Living with Mangee

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/daily-savings-time-on-osx/
http://publicaddress.net/default,4488.sm#post4488
http://publicaddress.net/system/topic,727,hard_news_deriving_satisfaction_from_the_misfortune_of_others.sm


read more | digg story

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.

Current Mood: impressed

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.

Current Mood: amused

09:38:00 - ipv6: prohibited by filter?

Onyx:~ jo$ ping 192.88.99.1
PING 192.88.99.1 (192.88.99.1): 56 data bytes
36 bytes from 69.80.192.66: Communication prohibited by filter

12:32:00 - "THE ITINERANT ARTIST- Revisiting the paintings of William George Baker"

My great great grandfather-in-law's paintings are on exhibition at Pataka in Porirua at the moment, going to pop along this afternoon for a look. He was a landscape artist - who travelled the country painting, and selling his paintings in pubs and to the common people:

Current Music: Rumpelstiltskin - Prince Bertie the Frog - Storynory: Free Audio Stories for Kids

20:30:00 - iTunes finally reaches New Zealand.

http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3890492a13,00.html
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

Current Music: Agnus Dei - Charlie Hall - Worship Together: I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever