Geekpulp blog feedhttps://geekpulp.co.nz/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/05/26/watchdog-slams-health-nz-and-portal-provider-over-dark-web-data-leak-stuff/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/05/26/watchdog-slams-health-nz-and-portal-provider-over-dark-web-data-leak-stuff/“My inquiry has found that there were several problems with how patient information was managed,” — Watchdog slams Health NZ and portal provider over dark web…Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/05/07/anthropic-will-get-compute-capacity-from-elon-musks-spacex/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/05/07/anthropic-will-get-compute-capacity-from-elon-musks-spacex/Anthropic said Wednesday it has struck a deal to gain access to compute capacity from Elon Musk's SpaceX, a move that could help the company deal with surging…Thu, 07 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/05/01/how-we-rebuilt-nextjs-with-ai-in-one-week/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/05/01/how-we-rebuilt-nextjs-with-ai-in-one-week/Cloudflare recreating Next.js with a team of two and AI tooling in a week is an impressive feat in itself, but the fact that by some metrics the remake is…Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/05/01/its-a-busy-time-for-sci-fi-but-dont-miss-aphelion-the-verge/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/05/01/its-a-busy-time-for-sci-fi-but-dont-miss-aphelion-the-verge/The new adventure game is a nice counterpoint to the recent barrage of blockbusters. — It’s a busy time for sci-fi, but don’t miss Aphelion | The Verge I don't…Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/27/spider-noir-authentic-black-white-trailer-prime-video-youtube/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/27/spider-noir-authentic-black-white-trailer-prime-video-youtube/Next month, the web starts to unravel. Watch the new trailer for “Spider-Noir” – a live-action series starring Nicolas Cage – arriving in both Authentic Black…Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/25/introducing-gpt-rosalind-for-life-sciences-research-openai/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/25/introducing-gpt-rosalind-for-life-sciences-research-openai/On average, it takes roughly 10 to 15 years to go from target discovery to regulatory approval for a new drug in the United States. Gains made at the earliest…Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/25/swiss-cheese-model-of-agentic-coding/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/25/swiss-cheese-model-of-agentic-coding/A few weeks ago, an agent shipped a config change that broke authentication. The prompt was detailed. The linter was green. CI passed. The automated review…Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/24/introducing-gpt-55/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/24/introducing-gpt-55/Across all three evals, GPT‑5.5 improves on GPT‑5.4’s scores while using fewer tokens. — Introducing GPT-5.5 I just had a conversation today about how GPT-5.4…Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/22/i-made-a-thing-pulp/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/22/i-made-a-thing-pulp/I keep finding things worth sharing. Articles, videos, bits of news — the kind of stuff that used to go straight into a quick blog post. Except the workflow to…Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/22/introducing-workspace-agents-in-chatgpt-openai/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/22/introducing-workspace-agents-in-chatgpt-openai/Workspace agents are an evolution of GPTs. Powered by Codex, they can take on many of the tasks people already do at work—from preparing reports, to writing…Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/22/kiwi-founded-shoe-company-allbirds-pivots-to-ai-rnz-news/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/22/kiwi-founded-shoe-company-allbirds-pivots-to-ai-rnz-news/A local tech commentator says Kiwi founded Allbirds' surprise pivot from making merino shoes to AI chips is not as crazy as it sounds. — Kiwi founded shoe…Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/22/silo-season-3-official-teaser-apple-tv-youtube/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/22/silo-season-3-official-teaser-apple-tv-youtube/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9-_VVX9BvE The truth will surface. Silo returns July 3 on Apple TV — Silo — Season 3 Official Teaser | Apple TV - YouTube I…Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/21/link-community-letter-from-tim-apple/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/21/link-community-letter-from-tim-apple/This is not goodbye. But at this moment of transition, I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you. Not on behalf of the company, this time, though there…Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/19/building-locabulary-fun-with-replit/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2026/04/19/building-locabulary-fun-with-replit/I started Locabulary.fun with two simple goals: to recreate a verbal geography game I’d been playing with my kids at the dinner table, and to grow my skills in…Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2025/05/17/one-year-later-building-from-the-inside-out/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2025/05/17/one-year-later-building-from-the-inside-out/A year ago, everything was loud. Cardiac sarcoidosis. An ICD implant. Meds that keep me alive while simultaneously wrecking my sleep, my mood, and my ability…Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2024/06/23/the-hard-part-navigating-emotional-turmoil/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2024/06/23/the-hard-part-navigating-emotional-turmoil/I nearly had a massive ugly cry in the local public library. I'd just started reading "The Life of Dai," which beautifully captures the experience of going…Sun, 23 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2024/06/12/a-surreal-journey-from-head-rushes-to-heart-surgery/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2024/06/12/a-surreal-journey-from-head-rushes-to-heart-surgery/So, this post is a bit different from the norm, but I think it will do me good to write it, so here we are. April 18th, 2024, was a bit of a "game changer" for…Wed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2023/08/15/ternary/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2023/08/15/ternary/If you find yourself with a conditional in the form on an if else, there's a more concise way of writing it. Say hello to a ternary. Take this code: Simple…Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2023/07/29/dough-game/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2023/07/29/dough-game/Working on my gluten-free pizza dough game. After 5 hours of prep (probably 20 mins of effort) I'm fairly happy with the results. I'm tempted to buy some…Sat, 29 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2021/08/17/mutation/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2021/08/17/mutation/One of the many things I've picked up from the excellent Syntax podcast over the years is mutation should be avoided. Today I came across a great example of…Tue, 17 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2021/07/11/protecting-myself-from-myself/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2021/07/11/protecting-myself-from-myself/Being the lone developer on a personal project makes it really easy to do sloppy things. For example, doing undisciplined things with my git repo, like just…Sun, 11 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2020/11/18/st-jude/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2020/11/18/st-jude/Hey everyone. On the 25th I turn 40 years old. To celebrate making it to this ripe old age, I'd like to raise some money to help others get there too. St. Jude…Wed, 18 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2020/02/01/taking-the-month-off/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2020/02/01/taking-the-month-off/After I completed the full stack web dev boot camp (see my final project code) I decided to give myself a month off studying software development to explore a…Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/11/23/sponsor-me/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/11/23/sponsor-me/Did you know you can sponsor my study and contributions to open source projects? If I had my way that's how I'd spend all my professional time, but a dude's…Sat, 23 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/10/21/mongodb-and-macos-catalina/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/10/21/mongodb-and-macos-catalina/Like a good Apple nerd, I updated to the latest version of macOS Catalina. If you're using older 32bit apps Catalina won't run them. Thankfully, I wasn't in…Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/06/29/coding-on-a-plane-on-an-ipad/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/06/29/coding-on-a-plane-on-an-ipad/The project In my ongoing efforts to up my development game, I’m currently working on learning how to create an app that has user authentication. Adding…Sat, 29 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/04/25/traversing-folders/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/04/25/traversing-folders/I always manage to forget the syntax for traversing folders. So for the record, this is how it's done: / means drop back to the root folder then traverse from…Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/04/15/restful-routes/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/04/15/restful-routes/What are REST, Routes, CRUD? Representational State Transfer or REST is a pattern/convention for defining our routes. Routes are the code that listens and…Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/04/08/installing-mongodb-on-macos/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/04/08/installing-mongodb-on-macos/The course I'm doing uses Cloud 9 (C9) as a cloud-based IDE. I've basically ignored that side of things and done everything locally on my Mac as that feels…Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/04/01/yelpcamp/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/04/01/yelpcamp/I've now reached a turning point in my web dev course. This morning I started writing code on my first meaty project, YelpCamp. As the name implies, the…Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/29/json/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/29/json/I've worked with JSON data before when I was learning Swift and iOS development. At the time I didn't really know much of JavaScript or its object syntax. Back…Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/27/a-battle-for-the-ages/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/27/a-battle-for-the-ages/Spaces vs tabs is a hilarious holy war that doesn't really matter but I do find amusing. Modern text editors normalise differences on a project anyway, but I…Wed, 27 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/25/express-snippets/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/25/express-snippets/Since I'm playing with Express at the moment I've updated my collection of snippets to include a few things I seem to be doing regularly: Express setup I use…Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/22/npm-and-a-demon/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/22/npm-and-a-demon/So learning node.js has been really interesting so far, I'm quite taken by it. It's great being able to transfer my JavaScript skills from frontend to backend.…Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/20/the-three-stages-of-developer-growth/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/20/the-three-stages-of-developer-growth/Today I happened across a great Quora post by Andreas Blixt. In the post, Andreas outlines the three stages of developer growth: The novice hacker "This code…Wed, 20 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/19/how-much-time-should-i-spend-a-day-learning-to-code/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/19/how-much-time-should-i-spend-a-day-learning-to-code/This is the question I asked myself when I first started learning (well relearning really) to code a while back. Obviously I Googled this and found some really…Tue, 19 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/18/i-made-a-thing-aroha-generator/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/18/i-made-a-thing-aroha-generator/So I made another thing. The only reason I'm really even talking about it is because what's going on in Christchurch is so awful I can hardly bear it. Making…Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/14/constantly-letting-down-my-variables/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/14/constantly-letting-down-my-variables/As it turns out I’ve been doing everything wrong. Well, maybe not everything, but at the very least I’ve been declaring variables incorrectly. There are…Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/13/flow/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/13/flow/Getting into a flow state>) is super helpful when you're trying to get some coding done. Whenever I'm working on a course exercise or side project I find a few…Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/12/how-to-write-modern-js/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/12/how-to-write-modern-js/So you're learning JavaScript (JS), cool. Putting all this effort in, you'll want to be learning the modern usage of the language right? Time to get strict.…Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/09/i-made-a-thing-to-do-list/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/09/i-made-a-thing-to-do-list/Yep, I made another thing in JavaScript for the course I'm doing. This one's a bit more basic, but really it's more of cutting my teeth with jQuery sort of…Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/09/pastebot/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/09/pastebot/The more time I spend coding the more time I find myself researching solutions to workflow problems I've never had before. Copy and paste is a good example of…Sat, 09 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/07/on-click/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/07/on-click/Today I learned the difference between the on("click") and click() methods in jQuery. click() only adds listeners for existing elements, so it will completely…Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/05/vs-code/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/05/vs-code/Recent reading leads me to think my text editor of choice (Atom) might not be the best solution for my current needs. To that end, I'm downloading VS Code just…Tue, 05 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/04/what-is-the-state-of-javascript/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/04/what-is-the-state-of-javascript/This JavaScript thing is really catching on eh? As the name suggests, "the state of JavaScript" survey gives a snapshot view of JavaScript development. What…Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/03/pigs-in-namespaaaace/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/03/pigs-in-namespaaaace/When you're working on a JavaScript (JS) app you'll create loads of functions and variables. By default in JS, there is no namespacing so everything you…Sun, 03 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/02/atom-snippets/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/03/02/atom-snippets/One of the things I love about modern text editors is code snippets. Coding tends to involve repetition, code snippets can really help cut down on needless…Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/28/selection/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/28/selection/One thing I notice about jQuery is how it simplifies common tasks. A good example is something you do all the time with JavaScript, select DOM elements. In…Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/27/survey-says/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/27/survey-says/Today I was reading the 2018 stack overflow developer survey and boy was it an interesting read. There are loads of insights into the current state of software…Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/25/emmet/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/25/emmet/Whatever your text editor of choice (I just can't quit you Atom) there is a wide range of plugins to enhance its capabilities. One such plugin that I use…Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/24/hex/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/24/hex/Just a quick post to say I’ve updated the colour game with a new mode, Hex colours. To enable different modes I’ve changed a little bit of the UI. So the…Sun, 24 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/22/jquery/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/22/jquery/What is jQuery? jQuery is a JavaScript library designed to simplify front end web development. It is the most widely deployed JavaScript library by an insanely…Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/20/halfway/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/20/halfway/Just now I've put the finishing touches on "The Great RGB Colour Game" thereby passing the halfway point of my web dev bootcamp. You can take a look at the…Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/18/rgb-colour-game-ui-update/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/18/rgb-colour-game-ui-update/Tonight I got a bit of time to work on a new version of RGB colour game. This time I focused mostly on UI improvements so the game looks a little nicer than…Mon, 18 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/17/maintaining-an-open-source-project/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/17/maintaining-an-open-source-project/This morning I read a short article on the maintainer of GitHub desktop, William Shepherd. For some reason, I kept seeing the article everywhere so eventually…Sun, 17 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/16/i-made-a-thing-colour-game/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/16/i-made-a-thing-colour-game/I made another thing in JavaScript as part of the course I’m doing. This time it’s a simple colour picker game. The code is still very rough but the app is…Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/13/commitment-issues/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/13/commitment-issues/You’ve been spending plenty of time together. You’ve had your ups and downs. As time’s gone on you’ve realised you like the way things are going and it’s time…Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/12/every-team-needs-a-beauty-routine/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/12/every-team-needs-a-beauty-routine/Over the years everyone will develop their own beauty routines when it comes to their individual coding. While it's easy to become attached to how you like to…Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/11/more-on-issues/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/11/more-on-issues/The more you understand an issue the better equipped you'll be to solve it. When I was creating issues in GitHub for Score Keeper, something about the process…Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/10/weve-all-got-issues/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/10/weve-all-got-issues/Since I’ve been learning JavaScript I’ve been making an effort to do things as if I was working with others. The idea being that any project of meaning is very…Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/08/i-made-a-thing-score-keeper/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/08/i-made-a-thing-score-keeper/I’ve been doing a web development course for a few months and today I made my first thing that actually does something. Nothing amazing mind you, but it’s a…Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/07/learning-from-a-579-year-old-printing-press/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/07/learning-from-a-579-year-old-printing-press/Gutenberg is the name of WordPress’ new editor and like its namesake, the Gutenberg printing press, I think it’s going to be a big deal. Recently I’ve been…Thu, 07 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/06/listen-to-your-heart/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/06/listen-to-your-heart/JavaScript is responsible for the behaviour of your website/app. At the heart of affecting the behaviour of the page is listening for user interaction events.