It's looking very much like Macs won't be there". Apple to date hasn't seen fit to supply a patch... and with a week before it happens there is still issues with NZ keeping in sync with the rest of the world.
Yes, I submitted it to digg.com Apple did update their 'advice' on manually setting your clock during the week until the old rules change it automatically - but this still doesn't help issues with international calendaring - e.g I've got an online EMC conference next week - and constantly rely on iCal to give me timely notice of international events, such as other online Apple User Group meetings, or online events. Not just iCal, but anything that relies of a (non local) timestamp relating to a local one. So far UTC based events still seem ok, but anything in NZST/NZDT is a bit confusing.
Back ups that store times in UTC (converted from local) are an hour out in tests, and this will be a week of wrong backups - while an hour isn't that critical (it's a memo to all backup admins) - what have we missed?
Assuming Apple updates NZ with the rumoured 10.4.11 updates (due 27th September?) - there will likely be another slew of changes of timestamps as they are fixed. Argh! Apple has likely known about this for 6 months.. but is New Zealand so insignificant that it is only "September 13, 2007" before Apple even acknowledges there is a problem?
Great job Apple.
http://www.drury.net.nz/2007/09/19/dail
http://publicaddress.net/default,4488.s
http://publicaddress.net/system/topic,7
read more | digg story
20th Sep, 2007
21:08:00 - A week till mini y2k, and no Apple NZDT update...
With New Zealand daylight time set to roll on a week earlier than ever before - at the end of this month, there has been growing concern amongst Apple system administrators and users over the failure of Apple to release an official update the includes patches for the changes in New Zealand Daylight Savings Time (NZDT).( Fears were allayed with the recent release of a patch by WellDev member, Glenn Anderson. )
Thanks to the efforts of WellDev the Wellington developers group and others, Glenn Anderson of mactcp.org.nz has released version 1.1 of a small application that will patch the time zone rules in 10.4.10 - including the files /usr/share/zoneinfo/Pacific/Auckland, /usr/share/icu/icudt32b.dat and icudt32l.dat, pending the rumoured 10.4.11 updates from Apple.
That should stop you having to (god forbid) manually adjust your clock downunder
Enjoy.
Ref: Comments on m-net.net.nz story on another NZ company offering time solutions - by Jo from WelMac
X-posted to AppleWorld
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impressed15th Aug, 2007
21:03:00 - Business.govt.nz
Sure it's got a Microsoft logo at the top, and asp in the url -- but I was surfing around the new business.govt.nz and ended up reading an article on technology basics. Got to love the outdated info you see, and the balanced articles, especially written by Microsoft about Apple.
Here something that fits into the basic knowledge you should have
"Apple claims that its top-end machines are faster than those running Windows. That is a matter of controversy; there are websites devoted to debunking Apple's claims."
Heh. Admittedly it does mention Motorola processors.. I think they went out with the dinosaurs. Intel now ain't it?
I'd better put a 'proper link' though:
business.govt.nz – the New Zealand government business site
business.govt.nz is a free and independent source of New Zealand business resources, and the fast way to find tools and information to help you start, manage or grow your business.
Some good info there.
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amused14th Jun, 2007
01:44:00 - A day at WDANZ Conference Wellington, 2007
Attended a half day at the WDANZ Conference in Wellington today, presenting on Web Video. Talked over the reasons why your web site should be getting into video content... and beyond.
It's my first WDANZ event, and certainly won't be my last, even as a presenter I got a huge amount to value out of the networking and the other presentations. It's great to see that a commercial model can still deliver, and deliver quality. ( Read on... )
If you want to catch some of the action then pop over to WDANZ, and check out the public seminars later today (yes It's already tomorrow. 4 hours till work time)
3rd Jan, 2007
23:40:00 - A Night Surf.. Trolling List Archives...
I am not sure if I have understood the culture of VBScript right, but it may be a problem in terms of emergence of libraries without a master plan.
AHA; you have it! Without a master plan, you are headed for chaotic
incompatibles on a global scale, MUCH WORSE than what you lament today
Link to OP in context
I can't recall how it happened, but I ended up reading through the list archives for the WHAT WG this evening, and came across this one. I smiled.