…Wed, 06 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/05/this-is-our-concern-dude/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/05/this-is-our-concern-dude/In web development, there's a concept called "the separation of concerns" between your HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Each language plays a role in web development…Tue, 05 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/04/dom-dom-dom/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/04/dom-dom-dom/Playing with the DOM is all about adding interactivity to your page. The DOM (Document Object Model) is the interface between your JavaScript and your…Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/02/github-flow/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/02/github-flow/I've recently been attempting to contribute to some open-source GitHub projects with varying degrees of success. One thing that's extremely useful to do before…Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/01/load-scripts-last/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/02/01/load-scripts-last/So you’ve got your HTML and CSS sorted and you’ve started to drop in some customs scripts to make things a bit interactive. To keep things in shape it pays to…Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/31/no-comments/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/31/no-comments/When I was first learning to code, something that came up a lot was to always comment your code. Code comments have value, but despite what my teachers at the…Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/30/dry-variables/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/30/dry-variables/The concept of DRY code is simple, Don’t Repeat Yourself. So if you look at some code you’ve just written and notice it’s looking a bit moist, AKA the same…Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/29/equals-vs-equals/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/29/equals-vs-equals/In JavaScript not all comparisons are created equal... see what I did there. Let’s say we’re comparing two values like this: The use of “==“ will compare two…Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/28/zombie-code/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/28/zombie-code/Part of developing (and certainly learning to develop) is creating code, commenting it out, and creating a better version. As you get into a flow state with…Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/25/keep-your-friends-close-and-your-variables-closer/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/25/keep-your-friends-close-and-your-variables-closer/Back in the day, I used to have this habit of declaring all of my variables at the top of the file. My thinking at the time was it would keep everything…Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/25/limit-arguments/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/25/limit-arguments/No one likes a lot of arguments and I don’t just mean the verbal kind. When you write a function like the one below it’s clear there are too many arguments…Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/23/how-to-function-correctly/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/23/how-to-function-correctly/Coding is a fairly amazing thing to be able to do. There are effectively no limits to what can be done when you’re more or less writing the universe from…Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/22/simplify-conditional-statements/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/22/simplify-conditional-statements/Consider the following code: Looks good right? It’s logical and easy to understand, just your standard if statement. All true, but over the course of an entire…Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/21/avoid-abbreviating-variables/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2019/01/21/avoid-abbreviating-variables/Do you know what's super annoying when reading someone else's code? Abbreviated variable or function names. Until late 2017 I hadn't done any coding in years…Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/11/25/ipad-pro/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/11/25/ipad-pro/I've been really loving working on my 10.5-inch iPad Pro since I got it around a year ago. Recently the newer, fancier 11-inch pro came out and as much as I…Sun, 25 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/11/11/running-lessons/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/11/11/running-lessons/Over the past few years, I've had an on and off relationship with running. I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying "I'm a runner", but I have run a few half…Sun, 11 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/09/29/oh-yeah/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/09/29/oh-yeah/Hey, so in case you haven't heard already the Oculus Quest is a thing. It's been a long time coming but we finally have proper PC free VR. I'm not going to go…Sat, 29 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/07/04/making-a-podcast/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/07/04/making-a-podcast/News flash, I'm working on a podcast. Maybe even more than one. I've always loved podcasts and have been listening to them for as long as I can remember. I've…Wed, 04 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/05/28/keynote-countdown-timer/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/05/28/keynote-countdown-timer/I made a thing! I was helping a friend with a Keynote presentation deck. One of the trickier parts was that it needed an automatic 30 min on-screen timer to…Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/05/15/github-learning-lab/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/05/15/github-learning-lab/I've been using GitHub for a while now as part of my spelunking into the world of VR and Mobile development. I think it's fair to say it's done a great job of…Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/05/06/how-to-setup-cocoapods-in-xcode/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/05/06/how-to-setup-cocoapods-in-xcode/Hey, guess what? I'm learning iOS development and have been for months! Thought I might increase my rate of publishing to my blog if I did what I did for my VR…Sun, 06 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/05/04/time-to-go-vr/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/05/04/time-to-go-vr/Well the Oculus Go is out. I’ll likely be picking one up later this year just to give it a go (see what I did there), but being a 3DOF system it isn’t the VR…Fri, 04 May 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/04/09/moving-host/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2018/04/09/moving-host/Hey team, I'm moving this site to a new host and I'm yet to polish things up. Forgive me if things are a little rough around the edges at the moment.Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/12/12/udacity-vr-nano-degree-retrospective/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/12/12/udacity-vr-nano-degree-retrospective/When I started my Udacity VR Nano degree I knew I was in for a challenge. Now that I’ve successfully completed my final assignment I thought I'd share some…Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/10/16/done-night-at-the-museum/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/10/16/done-night-at-the-museum/I’ve been AFK for a while (holiday) so I just wanted to post the details of the final version of "night at the museum" I finished a few weeks ago that I…Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/09/28/storytelling-in-vr/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/09/28/storytelling-in-vr/It's hard to not have "all the feels" watching the above video (Ideally in VR if you've got a cardboard headset). The creators have done such an amazing job of…Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/09/26/optimising-c-scripts-in-unity/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/09/26/optimising-c-scripts-in-unity/C# logoThe more I create C# scripts in Unity the more I learn about optimising those scripts. With code there are 100s of ways to solve a problem, not all of…Tue, 26 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/09/12/adding-spatial-audio-in-vr/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/09/12/adding-spatial-audio-in-vr/Part of my Night at the Museum project is adding audio descriptions to the objects on display. To do this in Unity I'm making use of the spatial audio…Tue, 12 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/09/03/more-progress/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/09/03/more-progress/Managed to get everything to compile to the phone again. Also, I can move about the place now :) The big issue was around the legacy Google Cardboard SDK…Sun, 03 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/31/getting-back-on-track/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/31/getting-back-on-track/So that thing I broke, it's getting fixed. Little by little, day by day. So far I've managed to get: VR working properly again (at least I think I have) select…Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/28/how-to-make-stuff/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/28/how-to-make-stuff/Making stuff is difficult, especially when that stuff is new. This is something I'm all too aware of. I was progressing nicely with my Night at the Museum…Mon, 28 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/10/project-night-at-the-museum/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/10/project-night-at-the-museum/I'm working on a project for my studies with Udacity. The goal is to create a VR experience that demonstrates my research into a VR company. I'll do a series…Thu, 10 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/06/the-daily-360/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/06/the-daily-360/So it turns out the New York Times has been doing daily 360 stories for some time now. You can view them all on their sub site, the aptly named "The Daily…Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/06/vr-course-exercise/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/06/vr-course-exercise/As part of my VR course, I’ve been asked to perform a bit of a thought experiment. The outline of this work is: Imagine you want to make a VR Education…Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/06/vr-reshaping-industries/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/06/vr-reshaping-industries/As a bit of a thought experiment, I'm taking a look at an industry and imagine a VR app might reshape it. Given my family's always been in the construction…Sun, 06 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/03/types-of-vr/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/08/03/types-of-vr/As discussed earlier, there are loads of terms floating around in the world of VR. But it's not just things on the spectrum between AR and VR. There are also…Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/30/process-puzzler-project/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/30/process-puzzler-project/Over the past few months I’ve been studying with Udacity to learn VR software development. The course has been great so far, so I thought I’d share a little of…Sun, 30 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/27/augmented-realitys-a-ha-moment/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/27/augmented-realitys-a-ha-moment/Everyone is using the headline, but it's so good I had to repeat it. Such a great example of ARkit in action. Apple's really on to a winner. Here's context for…Thu, 27 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/25/hardware-for-vr/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/25/hardware-for-vr/Starting out in VR development it's easy to think you'll spend the earth on special hardware to get going. The reality is that's just not true. The below 360…Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/22/ready-player-one/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/22/ready-player-one/I'm 6 chapters into the book and suddenly there's a movie trailer. Awesome!Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/21/99-ar-headset/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/21/99-ar-headset/I seriously doubt the stock like silliness in this promo video is even remotely connected to reality... but $99USD AR headset! Sign me up!Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/21/locomotion/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/21/locomotion/You know what’s really fun? Being able to move around and interact in a virtual environment. You know what isn’t? Barfing all over your new all birds. That’s…Fri, 21 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/13/vr-and-the-power-of-scale/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/13/vr-and-the-power-of-scale/One of the most powerful things about VR is its ability to have a shared experience at scale. From an education perspective, this is an extremely exciting…Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/06/process-user-experience-testing/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/06/process-user-experience-testing/As I said in my previous post on process, it’s important to test your work early and often. This means getting in front of your users and collecting feedback,…Thu, 06 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/03/tips-for-working-with-gameobjects-in-unity/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/07/03/tips-for-working-with-gameobjects-in-unity/Given I’m currently learning to develop in Unity I thought I’d share a few tips I’ve picked up along the way to becoming proficient with it. When creating a…Mon, 03 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/30/arkit-is-just-amazing/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/30/arkit-is-just-amazing/We've seen some amazing stuff already with ARkit but this new demo really takes the cake. Just amazing tech. Hats off to Nedd for this one. So fancy! Source:…Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/30/armrvrxr-wtf/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/30/armrvrxr-wtf/One of the problems with discussion of emerging technologies is terminology, or more importantly the lack of clearly defined terminology. At the moment this…Fri, 30 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/28/more-than-games/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/28/more-than-games/When thinking of VR/AR/MR it’s easy for your mind to leap to games. Games are the obvious low hanging fruit of the industry, especially given all this stuff…Wed, 28 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/23/space/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/23/space/In VR, as in real life, personal space matters. Personal space is "the physical space immediately surrounding someone, into which encroachment can feel…Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/22/process/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/22/process/The making of a "thing" happens in loads of different ways, but I've always found it's best to have some sort of process to get a good result. It doesn't have…Thu, 22 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/20/mixed-reality-capture-or-how-to-share-your-vr-work/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/20/mixed-reality-capture-or-how-to-share-your-vr-work/You've likely all seen the videos showing VR users actually immersed in a VR world, like the demo at WWDC. The question is, how can you do the same with your…Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/20/way-of-the-future/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/20/way-of-the-future/There might be something to this VR/AR business... IMG_4309 But seriously it will be interesting to see how these numbers shift in the coming years.Tue, 20 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/18/vr-design-google-street-view-for-ios/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/18/vr-design-google-street-view-for-ios/Part of my Udacity VR course involves doing a quick/light review of a Google Cardboard app. So I figured I might as well post that here too. VR App review -…Sun, 18 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/17/augmented-reality/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/17/augmented-reality/Ever since Pokemon Go, AR seems to have worked its way into the "parlance of our time". Truth be told we've actually had loads of examples of AR apps for years…Sat, 17 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/16/git/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/16/git/Since I'm learning VR it seemed a good idea to finally learn Git properly. In the past, I'd used GitHub just to play around with git conceptually. I liked it,…Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/16/ios-11-wingnut-ar-surreal-demo/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/16/ios-11-wingnut-ar-surreal-demo/Now this is exciting stuff. AR is only just getting started, but now it has the key, a platform.Fri, 16 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/15/i-love-vr/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2017/06/15/i-love-vr/I've been studying VR development for a few months now. As I advance in the course I'm having to choose a specialisation. I'm more interested in high immersion…Thu, 15 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2016/05/29/siri/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2016/05/29/siri/I've just been reading this really interesting post on the possibility of a vastly improved Siri. It's funny how even Apple fans get into a panic whenever a…Sun, 29 May 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2016/03/06/constraints-real-or-otherwise/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2016/03/06/constraints-real-or-otherwise/geekpulp in Uncategorized March 6, 2016 249 Words Constraints real or otherwise Being driven is difficult. It’s part of you that can be full of conflict, a…Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2014/11/15/dance-party/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2014/11/15/dance-party/I'm sure I used to have babies. All of a sudden we have a two person dance party in their place. It's a cliche but they really do grow up so fast.Sat, 15 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2014/08/31/ice-bucket-challenge/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2014/08/31/ice-bucket-challenge/"Thanks" Josie for nominating me for the ALS ice bucket challenge. I'll be donating to the cause and I nominate Cas Carter, Denise Armstrong and Peter…Sun, 31 Aug 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/1947-map-of-manhattan-ny/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/1947-map-of-manhattan-ny/[](http://fancy.com/things/483277155774500363/1947-Map-of-Manhattan%2C-NY)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/barbara-carafe-vase/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/barbara-carafe-vase/[](http://fancy.com/things/384916618527902685/Barbara-Carafe-%26-Vase)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/cast-iron-book-press/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/cast-iron-book-press/[](http://fancy.com/things/513381095178247904/Cast-Iron-Book-Press)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/cintiq-24hd-touch-by-wacom/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/cintiq-24hd-touch-by-wacom/[](http://fancy.com/things/311060562274419983/Cintiq-24HD-Touch-by-Wacom)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/d16-cinema-camera-by-bolex/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/d16-cinema-camera-by-bolex/[](http://fancy.com/things/522319167538338604/D16-Cinema-Camera-by-Bolex)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/extra-normal-wall-clock/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/extra-normal-wall-clock/[](http://fancy.com/things/231809919/Extra-Normal-Wall-Clock)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/gus-modern-swing-arm-lamp/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/gus-modern-swing-arm-lamp/[](http://fancy.com/things/515303808901843296/Gus-Modern-Swing-Arm-Lamp)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/hopper-puffa-vest/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/hopper-puffa-vest/[](http://fancy.com/things/515576062541829238/Hopper-Puffa-Vest)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/i-love-you-to-the-moon-and-back/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/i-love-you-to-the-moon-and-back/[](http://fancy.com/things/511459066938132326/I-Love-You-to-the-Moon-and-Back)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/if-plants-could-sing-pot-by-ooo-my-design/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/if-plants-could-sing-pot-by-ooo-my-design/[](http://fancy.com/things/290674207/If-Plants-Could-Sing-Pot-by-OOO-MY-Design)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/lax-series-wall-mounted-desk/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/lax-series-wall-mounted-desk/[](http://fancy.com/things/300247483/LAX-Series-Wall-Mounted-Desk)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/lifeblood-bookshelf/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/lifeblood-bookshelf/[](http://fancy.com/things/493426610641311716/Lifeblood-Bookshelf)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/luna-concrete-skin-for-iphone-5-5s-by-posh-craft/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/luna-concrete-skin-for-iphone-5-5s-by-posh-craft/[](http://fancy.com/things/528714363129825960/Luna-Concrete-Skin-for-iPhone-5/5s-by-Posh-Craft)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/navy-with-stars-necktie-by-stinky-mcgee/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/navy-with-stars-necktie-by-stinky-mcgee/[](http://fancy.com/things/490206727606634724/Navy-with-Stars-Necktie-by-Stinky-McGee)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/nest-protect-smoke-carbon-monoxide-alarm/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/nest-protect-smoke-carbon-monoxide-alarm/[](http://fancy.com/things/468492290428502817/Nest-Protect-Smoke-%2B-Carbon-Monoxide-Alarm)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/original-watch-by-berbice/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/original-watch-by-berbice/[](http://fancy.com/things/515685400094710052/Original-Watch-by-Berbice)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/pchseries-dresser-by-mash-studios/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/pchseries-dresser-by-mash-studios/[](http://fancy.com/things/520957125942318560/PCHSeries-Dresser-by-MASH-Studios)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/steve-zissou-print-by-mission-anderson/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/steve-zissou-print-by-mission-anderson/[](http://fancy.com/things/200292732504120117/Steve-Zissou-Print-by-Mission-Anderson)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/t-shirt-folder/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/t-shirt-folder/[](http://fancy.com/things/95029093342386201/T-Shirt-Folder)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/walnut-mini-desktop-iphone-gramophone/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/31/walnut-mini-desktop-iphone-gramophone/[](http://fancy.com/things/511779593426834046/Walnut-Mini-Desktop-iPhone-Gramophone)Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/14/hello-world/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/12/14/hello-world/Hello world! Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!Sat, 14 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/08/07/career-limiting/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2013/08/07/career-limiting/Some days I wish I could take a year off working at a desk, using a computer, and the Internet. Today was one of those days. It would be extremely career…Wed, 07 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2012/01/24/online-training/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2012/01/24/online-training/Every year I sign up to Lynda.com. It's such a good online training system and it's only about $400 a year for access to all of their courses.Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/12/09/twitter-ui/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/12/09/twitter-ui/Biggest issue with the new Twitter UI is the wasted screen space. Aside from that I think it's mostly fine. A step backwards but not awful.Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/12/08/the-art-of-war/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/12/08/the-art-of-war/A kid at daycare bit Emma today. So I'm reading her The Art of War... Later we'll watch The Godfather together.Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/11/01/no-siri/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/11/01/no-siri/If there's no Siri in NZ (which seems to be the case) I don't think I would bother buying a 4s. The speed and camera on my iPhone 4 is fine.Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/10/21/windmill/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/10/21/windmill/Arms spinning in a windmill fashion is the universal sign for "I'm seconds from sleep dad" right?Fri, 21 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/10/06/my-hero/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/10/06/my-hero/I love that the name of the image of steve on the apple homepage is t_hero.pngThu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/10/01/the-elements-of-user-experience/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/10/01/the-elements-of-user-experience/The Elements of User Experience is the bible of UX. What's the bible of typography?Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/09/26/happy-birthday-google/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/09/26/happy-birthday-google/Happy birthday Google. Now that you're 13 does this mean life will suddenly be "unfair" and your logos will have pimples?Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/08/25/another-earth/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/08/25/another-earth/I watched "Another Earth" last night. It was ok, but I think introducing a 2nd earth was overkill to tell the story of returning to a past self.Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/24/there-is-no-shortage-of-stupid/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/24/there-is-no-shortage-of-stupid/Nick Krause of stuff.co.nz “EMA to discuss Thompson controversy“: Thompson yesterday told BusinessDay he would not step down while EMA president Graham…Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/19/facebook-coming-to-ipad/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/19/facebook-coming-to-ipad/The New York Times on the coming Facebook iPad app: Facebook had its application for the iPhone ready right when the Apple App Store opened in July 2008. But…Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/19/incompetent/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/19/incompetent/Writing on the recent signing of a statement to the UN Human Rights Counsel condemning “three strikes laws” Andrew Couts notes: One surprise supporter of the…Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/19/nz-herald-telecom-admits-broadband-blunder/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/19/nz-herald-telecom-admits-broadband-blunder/In the article on overcharging of telecom broadband customers, Telecom retail chief executive Alan Gourdie is quoted as saying: This fault has emerged over the…Sun, 19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/18/circling-the-rim/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/18/circling-the-rim/Looks like reality finally caught up with RIM and their share price: Research In Motion Ltd. fell as much as 18 percent in Nasdaq trading after the BlackBerry…Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/18/lion-upgrades-without-the-app-store/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/18/lion-upgrades-without-the-app-store/Funny I was just wondering about how we could upgrade to lion on University Macs, now we know: Education customers will contact their Apple Education Account…Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/07/apple-betas/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/06/07/apple-betas/Is it wrong that I'm considering spending $100 just to get dev access to Apple betas?Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/05/09/virus-free/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/05/09/virus-free/If apps can only be installed via an app store does this more or less remove the virus threat from apple platforms?Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/04/14/rubbish-tv/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/04/14/rubbish-tv/TV in NZ is rubbish. If only I could get TV shows on my AppleTV or the like. I wish someone would take my money for quality content!Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/04/05/no-edit/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/04/05/no-edit/I really hate that there's no edit option on Twitter. I make so many spelling mistakes via iPhone keyboard.Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/03/30/coffee-at-3pm/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/03/30/coffee-at-3pm/What cafe stops selling coffee at 3pm? It is common in NZ to have a 3pm coffee break right? fail?!Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/01/28/and-the-election-goes-to/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2011/01/28/and-the-election-goes-to/And the election goes to Labour - Bill to 'Mondayise' Anzac and Waitangi days!Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/11/01/new-job-and-baby/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/11/01/new-job-and-baby/Ok Internet, just in case you don't already know... I've got a new job as web content manager at Massey.ac.nz and I'm to be a dad in April!Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/10/01/donkey-it/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/10/01/donkey-it/My work IT department is crazy good. Faster PCs coming, better printers, faster Internet. Amazing given the whole show is run by a @donkey.Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/09/24/webstock/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/09/24/webstock/Very keen to go to Webstock next year... Must sell the idea to the boss next weekFri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/09/22/the-hobbit-casting-call/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/09/22/the-hobbit-casting-call/My wife totally fits the requirements for "the hobbit" casting call! Now just the minor detail of how to get her to apply...Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/09/03/citizen-reporting-on-twitter/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/09/03/citizen-reporting-on-twitter/Great to see loads of citizen reporting on Twitter re the earthquake in Christchurch.Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/07/05/homemade-ipad-case/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/07/05/homemade-ipad-case/Trying out my homemade iPad case. For a prototype it's quite good. Not perfect yet but I'll get there ;)Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/06/19/jaws-is-now-35-years-old-but-still-manages-to-give-me-night/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/06/19/jaws-is-now-35-years-old-but-still-manages-to-give-me-night/Jaws>) Is Now 35 Years Old, But Still Manages To Give Me Nightmares - I think of that stupid shark every time I'm in water, even the bath!Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/06/14/ios-4-to-up-the-ante-for-location-services/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/06/14/ios-4-to-up-the-ante-for-location-services/I think we've only just started seeing what location services can do for us - https://groups.google.com/g/open-iphone/c/zxf9dn7mGlIMon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/05/30/switching-isp/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2010/05/30/switching-isp/Any Kiwi ISPs care to sell me on their service? Might be switching from Vodafone today. I currently pay around $130 for 40gb and a landline phone.Sun, 30 May 2010 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2008/06/18/check-out-sheepish-support-a-kiwi-game-developer/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2008/06/18/check-out-sheepish-support-a-kiwi-game-developer/NZ gaming company pixelthis has brought one of their flash lite based mobile games to the PC and Internets. Sheepish is one of those painfully addictive puzzle…Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2008/05/16/top-5-gaming-tunes/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2008/05/16/top-5-gaming-tunes/Gaming reviews always (except the fine reviews here on geekpulp) have a strong focus on the visuals of a game. However these days, particularly on big budget…Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/06/30/custom-tracks/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/06/30/custom-tracks/albumdarksideofphobos125_ One of the nice things about Xbox 360 gaming is the ability to play custom soundtracks. Of course to take advantage of this feature…Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/18/xbox-360-laptop-take-2/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/18/xbox-360-laptop-take-2/You may remember way back to September last year (our ADHD readers just consult our OCD readers who are still looking at the post… over and over again) when we…Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/12/wii-update-better-browsing-at-last/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/12/wii-update-better-browsing-at-last/[](http://www.opera.com/) Nothing starts the day like a nice blue glow coming from your Wii (that never gets old). Not to be left out of the update chatter…Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/11/halo-3-multiplayer-beta-gets-a-date-and/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/11/halo-3-multiplayer-beta-gets-a-date-and/BungieWell well well if it isn’t some really good Halo 3 news to sink your teeth into. Not only do we now know the Halo 3 multiplayer beta will be coming out…Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/11/no-divx-xvid-support-after-all/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/11/no-divx-xvid-support-after-all/Well this makes far more sense, as it turns out the two new codecs supported in the may 7th dashboard update are not DivX or XviD. I should have known better…Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/11/spring-360-dashboard-update-brings-divx-xvid-support/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/11/spring-360-dashboard-update-brings-divx-xvid-support/With the “Windows Live Messenger” features of the May 7th dashboard update getting all the attention, another feature of the new update seems to be widely over…Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/04/wii-friends-code-a-better-way/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/04/wii-friends-code-a-better-way/[](http://benmii.com/) Ok so Wii codes are terrible. 16 digits are stupidly long, too long to remember off the top of your head and easily share with your…Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/02/wii-lessons-learnt/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/04/02/wii-lessons-learnt/Inspired by Brian’s previous post, PS3, Lessons Learnt, I thought I would do the same for my newly acquired Nintendo Wii. First of all the Wii is unlike any…Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/23/happy-birthday-xbox-360-and-ps3/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/23/happy-birthday-xbox-360-and-ps3/[PS3 Cake] It’s a big day for console gamers today. Xbox 360 turns 1 while the PS3 is only just beginning, it’s almost poetic in a way, kind of brings a tear…Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/22/ie6-issues/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/22/ie6-issues/Ok so the new site design seems to have some issues with IE6, and by some issues I mean completely screws the site to the point that IE6 users can’t read this.…Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/22/xbox-360-data-transfer-cable/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/22/xbox-360-data-transfer-cable/One of the things that’s concerned me about rumored/inevitable Xbox 360 hard drive upgrades is the issue of how to transfer data from your 20gb drive to the…Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/21/adding-value/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/21/adding-value/At times it’s hard to say if a firmware update is something that fixes a problem that should never have been broken in the first place or brings a value adding…Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/20/down-time/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/20/down-time/[Geekpulp Logo] Tonight Geekpulp will experience some down time while I make a few improvements. I’d expect it to take a few hours so if things are looking a…Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/03/ps3-to-rumble-after-all/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/03/ps3-to-rumble-after-all/Despite Sony’s claim rumble is a “last gen” feature, not quite “4D” enough for their console, comes news of a settlement between Immersion Corporation and Sony…Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/01/ps3-backwards-compatibility-not-a-big-deal/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/03/01/ps3-backwards-compatibility-not-a-big-deal/There I said it! I know it’s easy to rag on Sony, I’ve done it many a time given their poor performance this time around, but all this talk going on about the…Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/28/speaking-of-xna/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/28/speaking-of-xna/Ok so it turns out XNA is in fact alive and well with an ever growing community of gamers turned coders getting on the bandwagon, myself included. Perhaps what…Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/27/getting-started-with-xna-game-studio/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/27/getting-started-with-xna-game-studio/[](http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/xna/default.aspx)Since Microsoft launched XNA game studio express I haven’t heard much about it. I had assumed army’s of…Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/26/how-to-kill-a-brand/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/26/how-to-kill-a-brand/There’s nothing quite like the Internet, or more specifically youtube, for taking the piss out of companies when they're completely screwing things up. To that…Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/26/joystiq-preview-shadowrun/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/26/joystiq-preview-shadowrun/Shadowrun, if you didn’t already know, is the first cross platform game allowing 360 and “Games for Windows” players to go head to head in the ultimate battle…Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/23/fancy-meeting-you-here/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/02/23/fancy-meeting-you-here/Hi I'm geek you might remember me from such sites as… this one. Yeah ok so I've been AFK lately but I have a good excuse, I did move to holland after all. So…Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/01/11/vanishing-point/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/01/11/vanishing-point/It has been a few years since Microsoft have launched a new OS but it looks like they haven’t forgotten how it’s done. In case you haven’t already noticed,…Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/01/07/windows-home-server/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2007/01/07/windows-home-server/For quite some time now I’ve been frustrated by a lack of home server technologies. In my house I have at least 3 PC’s and an Xbox 360, and for as long as I…Sun, 07 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/12/28/get-vista-on-the-cheap/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/12/28/get-vista-on-the-cheap/It’s always nice to stumble on a real bargain and at the same time let others in on the deal. To that end I give you this quick guide on getting a Vista…Thu, 28 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/12/25/merry-christmas-everyone/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/12/25/merry-christmas-everyone/Here we are again at possibly the coolest day of the year, Christmas. Everyone forgets about work, diets, exercise and other such burdens of our modern lives,…Mon, 25 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/12/06/is-it-cold-in-hell-or-is-it/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/12/06/is-it-cold-in-hell-or-is-it/[Apple iPod] The unthinkable has happened and I’m kind of excited about it. After years of ever changing time frames and broken promises, Apple have finally…Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/11/29/the-buzz-of-a-xbox-360-wireless-headset/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/11/29/the-buzz-of-a-xbox-360-wireless-headset/[Xbox 360 Wireless Headset] When I first started playing with my Xbox 360, I fell in love with just about every aspect of it except the very ugly wire that…Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/11/29/the-wii-is-an-instant-hit-in-the-us/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/11/29/the-wii-is-an-instant-hit-in-the-us/A thoughtful post from the Geekpulp archive.Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/11/03/big-boys-toys-2006-just-one-week-away/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/11/03/big-boys-toys-2006-just-one-week-away/[Big Boys Toys] As the title says it’s only 7 days until Big Boys Toys 2006 gets underway and here’s why all console gamers should be excited. Microsoft,…Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/11/01/windows-media-player-11-and-the-world-of-tomorrow/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/11/01/windows-media-player-11-and-the-world-of-tomorrow/With today’s Xbox 360 dashboard update comes support for video streaming of WMV files via Windows Media Connect, Zune, and Windows Media Player 11. Luckily the…Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/31/fall-xbox-360-dashboard-update-out-tomorrow-nov/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/31/fall-xbox-360-dashboard-update-out-tomorrow-nov/Well it feels like this one is coming out of nowhere but sure enough the fall update is going to be released tomorrow. Lots of exciting new features added,…Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/30/geekpulp-1-5/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/30/geekpulp-1-5/So as I said in my previous post last weekend was the begin of a transitional period for Geekpulp. We’ve managed to get the rather nerve racking task of…Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/30/psp-passport-to/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/30/psp-passport-to/Passport toGiven I’m set to do my share of travel in the next few years I was quite interested to see the PSP’s “Passport to…” software in EB Games. Passport…Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/27/gears-of-war-gear/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/27/gears-of-war-gear/GOW GeekpulpWhat’s the next best thing to having Gears of War? Gears of War swag of course. Thankfully Microsoft (who actually like gamers unlike so many game…Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/26/cha-cha-changin/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/26/cha-cha-changin/Geekpulp LogoIt’s funny how things go, you start this little blog site and it grows up so fast. Before you know it its running off to join the circus and you…Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/26/live-camera-out-today/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/26/live-camera-out-today/[[Vision Camera]] At last the long wait is over and the Xbox Vision Camera is out in all its glory. Judging from some of the images I’ve been sent via Xbox…Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/24/ps3-gets-no-gamer-score-but-does-it/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/24/ps3-gets-no-gamer-score-but-does-it/So the word on the street is PS3 isn’t going to have a gamerscore/achievement system. To be honest while it’s another mark against the PS3 I can't say its…Tue, 24 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/04/kk-needs-help/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/04/kk-needs-help/[[kk]] Some would argue professional help but I’m not one to judge… anyway KK (everyone’s favourite Senior Digital Lifestyle Evangelist and all round good guy)…Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/02/win-a-copy-of-n3-and-more/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/02/win-a-copy-of-n3-and-more/[bacon] [[n3 cover]] Here at Geekpulp we love giving stuff away to our readers so we’ve decided to run yet another competition. To enter the draw to score…Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/01/review-xbox-live-vision-camera/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/10/01/review-xbox-live-vision-camera/Thanks to the powers of extremely over priced international shipping (and peabots willingness to pay for it) I am happy to bring you an early look at the Xbox…Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/28/unnamed-halo-project/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/28/unnamed-halo-project/With all this great news re new Halo content naturally the thing I’m most focused on is what’s this unnamed Halo project? Sure I should be happy with knowing…Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/25/new-site-features/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/25/new-site-features/As a result of user feedback and some of our own internal discussion we’ve added a shinny new events calendar (look to the right) to the site. This calendar…Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/15/zune-eh/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/15/zune-eh/[Zune] So the Zune has at last been officially announced. The full press release can be read here. It’s great to see Microsoft have decided go head to head…Fri, 15 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/13/poker-night-this-friday/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/13/poker-night-this-friday/[[XBLA]] This Friday from 7:30pm some of us at Geekpulp are going to have a game of Texas Hold ‘em and you’re all invited. Depending on how well it goes we may…Wed, 13 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/12/the-xbox-360-laptop/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/12/the-xbox-360-laptop/[Xbox 360 Laptop] Now this is a case mod that puts even Brainemones mods to shame. Ben Heckendorn designed and created the Beast Xbox 360 laptop you see before…Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/11/new-dashboard-screens/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/11/new-dashboard-screens/Needless to say I’m excited. For the most part these screens show very little in the way of new features (aka no sign of group chat) however they do show one…Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/08/hold-your-own-xbla-party/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/08/hold-your-own-xbla-party/[](http://www.geekpulp.co.nz/) Microsoft New Zealand are sponsoring a “hold your own Xbox Live Arcade party competition” (what a mouth full) and it’s dead…Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/08/vista-rc1-what-do-you-want-to-know/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/08/vista-rc1-what-do-you-want-to-know/Windows Vista Logo Today/yesterday Windows Vista took yet another step closer to its final version with the launch of “Release Candidate 1“. I downloaded the…Fri, 08 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/06/review-texas-hold-em/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/06/review-texas-hold-em/I’ve never been into poker in a big way but when I heard Texas Hold ‘em was going to be free if downloaded within the first 48 hours I jumped at the…Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/05/message-to-ps3-fanboys-shut-the-hell-up/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/05/message-to-ps3-fanboys-shut-the-hell-up/Well well well, looks like the Xbox 360 will be getting an HDMI cable after all. To be honest I couldn’t care less; as far as I’m concerned IT’S JUST A CABLE!…Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/04/video-live-vision-camera-review/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/09/04/video-live-vision-camera-review/Now the Vision Camera has a launch date it’s time to start taking a look at why you want to add one to your setup. Thankfully the Internet being what it is…Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/31/new-xbox-360-peripherals-get-nz-launch-dates/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/31/new-xbox-360-peripherals-get-nz-launch-dates/[[Vision Camera]] I happened to be flicking through gpstore.co.nz (as ya do) and noticed the new hardware goodies (the Live Vision Video Camera, Wireless…Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/30/xbla-on-a-disk/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/30/xbla-on-a-disk/XBLA is arguably the coolest feature of the Xbox 360, but unfortunately it’s been the realm of Live enabled players only, which isn’t an ideal situation. Enter…Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/29/microsoft-office/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/29/microsoft-office/There’s something to be said for being an enormous company with money to burn on cool internal “what not to do” training videos. Of course who could be more…Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/27/mod-your-360-on-the-cheap/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/27/mod-your-360-on-the-cheap/As a one time, never to be repeated deal, the first person to contact us re a case mod will receive Brainemons expert hands/time free of charge. That’s right…Sun, 27 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/23/pc-gamers-get-360-controller-love-more/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/23/pc-gamers-get-360-controller-love-more/Recently Microsoft have started paying far more attention to the worlds largest (for now) gaming platform, the humble PC. All kinds of of innovations are in…Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/23/the-clock-is-ticking/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/23/the-clock-is-ticking/Don’t forget the free XBLA game “Texas Hold ‘Em Poker” has just gone live (as of 8:01pm today). Of course by free I mean free (forever) if you download it…Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/22/i-want-my-xbox-vision-camera/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/22/i-want-my-xbox-vision-camera/[[Xbox Vision Camera]] I’m sure I’m not the only one that would kill to get my hands on some new Xbox 360 hardware, so its with a certain amount of pain I see…Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/18/you-know-you-re-crazy-good-at-halo/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/18/you-know-you-re-crazy-good-at-halo/When your name’s Cody Miller and you’re in the Guinness book of records for completing a Halo 2 speed run (3:16:28) on Legendary…WITH NO DEATHS! I’m sorry but…Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/16/review-perfect-dark-zero/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/16/review-perfect-dark-zero/Perfect Dark Zero (PDZ) from Rare (famed creators of the original Nintendo 64 hit Perfect Dark) is set 3 years before the original and has been one of the…Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/16/texas-hold-em-poker-for-free-xbox-playstation/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/16/texas-hold-em-poker-for-free-xbox-playstation/[[XBLA]] Normally on this blog I spend quite a lot of time filtering out spam about poker games so it feels a little odd to be writing this post. The good news…Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/14/make-your-own-xbox-360-games/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/14/make-your-own-xbox-360-games/Yep it’s official, thanks to the power of XNA you, me, anybody can create games for the Xbox (and PC if you’re that kind of gamer). The long term goal of all…Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/14/wii-vs-ps3-you-decide/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/14/wii-vs-ps3-you-decide/JD (from JD’s Blog) sent me this rather solid argument as to why the Nintendo Wii is better than a PS3. To be honest it’s difficult to argue with the logic. So…Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/14/windows-live-is-there-anything-it-doesn-t/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/14/windows-live-is-there-anything-it-doesn-t/Just the other day I was looking into desktop app’s for blog publishing but didn’t come up with anything that tickled my fancy. Then today to my surprise I…Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/13/the-number-one-sign-your-console-launch-is-screwed/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/13/the-number-one-sign-your-console-launch-is-screwed/You know your console launch is screwed when Dana Jongewaard, aka editor of Official PlayStation Magazine, makes comments like “It’s not that I find the…Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/10/halo-movie-director-set/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/10/halo-movie-director-set/Well after months of rumors and delays a director has been named for the movie adaptation of Halo. The director, South Africa’s Neill Blomkamp, is relatively…Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/09/how-to-fix-your-new-pc/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/09/how-to-fix-your-new-pc/Something that’s always driven me nuts about buying prebuilt PCs is the amount of crap that comes preinstalled. You know the stuff I’m talking about, it’s the…Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/08/sfii-the-fastest-selling-xbla-title-to-date/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/08/sfii-the-fastest-selling-xbla-title-to-date/It shouldn’t come as to much surprise that SFII has become the fastest selling XBLA title, especially given the large number of “where the F#@$#@% is SFII”…Tue, 08 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/05/my-top-5-most-wanted-xbla-games/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/05/my-top-5-most-wanted-xbla-games/Now that we have the wonderful world of XBLA rolling out new titles every Wednesday I thought it would be a good time to create my top 5 most wanted XBLA ports…Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/03/street-fighter-ii-hyper-fighting-launches/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/03/street-fighter-ii-hyper-fighting-launches/[[SFII]] Thanks to the good times of Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays SFII went live last night for all your old school fighting needs. Sadly I’ve had some…Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/02/geekpulp-gravatar-support-added/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/02/geekpulp-gravatar-support-added/Just because I can I’ve added support for gravatars to the comments. What’s a gravatar I hear you say? “A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite…Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/01/vista-mc-xbox-360-extender/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/01/vista-mc-xbox-360-extender/Check out this video of a vista media centre via an Xbox 360 extender. Nice to see things moving along with media centre/vista builds. I can’t wait for it to…Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/01/xlan-2006-the-video/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/08/01/xlan-2006-the-video/Well its been a long time coming and to be honest I completely hate this video. It was a great learning experience creating it and as result I would do many…Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/31/live-local-rules-nz-maps/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/31/live-local-rules-nz-maps/I’m surprised to see this happen quite this quickly but I’m by no means complaining. Windows live local now has full NZ support! This means you can now do all…Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/31/no-more-e3/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/31/no-more-e3/In a disappointing turn of events it appears that E3 2007 is canceled and future events (2008+) will be on a much smaller scale than previous years. Apparently…Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/18/the-halo-graphic-novel-pants-optional/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/18/the-halo-graphic-novel-pants-optional/[The Halo Graphic Novel Hc] Have you ever been to a concert and seen thousands of screaming woman throwing their underwear at the band? Well imagine Bungie is…Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/17/review-prey/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/17/review-prey/[[Prey]] Prey has had a long and sordid history since it was first announced to the public way back in 1995. Originally the game was to be released along side…Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/12/xbla-lives-again/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/12/xbla-lives-again/[[Xbox Live Arcade]] XBLA is arguable one of the coolest new features of the Xbox 360 but unfortunately there’s been a significant drought of titles since the…Wed, 12 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/10/xlan-competition-results/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/10/xlan-competition-results/Nothing adds to a gaming experience like competition and of course prizes; Xlan delivered on both. Of particular interest were the WCG finals of PGR3 which…Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/04/tech-events-this-week/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/07/04/tech-events-this-week/[UP] In an effort to reduce the number of echo posts (posts that simply echo content from other sites) I’m making more of an effort to attend industry events.…Tue, 04 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/30/ie7-beta-3-is-out/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/30/ie7-beta-3-is-out/[IE] Exciting news for anyone using the beta of IE7, the latest build aka beta 3 is now available to the public. Download your copy directly from Microsoft.Fri, 30 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/29/grrr-at-graw/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/29/grrr-at-graw/I’m going to start by saying this may actually be a bitch/rant and I'm not 100% on my facts yet but I hope you can understand my frustration. As Brianemone…Thu, 29 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/16/no-shit-sherlock/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/16/no-shit-sherlock/Don't you just love when people point out the obvious? I think 3D Realms became the kings of this when they recently announced “We won’t rush Duke Nukem…Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/15/xlan-2006-how-i-love-to-lan-d/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/15/xlan-2006-how-i-love-to-lan-d/To be honest it’s been some time now since I’ve been to a LAN (3-4 years) so it’s was with a certain amount of excitement that I read about xLan 2006. I can’t…Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/13/google-earth-beta-4/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/13/google-earth-beta-4/[[Google Earth]] Looks like things are still moving forward with Googles fantastic mapping software Google Earth. I’ve got to say I’m surprised at google…Tue, 13 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/07/halo-3-behind-the-scenes/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/07/halo-3-behind-the-scenes/[[Halo 3 Logo]] Bungie really know how to take care of their fans, and just to prove it yet again they’ve produced “Halo 3: Behind the Scenes”, aka the making…Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/07/quick-review-spring-dashboard-update/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/07/quick-review-spring-dashboard-update/So the spring dashboard update is out (as of 9pm NZ time last night) and for the most part it’s a significant improvement. While most of the 125 features will…Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/06/xbox-360-dashboard-update-9pm-tonight/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/06/06/xbox-360-dashboard-update-9pm-tonight/After a small delay the “spring” Xbox 360 dashboard update will be released to us kiwis at 9pm tonight NZ time. So you can stop aimlessly logging in and out of…Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/30/review-dead-or-alive-4/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/30/review-dead-or-alive-4/As I understand it, Dead or Alive 4 is actually the 10th game in the Dead or Alive series, however it’s the first one I have ever played. You may think this…Tue, 30 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/29/the-silence-is-astounding/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/29/the-silence-is-astounding/As you’ve no doubt heard by now the Xbox 360 spring update is on its way to your living room and it’s packed with all kinds of exciting improvements. So good…Mon, 29 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/22/xbox-360-quick-charge-kit-now-available/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/22/xbox-360-quick-charge-kit-now-available/[Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kit] At last the Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kit is available in New Zealand. IMO this thing is a must have if you’re using wireless…Mon, 22 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/18/windows-media-player-11/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/18/windows-media-player-11/[Windows Media Player 11] So I don't know about you but I’ve been at arms length with Windows Media Player ever since I’ve had my iPod/iTunes. This is all…Thu, 18 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/10/nintendo-press-conference/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/10/nintendo-press-conference/The Nintendo press conference started at 4:30am NZ time so needless to say I missed out on that one. I’ll talk more about that soon but for now I’m committed…Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/09/and-the-winners-are/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/09/and-the-winners-are/Well at long last I’m ready to announce the winners of the geekpulp Xbox 360 swag competition. First congratulations to the runners up who each receive an Xbox…Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/09/sony-press-conference/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/09/sony-press-conference/[[PS3]] Personally I couldn’t care less about the E3 Sony press conference, I’m an Xbox fanboy, however I am aware that many people have a lot of love for…Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/09/the-ps3-according-to-geek/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/09/the-ps3-according-to-geek/Well after looking at everything Sony have put forward during today's E3 press conference I have to say that I’m disappointed in Sony. I know you’re all…Tue, 09 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/08/kiwi-tech-blogs/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/08/kiwi-tech-blogs/Now that I’m blogging in a more serious way I’ve started paying a lot more attention to the New Zealand “tech” blog community. It never ceases to amaze me how…Mon, 08 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/03/faster-cheaper-broadband-is-here-here-s-hoping/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/03/faster-cheaper-broadband-is-here-here-s-hoping/Well it’s finally happened, the government has unbundled the local loop. I’ll say that again, the government has unbundled the local loop. Of course depending…Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/03/xbox-com-live-is-back/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/03/xbox-com-live-is-back/[[Xbox Live Arcade]] After a very long outage for “maintenance” xbox.com and live are back and boasting new features; most of which are a significant upgrade…Wed, 03 