Ok, that inspired me to find out how I ended up here. Scrolling back through some 342 pages of browser history - it seems it all started with a post to the TNC list. The Gadgets vs Widgets one:
http://list.thursdaynightcurry.com/mailm
In which I referenced David Pogues "Windows ISN'T copying OS X" video, To which Mr holloway.co.nz had already meantioned XUL - which piqued my interest in how Opera was coming along with SVG/XUL, and what the status of Canvas and SVG was with Apples Widgets... etc. Which brought me across a reference to "The WHAT" - which I Googled with useless results. -- but persisted and eventually got to the What working groups spec on Web Forms 2.0 - which seemed to be a little off track with what I thought the W3C where doing. I then found it had been submitted to the W3C.. and the submission was acknowledged with comments. - Intrigued I popped over to their mailing list archives and searched for W3C... and discovered a "discussion" ensued on their mailing list....
anyway - about 3 hours later, i'm still surfing. PJs, warm bed and all...
amused6th Dec, 2006
20:30:00 - iTunes finally reaches New Zealand.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3890492
iTunes launced in New Zealand.
I can finally stop buying from AU and US stores. yay for the real Apples.
The other month all the Renaissance (NZ Apple dealer) staff migrated away from @apple.co.nz -- I figured something was afoot.
See apple.co.nz
Agnus Dei - Charlie Hall - Worship Together: I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever26th Aug, 2006
21:46:00 - "Opening Night" winners of the Northern Regional viewers choice and secondary category.
"Opening Night" winners of the Northern Regional viewers choice and secondary category.
Originally uploaded by mangee.
Thanks to AppleCentre Waikato and WaiMac for the viewers choice prizes, They got a 512MB USB flashdrive from AppleCentre Waikato and a $50 AppleCentre Waikato voucher courtesy of WaiMac and Thanks to Berkeley Middle School for hosting the Hamilton Screening. Thanks also to our Northern Region judges: Hans Bouter (of Delight Video) and Geoff Andrew (of Moving Media)
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accomplished22nd Mar, 2006
13:48:00 - Ouch. Hotness.
http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/cultof
Slightly toasted MagSafe Mac power adapter.
I still want one.
21st Mar, 2006
23:18:00 - Switching to Mac...
When: Monday 27 March 2006 from 7pm to 9.30pm.
Where: Turnbull House, 11 Bowen Street, Wellington
More...
Yes, i'm doing it. Should be fun. Come along, and drag a few windows friends...
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tired6th Mar, 2006
00:46:00 - Go hack around on Mac OS X -- from the inside.
Onyx:~ jo$ ssh mangee@rm-my-Mac.WideOpenBSD.ORG
Password:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+--------< http://rm-my-Mac.WideOpenBSD.ORG >-+
| rm my Mac - destructive hacking at its best |
| _ _ |
| ____________/ / \_.)_ |
| `. ,' @_@_/ ,'| |
| `-.-' , / /| |
| `-.____,-' | || |
| bash# rm -fr /& \ \ || |
| [1] 1337 | | \| |
| bash# ls / \ ,,' |
| Segmentation fault | \ // |
| bash# id / | || |
| -sh: id: command not found | ,-\ // |
| bash# | _\ \|| |
| (_`-(_____)/ |
| http://www.pulltheplug.org |
+---------------------------------------------+
( THe rest... )
http://rm-my-mac.wideopenbsd.org/ssh
and
http://digg.com/apple/Mac_OS_X_hacked_in_less_than_30_minutes
Heh. Good fun
read more | digg story
Current Music: Central Park West - John Coltrane - The Best Of John Coltrane amused28th Jul, 2005
11:29:00 - Copyright and Trademark Guidelines - - - on fruit?
"You may not use an image of a real apple ... for any purpose."
Slightly paraphrased, but I do tend to read these license agreements. Why can't I use my food pictures?
Anyways. just wanted to update the Xcode documentation package...
amused