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/02/it-could-have-been-worse/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/02/it-could-have-been-worse/[[Nintendo Wii]] No doubt most of you have heard Nintendo have killed the name of announced the official name of the Nintendo Revolution (which was the working…Tue, 02 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/01/xbox-360-competition-closed/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/05/01/xbox-360-competition-closed/Well the geekpulp Xbox 360 swag competition has come to an end. The draw has been done and the winners will be notified later on today. Winners will be…Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/26/e3-2006-and-rumours/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/26/e3-2006-and-rumours/[[E3 Logo]] With E3 2006 just around the corner it's always frustrating and annoying exciting to hear the vast number of rumours that start to surface, I…Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/14/review-mutant-storm-reloaded/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/14/review-mutant-storm-reloaded/[[Xbox Live Arcade]] When it comes to Xbox Live arcade games it ’s inevitable that Mutant Storm Reloaded is going to be compared to the popular and addictive…Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/13/a-new-look/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/13/a-new-look/As you may or may not have noticed geekpulp has a new look. The new logo is designed to better reflect what the site actually is, aka the only blog you’ll ever…Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/03/after-extensive-testing/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/03/after-extensive-testing/[[Xbox 360 Logo]] There’s something about obtaining an item you’ve desired for so long. As a general rule wanting (I mean reeeeally wanting) something for a…Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/03/win-xbox-swag/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/04/03/win-xbox-swag/That’s right I’m giving away my collection of Xbox 360 swag I gathered on the Xbox 360 launch night for your 360 pleasure. So lets see what’s up for grabs……Mon, 03 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/23/xbox-360-is-out/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/23/xbox-360-is-out/At last the gaming goodness that is Xbox 360 is out and I’m busy setting it up. If you’ve got one then I’ll see you on Xbox Live, gamertag: geekpulp.Thu, 23 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/21/xbox-portable-official/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/21/xbox-portable-official/Rumours around a portable Xbox have been floating about forever but now it would seem that perhaps the rumours are true. It sounds like everyone's favourite…Tue, 21 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/16/win-xbox-360-games/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/16/win-xbox-360-games/To celebrate my 300th post here on Geekpulp (I’m as shocked as you are) I thought it might be nice of me to point out a great competition from Microsoft (I’m…Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/14/why-non-gamers-need-an-xbox-360/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/14/why-non-gamers-need-an-xbox-360/Obviously the main focus of the Xbox 360 is gaming, and therefore a lot of people may feel that the 360 isn’t worth getting unless you’re a gamer. Well in my…Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/13/last-days-of-xbox/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/13/last-days-of-xbox/These past few days have been a turning point in my gaming life as they are my last with my old friend XBox. In order to afford a new XBox 360 certain…Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/13/we-ve-been-hacked/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/13/we-ve-been-hacked/Well some of you may have noticed earlier today Geekpulp was well and truly off line. Unfortunately at this stage it would appear this was caused by someone…Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/10/xbox-update-problems/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/10/xbox-update-problems/According to a growing number of XBox 360 users, a recent mandatory dashboard update has been “bricking” (Bricking is where your device is rendered as useful…Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/09/time-for-a-change/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/09/time-for-a-change/Well today marks a new day for Geekpulp with the addition of three (possibly four) new bloggers to the team. So welcome to Ryzza, HopsNZ, and (as seen on TV)…Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/09/umajin-a-brand-new-creativity-platform-that-rocks/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/09/umajin-a-brand-new-creativity-platform-that-rocks/UMAJIN is a brand new creativity platform, designed to let your imagination run free. It gives you the power to create amazing animated documents with 3D,…Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/09/weekly-link-post-is-mia/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/09/weekly-link-post-is-mia/Well it turns out that my weekly post script is FUBAR so I’ve taken it down until I have time to make the changes and get it all fixed up. Oh and FYI things…Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/07/wordpress-update/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/03/07/wordpress-update/It’s been a long time coming but at last I’ve managed to find time to update wordpress to version 2.0.1. While I was at it I also did some fixes in the…Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/26/microsoft-origami-project/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/26/microsoft-origami-project/Scobleizer was the first'blog where I heard anything about Microsoft’s “Origami Project” and even then the information was vague at best. Scoble described it…Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/24/welcome-fanboys-and-girls/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/24/welcome-fanboys-and-girls/The other day I submitted a link about a chocolate Xbox 360 console to Xbox 360 fanboy, as I do from time to time.'Well what do you know; they used it and were…Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/22/the-place-to-be-for-the-xbox-360/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/22/the-place-to-be-for-the-xbox-360/Much to my surprise, thanks to the delay in Xbox 360s launch date here in New Zealand, Palmerston North (PN) has inadvertently become “The place to be” for the…Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/22/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-feb-22/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/22/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-feb-22/This week it’s short and sweet again, not to'mention completely not tech or Xbox related. But hey I’ve got to plug my family business some time ;)' Shared…Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/19/playing-xbox-360/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/19/playing-xbox-360/[Playing xbox 360] Look what I’ve been playing at my local gamesman. I would write more but I’ve got to keep playing. More on this later… all I can say is…Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/15/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-feb-15/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/15/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-feb-15/Its a sad state when'there are two weekly link'posts side by side 🙁 I’ll be sure to post'about my nice new media centre upgrade very soon, aka when'my busy…Wed, 15 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/08/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-feb-08/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/08/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-feb-08/Fact: The number of links in this post directly relates to'my'work load during the week. More next week… Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user Geekpulp CNET \-…Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/04/a-no-tech-day/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/04/a-no-tech-day/[A no tech day] Today annaish and I are having a tech free day in the Hawke's Bay, drinking, eating and being merry. Actually to be more accurate we’re on the…Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/01/geekpulp-goodness/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/01/geekpulp-goodness/Wow I just noticed that I’ve been blogging for two years this month!'Geekpulp started way back on the 27th of February 2004. Back then it wasn't called…Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/01/internet-explorer-7-beta-2-is-out-now/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/01/internet-explorer-7-beta-2-is-out-now/At last something for the public'to play with from the IE team. That's right a public beta of IE7 is finally out'and it’s looking good to me so far. Lots of…Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/01/new-new-stuff-i-want/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/01/new-new-stuff-i-want/I was just reading some of my old posts and came across “New Stuff I Want“, a post about all the cool things that I wanted back in February 2004. Well it would…Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/01/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-feb-01/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/02/01/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-feb-01/Not many links this week, I’m working with the new beta of IE7 and its killed my del.icio.us buttons. More next week ;)' Shared bookmarks for del.icio.us user…Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/31/are-you-an-xbox-360-vip-yet/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/31/are-you-an-xbox-360-vip-yet/In case you didn't know, as part of the Xbox 360 launch here in New Zealand Microsoft'are selling the Xbox 360 VIP Premiere Pack. The VIP pack is designed'to…Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/30/if-we-had-dashboards/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/30/if-we-had-dashboards/Although none of us down under have 360’s yet it’s still interesting to know the interface/OS'of the console is soon to get its first major update. So far…Mon, 30 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/27/xbox-360-delay/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/27/xbox-360-delay/Well it looks like the rumours of an NZ and Aus Xbox 360 launch delay are true. I didn’t want to believe it but from what I’m reading over on the Xbox forums…Fri, 27 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/26/small-changes/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/26/small-changes/Well I've been spending some time cleaning up Geekpulp just to add a bit more of a smooth finish to the site. The keen eyed users amongst you will have noticed…Thu, 26 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/25/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-jan-25/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/25/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-jan-25/And the del.icio.us bookmarks keep on coming. This week is again mostly my regular visit sites but also contains a few random articles, such as the how to…Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/24/hd-goodness/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/24/hd-goodness/[HD goodness] Check out my nice new HDTV! I got this in anticipation of my sexy new Xbox 360 on March the 2nd… Assuming that date still stands? On a side note…Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/24/ps3-silence-rasies-doubt/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/24/ps3-silence-rasies-doubt/Sony’s future as a gaming company and legacy as a media company are both riding on PlayStation 3,'its long-awaited next-generation game console. But the less…Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/24/xp-on-your-thumb-drive/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/24/xp-on-your-thumb-drive/An illustrated guide on how to boot XP from an ordinary 128 mb USB drive.Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/21/the-ps3-s-red-herring-new-light-cast/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/21/the-ps3-s-red-herring-new-light-cast/An extremely interesting article for anyone worried about the Xbox 360 being left behind by blu-ray. It compares the average size of the Xbox games released in…Sat, 21 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/18/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-jan-18/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/18/this-week-s-del-icio-us-bookmarks-jan-18/Here is my first weekly link dump. I’m quite new to del.icio.us so I expect there to be quite a few different links added in the first few weeks as I add more…Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/18/video-windows-vista-all-the-little-things/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/18/video-windows-vista-all-the-little-things/This video shows some of Vista’s little-known features. It shows off things like the Breadcrumb Bar, games legacy metadata, Windows Defender, Vista’s way of…Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/13/nz-google-maps-kind-of/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/13/nz-google-maps-kind-of/I’m a big fan of all the things going on in the online mapping world. With products like Microsoft’s “Virtual Earth” and Googles “Google Earth” being the…Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/09/cheap-fun/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/09/cheap-fun/I’ve been looking for some cheap geek fun for a while now and lucky old me has finally found something that grabbed my attention. Enter MAKE Magazine'a great…Mon, 09 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/02/back-from-holiday/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2006/01/02/back-from-holiday/That’s right we are back from holiday and to my delight there’s a new version of Wordpress (2.0 to be exact) out. So my first geek task of 2006 was the upgrade…Mon, 02 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/12/20/ferrit-eh/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/12/20/ferrit-eh/I’ve been waiting for something like this for some time now, an amazon.com type store to go live in New Zealand and at last the wait is over [:D] Ferrit, a…Tue, 20 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/12/14/raising-funds/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/12/14/raising-funds/Well it’s that time in the gaming console life cycle, fund raising time. With the launch of Xbox 360 only a few months away (march 2nd 2006) I need to raise…Wed, 14 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/15/windows-live-is-great/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/15/windows-live-is-great/The one thing that is absolutely critical to getting me to stick with a software product is integration. If I can use it with every other bit of software out…Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/10/bungie-reveals-xbox-360-enhancements-to-halo/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/10/bungie-reveals-xbox-360-enhancements-to-halo/Commemorating the 1 year anniversary of Halo 2, Bungie has revealed the enhancements to Halo 1 and Halo 2 for Xbox 360. Xbox 360 can now display the graphics…Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/10/turns-out-we-re-a-country-after-all/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/10/turns-out-we-re-a-country-after-all/So it looks like at last the Xbox forum gods have noticed despite the fact that NZ only has an at home population of 4 million (there are actually 5 million…Thu, 10 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/08/come-home-now/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/08/come-home-now/If you’re a kiwi (congratulations) and aren’t living in the country for some reason (I can’t imagine why?) you might want to check out newzealandnow.info. The…Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/04/xbox-com-forums-are-great/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/04/xbox-com-forums-are-great/Okay I’ve been hell slack with work today and I have xbox.com to blame. I know I’ve been talking a lot lately about Xbox related topics, so for those of you…Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/01/xbox-360-how-i-hate-you/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/01/xbox-360-how-i-hate-you/Well its really more of a love hate kind of situation. In case you haven’t pick this up by reading my blogs, I’m quite keen to get my hands on an Xbox 360 but…Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/01/xbox-has-no-mates/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/11/01/xbox-has-no-mates/Well it’s official, according to xbox.com Xbox has no mates what so ever. Check out the attached image. Don’t worry xbox, I still love you 😉Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/29/create-your-xbox-360-gaming-profile-now/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/29/create-your-xbox-360-gaming-profile-now/Xbox.com is now allowing users to create their gamer profiles, so get your butt over there and get signed up.Sat, 29 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/28/internet-on-a-go-slow/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/28/internet-on-a-go-slow/Over the last few weeks I’ve noticed that my Internet connection has been increasingly slow. At first I just thought I was imagining it but last night and this…Fri, 28 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/24/new-google-earth-3-0-0693-beta-october/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/24/new-google-earth-3-0-0693-beta-october/A newer BETA version of Google Earth is now available as of October 20, 2005. The change log consists of mainly “many minor bug fixes.”Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/19/how-to-buy-nothing/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/19/how-to-buy-nothing/People usually go shopping and end up buying stuff they don’t actually need. Obviously this is a waste of one’s resources and therefore prevents you spending…Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/18/diy-railgun/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/18/diy-railgun/You know you’ve always wanted one. Now hackaday can make your dreams come true. Learn how to build your very own railgun.Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/18/slashdot-is-losing-its-edge-to-digg-com/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/18/slashdot-is-losing-its-edge-to-digg-com/Digg.com is quickly reaching Slashdot when comparing daily visitors according to Alexa’s Traffic Rankings (see link). Slashdot isn’t as cutting edge as it used…Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/18/the-flying-toasters-screensaver-for-free/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/18/the-flying-toasters-screensaver-for-free/Retro cross platform goodness! Brings back memories!Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/18/the-year-2038-problem/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/18/the-year-2038-problem/The Year 2000 problem is understood by most people these days because of the large amount of media attention it received. Most programs written in the C…Tue, 18 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/07/peter-jackson-will-use-massive-to-render-halo/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/07/peter-jackson-will-use-massive-to-render-halo/People are complaining that Jackson won’t direct the Halo movie, but producing is all he really needs to do. “MASSIVE” is an animation tool created by Weta…Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/05/halo-movie-gets-some-peter-jackson-and-fran/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/05/halo-movie-gets-some-peter-jackson-and-fran/The executive producer of the upcoming Halo movie will be Peter Jackson. He will be working with his partner Fran Walsh on the film. So it turns out he Peter…Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/04/asteroid-to-hit-earth-on-sunday-april-13/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/10/04/asteroid-to-hit-earth-on-sunday-april-13/What are you doing on Sunday, April 13, 2036? Let’s hope you’re not bending over and kissing your pasty ass good-bye. Asteroid “99942 Apophis” has a 1 in 5,560…Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/28/wordpress-com-gets-better-and-better/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/28/wordpress-com-gets-better-and-better/Well I’ve had my wordpress.com blog for sometime now, and despite the fact that I haven't really been using it (mainly because I can do url redirects to…Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/26/peter-jackson-to-direct-halo-movie/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/26/peter-jackson-to-direct-halo-movie/Lets just say this…The Halo movie will be made…Peter Jackson has been contacted. Will he do it? I guess time will tell. Rumors are running rampant and Mr.…Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/25/googletalk-1-0-0-70-update-released-xbox/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/25/googletalk-1-0-0-70-update-released-xbox/Google has silently released version 1.0.0.70. The new version is available via “Check for Updates Now” in the GoogleTalk Menu. Now this update is incredibly…Sun, 25 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/22/industry-response-revolution-controller/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/22/industry-response-revolution-controller/After seeing the Nintendo Revolution’s controller I’ve got to admit I thought “what kind crappy EyeToy BS is this?”, but then I’m not really their target…Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/22/wordpress-com-invite-giveaway/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/22/wordpress-com-invite-giveaway/Who wants a wordpress.com invite? Comment on this post and you might just get one 🙂Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/20/blogger-blogs/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/20/blogger-blogs/Today I’ve been having a play around with Blogger to see what googles version of blogging is like. While I like the interface to some extent (images are much…Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/19/metal-gear-solid-4-real-time-video-xbox/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/19/metal-gear-solid-4-real-time-video-xbox/The 2005 Tokyo Game Show just started and the highly anticipated trailer for Metal Gear Solid 4 is now playing at the Konami booth. This game looks so freaking…Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/19/video-with-sound-on-the-ipod/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/19/video-with-sound-on-the-ipod/Well, this is what everyone has been waiting for. Being able to play video on the iPod with sound! The iPod Linux Team has released a ‘beta’ of their video…Mon, 19 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/15/google-blog-search/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/15/google-blog-search/Well it had to happen, with the seeming endless growth of blog sites Google has launched Google blog search. I’m sure sites like Technorati aren’t exactly over…Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/14/how-to-throw-cards-with-skill/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/14/how-to-throw-cards-with-skill/Throwing cards as deadly weapons seems impossible. When done correctly little bits of cut-out cardboard suddenly becoming capable of piercing hard fruit,…Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/14/psp-an-evil-device/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/14/psp-an-evil-device/Like iPods the PSP has become one of those devices I feel I must have despite the fact that it has shortcomings in its feature set.The problem is of course…Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/13/ipod-nano-bits/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/13/ipod-nano-bits/What is it about us geeks that make us wanna pull things to bits and see what makes them tick? Who knows but I sure wish I had the budget to buy a nice new…Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/13/steve-jobs-bill-thank-you-the-world-s/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/13/steve-jobs-bill-thank-you-the-world-s/Check out this Time magazine cover, you would never see this headline now days. It’s a cover that has Steve Jobs on a cell phone thanking Bill Gates for saving…Tue, 13 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/12/wikipedia-s-movin-on-up/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/12/wikipedia-s-movin-on-up/Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia and news site, had a 130% increase in visits in this past year far surpassing Google and even CNN main threads. The site,…Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/09/the-million-dollar-home-page/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/09/the-million-dollar-home-page/Check this guy out, he’s bought his domain name (www.milliondollarhomepage.com) and he want a million dollars for college. He’s selling ad space on the site,…Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/08/i-just-lost-the-game/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/08/i-just-lost-the-game/This is possibly the most evil thing you can do to a person but I’m going to do it anyway. A while back a “friend” pointed out this link on Wikipedia (the…Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/08/ipod-nano-zzzzzzzzz/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/08/ipod-nano-zzzzzzzzz/Am I the only one in the world who thinks Apple needs to start thinking more outside the box. I mean really iPod Nano is the same product, just about exactly…Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/08/killing-nofollow/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/08/killing-nofollow/I was looking at the wordpress plugins over at Simple Thoughts today and learned something I didn’t know about wordpress blogs (wordpress is the blogging…Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/07/spam-no-more/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/07/spam-no-more/Since I started blogging again I’ve noticed a huge increase in traffic and of course comment spam. So I’ve installed Spam Karma 2 in a effort to get things…Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/06/new-google-earth-update-3-0-0548-beta/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/06/new-google-earth-update-3-0-0548-beta/A new BETA version of Google Earth is now available as of September 5, 2005 (well Sep 6 here in NZ). Change Log: Overview window fix, Graphics driver crash…Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/05/smash-earth-with-a-mega-comet-and-find/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/05/smash-earth-with-a-mega-comet-and-find/Ever wonder what would happen if a great big hunk of space crud smacked into the earth? Well now you can find out thanks to the “Earth Impact Effects Program“.…Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/05/windows-vista-pricing-99/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/05/windows-vista-pricing-99/In an effort to reduce piracy, and convince users to not only upgrade their computers but also their OS, Microsoft is expected to dramatically reduce the price…Mon, 05 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/02/knowing-knoppix/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/02/knowing-knoppix/I’m the sort of geek who likes to tinker/play around with different technologies so I have an understanding of as much as I can rather than focusing on any…Fri, 02 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/01/it-pays-to-know/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/01/it-pays-to-know/It’s always helpful to have friends that actually know what they’re doing. In this case I’m talking about the php skills of Glutnix (aka Brett Taylor) from…Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/01/philips-readius-rollable-display-prototype/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/09/01/philips-readius-rollable-display-prototype/I love it when I see stuff in sci-fi movies and they slowly but surely become a reality. In the film “Red Planet” the characters had these cool roll up screens…Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/30/telecom-nz-to-switch-every-phone-line-to-voip/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/30/telecom-nz-to-switch-every-phone-line-to-voip/Telecom NZ today announced a $220 million project to switch every telephone line in the country to an internet protocol platform within seven years to replace…Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/29/halo-news-my-favourite-kind-of-news-xbox/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/29/halo-news-my-favourite-kind-of-news-xbox/I’m like some crazy person when it comes to Halo. Each week I eagerly await Frankie’s weekly update for even the smallest amount of information on the Halo…Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/25/maybe-it-would-have-been-better-if/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/25/maybe-it-would-have-been-better-if/Remember back in the day when there was talk of breaking Microsoft up into three separate companies? Well I’m beginning to wonder if that would have actually…Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/25/talk-google-talk/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/25/talk-google-talk/Well with Google talk (gtalk) now out and me in love with the service I now have the mission of trying to get all you people on it so I actually have people to…Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/24/google-talk-ready-to-launch/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/24/google-talk-ready-to-launch/It appears that Google is ready to launch Google Talk, an instant messaging application. Rumors point to it having a Jabber back end and voice chat features.…Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/24/halo-3-delayed-until-2007-to-launch-alongside/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/24/halo-3-delayed-until-2007-to-launch-alongside/Fox And Universal have come to terms with Microsoft, finalizing the Halo movie contract and agreeing on a Summer 2007 release. It was also noted that MS is…Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/23/google-earth-makes-maps-fun/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/23/google-earth-makes-maps-fun/Google Earth has somehow made maps interesting, in fact I could go so far to say Google has made maps fun. Just the other day I was showing Moscow (via Google…Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/23/ibm-research-soulpad/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/23/ibm-research-soulpad/SoulPad sounds like a great concept, basically its having a portable storage device with a users settings, applications, files, OS, the works. Today I found…Tue, 23 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/22/peeling-back-the-layers/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/22/peeling-back-the-layers/Hilarious spoof of Halo 2 called Homertage. You'd probably have to be a halo fan boy like me to really get into this, but hell it's a simple concept done well.…Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/22/trusty-google/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/22/trusty-google/It must drive Microsoft nuts when they show off cool features of a pending product only to have another company, in this case Google, come along and produce…Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/21/the-greatest-singer-in-the-world/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/21/the-greatest-singer-in-the-world/Ever been sloshed at drunken party and said something you never lived down? (This is a rhetorical question BTW) Well I sure have. While at one such drunken…Sun, 21 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/18/xbox-360-prices-games-and-info/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/18/xbox-360-prices-games-and-info/At last more information about the Xbox 360 is starting to make its way to the surface. I can't say I completely understand what's going on with Microsoft's…Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/17/flickr-kicks-butt/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/17/flickr-kicks-butt/[HQ39] I’ve been looking to add photos to Geekpulp for ages but I’ve never managed to find a plug-in that has really pulled off what I was looking for. Turns…Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/17/rss-feeds-and-the-voice-of-reason/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/17/rss-feeds-and-the-voice-of-reason/Microsoft want to change the name of RSS to something other than RSS and of course lots of geeks and nerds tech people are up in arms about it. So why rename…Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/17/wireless-the-good-and-the-bad/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/17/wireless-the-good-and-the-bad/Yesterday I was off work sick (one of those 48 tumors) so naturally I decided to kill off the last lot of cat5 cables from my home network. To date I’ve had…Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/16/microsoft-antispyware-will-be-free/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/16/microsoft-antispyware-will-be-free/Well for users who validate their Windows install through WGA anyway…Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/16/xbox-360-launch-to-face-several-hurdles/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/16/xbox-360-launch-to-face-several-hurdles/“I don’t think it’s a one-size-fits-all over the next five-year horizon” People are assuming this is a bad thing but perhaps MS has something good in mind that…Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/15/secret-hollow-book-conceal-your-items-in-the-bookshelf/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/15/secret-hollow-book-conceal-your-items-in-the-bookshelf/Everybody has heard of those books with the hollowed out spaces in the pages from one spy movie or another. Now, make your own.Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/08/apple-buys-nz-domain-as-download-wars-begin/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/08/apple-buys-nz-domain-as-download-wars-begin/Looks like even little old New Zealand will soon be getting iTunes and cheaper legal music downloads.Mon, 08 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/05/how-to-call-in-sick-when-you-just/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/05/how-to-call-in-sick-when-you-just/Some very helpful advice for when you really just wanna be home to play that new game thats been released, install Debian as a home network server, or what…Fri, 05 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/04/the-history-of-the-hello-world-program/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/04/the-history-of-the-hello-world-program/This wikipedia article about “Hello World!” contains some information on when the phrase was first used in relation to programming. Also included are sample…Thu, 04 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/02/diy-gaming-router/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/02/diy-gaming-router/Got old computer parts lying around the house? Here is DIY Router to help you fight the problem of sharing internet connection with the entire family as well…Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/02/how-to-become-a-ninja/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/02/how-to-become-a-ninja/This is kind of old school news but how to become a Ninja is very handy and important information to know.Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/02/why-speeding-is-bad-crash-at-250km-hour/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/02/why-speeding-is-bad-crash-at-250km-hour/This is an excellent example of how not to drive. It took me a second to see it but yes that's a motorbike imbedded inside a car. Turns out a helmet doesn't…Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/bofy-for-life-2005/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/bofy-for-life-2005/So today is the day it all starts, I’ve started hitting back my thermo and I’m back to the Gym now that my ribs better. This time around Annaish is coming…Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/how-to-build-the-best-paper-airplane-in-the-world/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/how-to-build-the-best-paper-airplane-in-the-world/This really is a very leet paper plane. It also doubles (or is it triples?) as the most effective ways of wasting time while encourage others to waste time and…Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/microsoft-executive-confirms-halo-effect-is-real/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/microsoft-executive-confirms-halo-effect-is-real/Apple on Windows radar. Will Poole the Senior Vice President, Windows Client Business for Microsoft ranks the Halo Effect as one of the top challenges facing…Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/ps2-price-cut-to-battle-360-launch/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/ps2-price-cut-to-battle-360-launch/Apparently they will go as low as $100 US. Of course this begs the question, who the hell wants a PS2?Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/star-wars-lightsabre-sold-for-more-than-200/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/08/01/star-wars-lightsabre-sold-for-more-than-200/A lightsabre used by Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars film has been sold for more than $200,000 US at auction in Beverly Hills. If anyone's interested…Mon, 01 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/07/17/google-earth/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/07/17/google-earth/If you haven’t already had a play with Google Earth (I’m behind in my blogging) give it a go, it’s possibly one of the most addictive free software apps ever…Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/07/17/pimp-my-lan/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/07/17/pimp-my-lan/I don’t know why its taken me so long to blog about this exciting geek news in my world, but I finally go myself a wireless LAN at my home [:D] In the end I…Sun, 17 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/07/15/gmail/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/07/15/gmail/I keep forgetting to ask, does anyone want a gmail account? I have like 50 or so to give away so if you keen to get web based email with over 2GB of storage…Fri, 15 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/07/08/well-thats-ass-eh/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/07/08/well-thats-ass-eh/I’m sad to say that terrorists have bombed the subways of London and many people have been injured and killed. While it’s early days yet, it appears that over…Fri, 08 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/05/25/crap/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/05/25/crap/Boy have I been crap with the blogging! Why? Well I can't really, say why…I just haven’t been doing it. I mean honestly say I’m to busy to make a 5 line post…Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/04/18/my-brains-lost-and-found/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/04/18/my-brains-lost-and-found/Over the past 10 days I’ve gone to write a blog a few times but somehow each time I’ve completely forgotten what I’ve been up to. Then suddenly as I sit here…Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/04/08/the-wireless-matrix/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/04/08/the-wireless-matrix/Isn’t it nice to know that cool stuff (gadgets and tech not aliens and evil stuff) you see in movies will almost inevitably be made a reality? Almost everyone…Fri, 08 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/04/02/slashdot-goes-april-fools-crazy/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/04/02/slashdot-goes-april-fools-crazy/Is it just me or is slashdot so full of April fools jokes today it’s just stupid? I mean who is falling for this stuff? My personal favorite is the “U.N.…Sat, 02 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/29/more-maps-and-what-not/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/29/more-maps-and-what-not/Details have been released about the add on to halo 2 in frankys weekly update and it looks to be a winner. There are a number of cool things about the new add…Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/24/more-yes-please/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/24/more-yes-please/Well its looking more and more likely that halo 2 is going to get an expansion pack. What this expansion pack will include, when it will be released, and…Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/16/ie-7-details/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/16/ie-7-details/While MS are tight lipped publicly about the features of the up and coming IE7 it looks like they are all talk when it comes to their partners. According to…Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/14/it-begins/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/14/it-begins/With my lady overseas as of today I’ve stared making changes to the blog. As you may have noticed things look a little different (with the pulp theme turned…Mon, 14 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/10/geek-play/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/10/geek-play/Are you getting as sick of the default WordPress theme yet? Me too! Luckily (at least thats how I’m choosing to look at it) Annaish is off overseas again…Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/03/easter-egg/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/03/easter-egg/My family has always given gifts at easter time, mainly because Chocolate was once thought to be a trigger to the migraines when I was younger. Of course now…Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/01/happy-birthday-to-our-blog/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/01/happy-birthday-to-our-blog/Well what do you know as of the 27th of Feb I’ve been blogging for over a year! not to bad if I do say so myself [:D] To celebrate I’ve decided to add a few…Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/01/happy-happy/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/03/01/happy-happy/Joy Joy Joy! Guess who just got an iMac? Geek does a little dance You guessed it ME! I’ve only had enough time (about 20 min) to quickly run it home from work,…Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/28/apple-i-dreamt-last-night-i-held-you/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/28/apple-i-dreamt-last-night-i-held-you/Well today is the day (well potentially the day) that I get my first Mac. Last week I decided that I would finally put my money where my mouth is and get…Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/25/what-s-with-that/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/25/what-s-with-that/I’ve been trying to connect to trade me for about 2 hours and its a no go, am I the only one? Why is it that the one site on the entire Internet I’m interested…Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/21/my-gift-to-oddness/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/21/my-gift-to-oddness/The other day I had a very strange dream, actually strange is an understatement. The dream started with me and a group of friends sitting around a TV when an…Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/18/got-ipod-go-audible-com/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/18/got-ipod-go-audible-com/As much as I love music, audio books are hands down the coolest thing about having an iPod. Despite the fact that New Zealand still doesn’t have access to…Fri, 18 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/16/change-is-good/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/16/change-is-good/Just in case you haven’t notice, things have changed a little around here. You see WordPress 1.5 was launched today so I’ve decided to make the change over…Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/13/hold-please/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/13/hold-please/Well to call this week busy would be an understatement. First of all body for life has been put on hold few a month or so. This is for a few reasons but mainly…Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/03/pumping-binary-iron/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/03/pumping-binary-iron/Despite my best efforts it would seem I have run out of time to complete my planning software for body for life. However in saying that it doesn’t mean I won't…Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/01/psychologists-and-handwriting-experts-are-full-of-shit/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/02/01/psychologists-and-handwriting-experts-are-full-of-shit/I was reading over on BBC News today that apparently psychologists and handwriting experts have analysed a note left by Bill Gates (although originally thought…Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/01/27/i-like-apples/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/01/27/i-like-apples/Holy zombie Jesus I want a Mini Mac. Well really what I want is a nice new iMac G5 but in reality I’ve only used a mac for about 20 mins in my whole life…Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/01/18/handy-about-a-week-ago/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/01/18/handy-about-a-week-ago/Once every 6 months or so I like to give my PC a format and start afresh, and last week happened to be just such an event. Now today on webfroot I notice a how…Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/01/18/why-god-why/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/01/18/why-god-why/Why is it in a world where I have no PSP apparently japanese kids have so many they are smashing them in the streets! Its a crazy mixed up world 🙁Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/01/15/body-for-life-take-2/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2005/01/15/body-for-life-take-2/I was reading on JDs Blog the other day that JD has started to make a proper effort to look after his physical health. Of course ever since doing body for life…Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/19/bloody-buggery/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/19/bloody-buggery/Well yesterday morning I awoke to a crashed pc (while this might not seem odd to most, I very rarely have my pc hang or crash to that extent) so naturally I…Sun, 19 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/16/stuff-to-buy-very-soon/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/16/stuff-to-buy-very-soon/I’ve decided to finally put my money where my mouth is and get some cool stuff on-line that I’ve always wanted but never seem to get, this includes (but is not…Thu, 16 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/08/holy-legend-freeware-batman/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/08/holy-legend-freeware-batman/On one of my sanity breaks today I was catching up on some of my favorite blogs and thanks to Rod Drury I stumbled upon the coolest freeware drawing tool I’ve…Wed, 08 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/07/ipod-dock-is-mine/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/07/ipod-dock-is-mine/At long last the I have a trusty iPod dock! Of course annaishs sisters mock the hell out of me for calling it a dock or using the term docking. For some reason…Tue, 07 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/02/stupid-spam/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/12/02/stupid-spam/Spam has been a real problem for me over the last few weeks. I’ve been inundated with false blog post linking to all kinds of crap, and boy does that piss me…Thu, 02 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/11/25/blog-torrent-woot/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/11/25/blog-torrent-woot/Interesting to see this kind of thing at last, hmm now I just need to make some videos worth watching Blog Torrent Dave sez: Downhill Battle has released Blog…Thu, 25 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/11/19/half-life-2-soon-you-will-be-mine/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/11/19/half-life-2-soon-you-will-be-mine/Half-life 2 is out at last but unfortunately I don’t have the graphics card to run it yet. However I’m actually not all that worried about it because from what…Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/26/nice-and-easy/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/26/nice-and-easy/Well by the looks of things geek looks at the user poll you are all more interested in smaller bite size blogs, and I have to say I agree. So rest assured I…Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/18/more-really-ok/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/18/more-really-ok/Today at efrisson I wrote a news story called “But wait there’s more!” about the new extended edition of LOTR: Return of the king. Am I the only one in the…Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/18/you-know-your-cool-when/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/18/you-know-your-cool-when/The best page in the universe is always good for a laugh and the latest article “If you work for Websense, you aren’t reading this” is no exception. The…Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/15/halo-2-gold-gets-stolen/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/15/halo-2-gold-gets-stolen/Doesn’t crap like this just piss you off. I mean you’ve got a team of guys/girls at bungie that frankly couldn’t be cooler, and some numb nuts idiot pinches a…Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/13/holy-zombie-jesus-batman/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/13/holy-zombie-jesus-batman/Holy crap with all the excitement of the engagement I have forgotten to rave on like a lunatic about my new iPod! That's right at long last I have the all…Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/06/the-not-so-evil-evil-plan/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/10/06/the-not-so-evil-evil-plan/So what was my evil plan? Well for those of you not in the know you might want to sit down for this one. On Thursday (30/9/2004) at about 1:30pm I decided to…Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/30/a-good-kind-of-evil/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/30/a-good-kind-of-evil/") Oh what an evil plan I have evil laugh more on this later…Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/29/of-mice-and-men/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/29/of-mice-and-men/Well you would think by now I would be well into the opengl tutorials but alas I am not. Unfortunately for me I’ve become busy with another task setting up a…Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/27/here-we-go/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/27/here-we-go/So annaish has started her travels and I could tell you all about the baggage nightmares that she has been beset with but I’m sure before long she will give a…Mon, 27 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/22/flu-time-eh/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/22/flu-time-eh/Is it just me is everyone freaking sick at the moment. I myself am just recovering from this god awful flu that has plagued me for a few weeks now! Almost all…Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/22/the-big-move/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/22/the-big-move/Well it’s happened at last, I've made the change that my geekness has been begging for, I've changed ISPs. You see I was with xtra but frankly I've been…Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/21/i-want-one/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/21/i-want-one/Cool really doesn’t cover it when it comes to “Augmented Reality Quake“. Imagine what it would be like to have a bloated run away budget to come up with stuff…Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/21/omg-what-is-going-on-people/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/21/omg-what-is-going-on-people/Just when you thought stupid couldn’t get any stupider Vivendi universal take the cake and I hate them for it. Now hate is a very strong word but I mean it…Tue, 21 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/19/geekpulp-your-source-of-porn/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/19/geekpulp-your-source-of-porn/Its always interesting looking at the stats to geekpulp and finding the different ways random readers have found us. An interesting one that has appeared this…Sun, 19 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/15/more-birthdays/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/15/more-birthdays/Well just to break the trend today has yet more birthdays in it hits head So happy birthday to annaishs little sister (well actually shes a good three inch’s…Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/10/birthdays-for-everyone/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/10/birthdays-for-everyone/This time of year is always a busy one for birthdays (I guess a lot of couples get freaky around New Years) and today is no exception. A good friend of ours…Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/08/no-responsibility-for-three-months/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/08/no-responsibility-for-three-months/Yesterday Annaish jumped a rung and turned 24 years old. To celebrate the event we decided to go out for dinner and have a traditionally over sized chocolate…Wed, 08 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/01/i-like-that/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/09/01/i-like-that/I love that according to this weeks poll that we are currently looking to be doomed to an eternal winter. It some how fills me with a feeling of certainty that…Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/31/well-tomorrow-is-the-big-day/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/31/well-tomorrow-is-the-big-day/Woohoo tomorrow is the day the efrisson banner ads start on PC-World 😄 its a very exciting time because really this is our first major (well major for us)…Tue, 31 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/28/a-constant-state-of-improvement/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/28/a-constant-state-of-improvement/Well things are coming along quite well with Geekpulp. Todays geekday projects involved improving Geekpulp by: Adding avatars for annasih and I (and any other…Sat, 28 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/24/what-the-hell-is-with-that-anyway/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/24/what-the-hell-is-with-that-anyway/What is the story with Australians and totally crap uniforms for their sports people? I feel so sorry for the athletes being forced to wear two colours that…Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/17/oh-god-has-it-been-four-years-already/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/17/oh-god-has-it-been-four-years-already/I don’t know about you but I can't stand how the Olympic games and how totally take over everything when they are on. Whats worse is 95% of all events are…Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/12/excitement/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/12/excitement/") I’m started to feel really excited about my first Geek day (the day each week just for me) this Saturday. With my friends wedding video almost out of the…Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/04/user-poll-is-odd/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/04/user-poll-is-odd/It would appear the user poll has some strange quirks about it that I’ll need to fix. For now it seems to be working fine so if you do happen to vote on our…Wed, 04 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/03/the-disadvantages-of-being-thin/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/03/the-disadvantages-of-being-thin/You know this is the first winter for me as in thin person and I’m surprised at how cold things are. I used to be able to wear t-shirts all year round because…Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/03/when-good-blogs-go-bad/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/03/when-good-blogs-go-bad/It truly is a sad day for us all, Metalheros blog was totally killed in Sundays disaster of an ssl install on efrisson 😞 All of his content tables in the…Tue, 03 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/01/efrisson-is-fixed/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/01/efrisson-is-fixed/Well its now very late but at last efrisson is all fixed and running again, don’t ask me what happened because I just don’t know. Frankly I don’t really care…Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/01/ffs/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/08/01/ffs/Well efrisson has been down all day now and I’m a very unhappy camper! It would appear that a mistake was made when the new ssl certificate was installed and…Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/29/body-for-life-is-all-done/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/29/body-for-life-is-all-done/Well body for life is all done and its turned me into a crazy person! 😉 Of course given this post is in the good stuff category I mean a crazy person in a…Thu, 29 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/26/i-m-with-stupid-how-has-the-us/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/26/i-m-with-stupid-how-has-the-us/On Saturday night I went to see the scariest movie I have ever seen in my life! I can't even stress how frightening this film was, forget “the ring”, forget…Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/20/how-to-lose-friends-and-piss-off-your/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/20/how-to-lose-friends-and-piss-off-your/Well the new site is coming along now, I can't say that its drop dead gorgeous yet but its certainly getting there. I’ve been spending most of my free time on…Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/17/well-now/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/17/well-now/So in the end I decided to just make the change over to the all new blog without all of the features I plan to implement. My logic here is that if I have to…Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/06/well-i-didn-t-get-it-done/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/07/06/well-i-didn-t-get-it-done/Unfortunately I had absolutely no time this weekend to spend on my new blog 😞 But never mind I will try and get it done later in the week. Really all I have…Tue, 06 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/30/a-new-froot/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/30/a-new-froot/Looks like webfroot are making some changes. Mmm a new flavour www.webfroot.co.nzWed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/30/the-mystery-of-google-continues/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/30/the-mystery-of-google-continues/Well I’ve been struggling with google for months now, you see it just doesn’t want to play the “put efrisson.com on the google index for New Zealand game”. I…Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/26/yes-i-am-still-alive/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/26/yes-i-am-still-alive/Don’t worry I’m still alive! actually I’m working on a all new and improved blog! its gonna be leet with user polls, random quotes, photos and even have my…Sat, 26 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/14/all-about-the-stupid/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/14/all-about-the-stupid/The other day I was talking to my brother about this news story and he said “god I hate the US”. As soon as he said this I was suddenly reminded of a comedy…Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/10/new-efrisson-is-all-done/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/10/new-efrisson-is-all-done/Well it’s been far too long between blogs but its a small price to pay for the incredible work Aramis and I have done on the redevelopment of efrisson.com.…Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/02/not-as-black-and-white-as-i-d/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/06/02/not-as-black-and-white-as-i-d/Well today at last I got my body fat % measured but I didn’t get what I was expecting. I walk into the small room at the gym and the personal trainer said she…Wed, 02 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/27/my-life-blues-clues/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/27/my-life-blues-clues/This morning I was watching Blues Clues (yes a kids show) and was disturbed at how similar the show is to my day to day life. The two main parallels between my…Thu, 27 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/23/high-oil-price-high-stupidity/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/23/high-oil-price-high-stupidity/Is it just me or has the answer to high oil prices been staring us in the face for years? Here’s a brainwave STOP USING OIL! If as a society we started using…Sun, 23 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/23/yet-another-free-day/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/23/yet-another-free-day/Well I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I hate my free days!!! by the end of my Sundays (my free day on body for life) two things are certain: I fell…Sun, 23 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/20/my-lips-are-dry/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/20/my-lips-are-dry/I’m not sure whats going on with my lips at the moment, but for some reason they have become ridiculously dry over the past few days. They are now so bad that…Thu, 20 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/19/how-i-ve-missed-you/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/19/how-i-ve-missed-you/Well I haven’t really had a chance to blog the last few days (which pisses me off) but I’ve made some time to do it from now on so should be back on…Wed, 19 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/16/i-was-gonna/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/16/i-was-gonna/Well I’ve had a great weekend and I’ve a hell of a lot to write about. Unfortunately I’m really tired, so I’m not going to tell you about the movie Troy I saw…Sun, 16 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/13/irrational-mode-and-fat-loss/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/13/irrational-mode-and-fat-loss/Boy I’m busy at the moment, sometimes I feel like I do nothing but work all the time. The most annoying thing about this is it causes me to feel stressed which…Thu, 13 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/13/mmm-half-life-2/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/13/mmm-half-life-2/My huge Half-Life 2 (650ish megs) video download is 47% completed, I can just about taste the excitement! thank god for broadband! if you wanna see this latest…Thu, 13 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/11/would-you-get-your-head-plugged/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/11/would-you-get-your-head-plugged/Today I was thinking about The Matrix, and how they have those ports on the back of their heads to “jack in” to a computer. If you could have the procedure…Tue, 11 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/10/windows-longhorn-looking-good/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/10/windows-longhorn-looking-good/I’m really looking forward to getting my hands on a copy of longhorn (the next version of windows) when its released in 2006-2007. Mainly its because I know…Mon, 10 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/09/an-interesting-turn-of-events/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/09/an-interesting-turn-of-events/Well week one of body for life is over, so today has been my free day. You get a free day once a week on body for life which basically means you don’t exercise…Sun, 09 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/07/mmm-british-girls/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/07/mmm-british-girls/A big hi and happy birthday to Hot girl. I hope London is going well and you’re picking up some of that hot British accent 😉 OK well that’s enough of making…Fri, 07 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/06/bloody-wisdom/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/06/bloody-wisdom/My stupid wisdom teeth are playing up and I have a feeling I’m going to need them removed. What a pain in the arse, I can just about guarantee its gonna cost…Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/06/good-level-of-pain/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/06/good-level-of-pain/Well day four of the mission to reduce my body fat % is over and I have just the right levels of pain from head to toe. After overdoing it on Monday (my first…Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/06/make-it-a-better-place/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/06/make-it-a-better-place/Given I love Coldplay I’m no stranger to their stance on free trade, which I happen to agree with, and so today I decided to do something to help. I’m not…Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/06/rugby-at-the-cake-tin/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/06/rugby-at-the-cake-tin/Tomorrow night I’m off to the rugby in Wellington! It’ll be the first time I’ve ever been to the stadium (aka the cake tin) down there. I’ve been wanting to…Thu, 06 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/05/an-evil-plan/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/05/an-evil-plan/On Monday I’m taking my younger brother to the doctors to get his test results (sounds like there is nothing wrong with him, which is good news) and I’ve…Wed, 05 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/04/like-an-old-woman/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/04/like-an-old-woman/Thats how I feel today, like an old woman! I got up early today and went to the gym for my 7 am session, which is all good, but boy am I hurting from the…Tue, 04 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/04/this-is-going-better-than-i-hoped/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/04/this-is-going-better-than-i-hoped/Well this food and exercise thing is actually very easy so far, in fact I could go so far to say it’s actually made life easier. In saying that it is only day…Tue, 04 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/03/death-by-gym/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/03/death-by-gym/Hehe funny story, imagine just for a second you’re me. You were a dedicated gym going guy for about 12-18 months, decided to take a break for health reasons,…Mon, 03 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/02/food-is-going-well/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/02/food-is-going-well/Well its a little after 11am and I’ve already had two meals and taken two lots of supplements. Its funny I’m actually feeling really good, can focus on my work…Sun, 02 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/02/it-all-starts-tomorrow/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/02/it-all-starts-tomorrow/Well tomorrows the big day, I have my first Gym session and start eating 6 times a day. I’m feeling very excited and a little nervous about it, but mostly I'm…Sun, 02 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/02/making-changes/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/02/making-changes/A friend of mine has just started a new blog and has inspired me to make some changes to my site. As you can see things are already underway and aren’t quite…Sun, 02 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/01/xbox-kicks-ass/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/05/01/xbox-kicks-ass/Well our mini xbox LAN was hella cool and was so much easier than having a mini PC LAN. Just plug everything in, turn them on a bling blam bloom you playing…Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/30/gaming-how-i-ve-missed-you/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/30/gaming-how-i-ve-missed-you/Tomorrow morning my younger brother, a friend, and his younger brother are coming over to have an xbox laning session. Its the first time I’ve ever had an xbox…Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/30/goals-page-is-all-go/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/30/goals-page-is-all-go/Finally I’ve managed to get my goals page up, woohoo. I’m sure however when I take a look at it in the morning it will be full of errors and typos from making…Fri, 30 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/29/starting-to-feel-very-real-now/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/29/starting-to-feel-very-real-now/Things are starting to feel very real now. Today I managed to spend $160 in an online health store on two nutritional supplements CLA and Thermo DynamX. CLA…Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/28/plan-of-action-coming-together/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/28/plan-of-action-coming-together/Well today I received my nutritional plan and exercise regime and while initially some of the changes required seemed too daunting, I soon realised that for…Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/27/great-steps-forward/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/27/great-steps-forward/After a not so productive weekend, today was a great step forward with a visit to the gym. My two missions were to find the right gym for me and get my body…Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/26/a-busy-existence/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/26/a-busy-existence/The hurdle of a busy existence is going to be my major challenge. On Friday I was planning to get my body fat % sorted out at the gym and to figure out if the…Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/25/the-godfather/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/25/the-godfather/This weekend just gone I was in Wellington for a Godfather marathon of doom. Six of us got together at an excellent Wellington apartment/flat that two of my…Sun, 25 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/22/a-bit-of-a-worry/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/22/a-bit-of-a-worry/Well today I had quite an interesting day, but not in a good way. I went to the doctors with my little brother who has been worried about his heart because…Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/22/good-old-eas/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/22/good-old-eas/All I’ve got to say is EAS kick butt! When I sent them an e-mail yesterday I didn’t expect any kind of help from them, but to my surprise they are going to…Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/21/mmm-pasta/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/21/mmm-pasta/The other day I was watching Jamie Oliver make and cook fresh pasta. I had no idea how really simple it was to do. When I was younger I made some pasta with a…Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/21/walking-the-walk/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/21/walking-the-walk/Well today I started on my path to physical happiness (that sounded straighter in my head) by beginning the planning phase of what I’m now calling my “physical…Wed, 21 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/20/this-blogging-thing-is-great/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/20/this-blogging-thing-is-great/Its funny how this blogging thing has really stuck with me, I’m personally amazed I’m still doing it as I normally lose interest in doing stuff like this. The…Tue, 20 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/19/mmm-wireless/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/19/mmm-wireless/I can’t wait to get my wireless network up and running. I have been pining for one ever since the 802.11g standard was released and next month I should have…Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/18/the-jacket-debacle/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/18/the-jacket-debacle/This weekend I was in Wellington celebrating my three year anniversary with my lovely girlfriend. Basically the weekend was a huge success, we both had an…Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/16/letter-writing-is-hard/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/16/letter-writing-is-hard/Today I got down to writing a letter to my CCF child and I quickly remembered why I hadn’t written to him before now. The problem is what exactly do you write…Fri, 16 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/15/hard-times/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/15/hard-times/Today I got a letter from my CCF sponsor child’s uncle. The reason I don’t get letters directly from my child is he’s only 4 so he’s not a big writer yet.…Thu, 15 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/14/sick-day/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/14/sick-day/I’m not really feeling the best today, in fact I’m dead with the flu, my glands are up, my throat hurts, and I can’t stop coughing. So for most of the day I’ve…Wed, 14 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/13/help-me-windows-xp-service-pack-2/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/13/help-me-windows-xp-service-pack-2/You’re my only hope! Today I got a distressed call from my younger brother Nick. He franticly explained to me how he couldn’t play any of the games on his PC…Tue, 13 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/12/easter-a-busy-time-eh/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/12/easter-a-busy-time-eh/Wow I’ve been all go this Easter! It all began on Friday morning with the construction of two new desks. The original design was actually meant to be very…Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/05/the-sound-of-silence/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/05/the-sound-of-silence/Currently at work the two guys I share an office with are away on holiday and the silence is magnificent. Not that they are a noisy lot or anything it’s just…Mon, 05 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/02/my-odd-addiction/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/02/my-odd-addiction/For some reason I keep building new desks and I can’t seem to stop myself. I’m not sure why I have this addiction and I’m even less sure that it’s a problem…Fri, 02 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/01/good-start-to-the-month/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/04/01/good-start-to-the-month/Today was quite an interesting day. A couple of days ago my girlfriend told me about a friend of hers that is getting into his own business and wanted to have…Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/31/busy-being-busy/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/31/busy-being-busy/Isn’t that how life feels sometime… today I was visiting my Grandma in the hospital (she’s gonna be just fine by they way) and she asked me what I was up to at…Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/30/one-of-those-days/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/30/one-of-those-days/Today has not been the best of days. Firstly, I have achieved next to nothing. I set out with all of these goals and expectations and for some reason one thing…Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/29/thank-god-that-s-over/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/29/thank-god-that-s-over/Today my little brother Nick was running late to UCOL and couldn't get a ride into town, so I headed out to his place and gave him a ride. When I got there I…Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/28/screwing/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/28/screwing/Theres nothing like lots of saw dust to fill your nose with boogers. So as you can imagine after a day of sawing, cutting, sanding and screwing (in an effort…Sun, 28 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/27/a-nice-break/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/27/a-nice-break/I can safely say was the least productive day of my entire life. Basically I didn't get out of bed until 12pm and then I did nothing (including dressing…Sat, 27 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/25/too-much-boring-work-must-sleep/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/25/too-much-boring-work-must-sleep/Todays work day remained me of my gap year (if thats what you want to call a year of earning money for wasting between high school and UCOL) because it…Thu, 25 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/24/mmm-banana-bread/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/24/mmm-banana-bread/I am sitting on the floor of my kitchen, looking at my oven, watching banana bread rise. I am feeling so tired it is difficult to look back on my day and…Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/23/she-s-back/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/23/she-s-back/It was an odd feeling waking to an empty bed this morning. My Girlfriend was away in Wellington for the night to maximise her time with her Mother. Despite the…Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/22/the-office/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/22/the-office/Today at work the office lady got a new chair. Of course this sounds completely boring but it gave me a really good look at stupid office dynamics. The chair…Mon, 22 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/21/daylight-savings-at-last/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/21/daylight-savings-at-last/Woohoo daylight savings at last, so now when I get up in the wee hours of the morning there will actually be some of that light stuff to lead me into my day.…Sun, 21 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/20/the-naki/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/20/the-naki/Well what a busy day today was. My Girlfriends mother, Margaret, is over from Aus and took us for a trip to the Taranaki or as Katie (my girlfriends sister)…Sat, 20 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/19/good-old-dad/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/19/good-old-dad/What a cool day, first of all I got to work from home this morning because dad wanted me to work on the company’s new logo. What’s exciting about the new logo…Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/17/scones-jaja-and-cooking/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/17/scones-jaja-and-cooking/Each day at work the office staff have tea and scones for morning tea. The scones are the most horrendously large collection of flower, milk and eggs I have…Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/17/st-patrick-s-day-serial-killer/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/17/st-patrick-s-day-serial-killer/Well today I watched my little brother become a serial killer. Well a virtual serial killer anyway, It all started with an innocent game of The Sims. He had a…Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/16/doh/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/16/doh/The problem with making statements in these blogs is they stare you right in the face whenever they happen to fail miserably at holding to them. So I didn’t…Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/15/how-does-this-keep-happening-to-me/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/15/how-does-this-keep-happening-to-me/How is it the only free chance I get to write my blog is at 11ish at night? Its really quite mad but for some reason I'm finding this whole blog writing very…Mon, 15 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/14/poo-anyone/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/14/poo-anyone/Well today was quite mundane really, cleaned my flat, did my bit for the planet and dropped off the recycling, potted my plants, pretty standard stuff really.…Sun, 14 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/13/yesterday/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/13/yesterday/") God I had a great day with my Girl yesterday. We got up early and spend a good few hours talking about everything and anything from the demise of the…Sat, 13 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/11/sleep-how-i-ve-missed-you/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/11/sleep-how-i-ve-missed-you/Well I got absolutely no sleep at all last night courtesy of my problematic back. So today I took the osteopaths advice and had the day off and for the most…Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/10/back-pain-business-and-marriage-for-good-measure/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/10/back-pain-business-and-marriage-for-good-measure/Well today I awoke to back pain of doom! Its really annoying because its not like I did anything interesting to gain this pain, must have just slept on my back…Wed, 10 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/09/i-really-need-to-eat-better/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/09/i-really-need-to-eat-better/As if data entry wasn't enough to kill any kind of thought process, I also have this stupid habit of not eating for most of the day. Of course this lack of…Tue, 09 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/07/today-great/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/07/today-great/Wow what a great day, and it all started with a nice morning in bed. I woke up about 8am in my nice, warm, comfortable bed and after a quick talk with my…Sun, 07 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/05/people-can-be-funny-sometimes/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/05/people-can-be-funny-sometimes/Isn’t it odd how things can get messy very quickly even when everyone has the best intentions? Todays office meeting in my family’s business started out with…Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/04/shaking-that-low-fat-arty-butt/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/04/shaking-that-low-fat-arty-butt/Well turns out it wasn't French cooking last night it was low fat. Don’t ya just love how full of crap low fat cooking people are? They make out that because…Thu, 04 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/03/cooking-yoga-and-what-not/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/03/cooking-yoga-and-what-not/Tonight is ze night of ze cooking, and for the next two weeks the style is French I think. Of course I'm trying to convince my girlfriend this means drinking…Wed, 03 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/02/the-crazy-madness-that-is-dell/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/02/the-crazy-madness-that-is-dell/Yesterday I was ordering some stuff off the Dell NZ website and was surprised to see a question about weapons of mass destruction. No I'm not joking, I wish I…Tue, 02 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/01/art-ambience-and-alcohol/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/03/01/art-ambience-and-alcohol/For some reason during my school days, Art classes and I never really got together. I’m not sure why really; I guess my older brother was always the arty one…Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/29/work-zzzzzz/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/29/work-zzzzzz/As well as working in/on efrisson.com I also have a job with my familys company in the mornings. OMG can it be boring, in fact its so boring its more like a…Sun, 29 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/28/new-stuff-i-want/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/28/new-stuff-i-want/Heres a list of stuff I plan on getting in the next 12 months: A wireless network – I’ve wanted one for ages and its about time I got one!!! A new graphics…Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/28/woohoo-for-2004/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/28/woohoo-for-2004/This year is gonna be a hella cool, I can feel it already! I'm meeting loads of new people (which is always good) via the Gym, Cooking Classes I’ve started…Sat, 28 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/27/mmm-weekends/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/27/mmm-weekends/Don't ya just love weekends? Today I managed to sleep in to 10am! Which I’m sure to some of you geek points to Aramis is actually quite early. Unfortunately…Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/27/my-blog-of-doom/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/27/my-blog-of-doom/WOOHOO bblog is all go 😄Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMThttps://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/27/new-logo-n-stuff/https://geekpulp.co.nz/2004/02/27/new-logo-n-stuff/I’m working on the logo for my blog… it’s looking ok but I'm not totally happy with it (and my girlfriend keeps telling me its total crap). Aramis If you want…Fri, 27 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT