1 March, 2008 I read a news article in this morning’s newspaper regarding Meridian Energy’s (a power company) application for a variation of consent on their wind farm development at Makara, on Wellington’s south coast. Tucked in at the bottom was this tasty little nugget, regarding another possible wind farm development being discussed by Meridian and the local farmers (whose land it would be built on).
‘Ohariu Valley Preservation Society is being established to fight the Mill Creek proposal. Society member Margaret Niven said the project had divided the community.’ - Source
Posted in: Politics, Thoughts, Technology, Culture
26 December, 2007 I suppose some people might imagine that with all the techno gadgetry I have a way of accumulating, and my love affair with nigh on anything computer based, that I would have a portable media player. Alas, for the past several years my nearest claim to such fame is that my CD player is also MP3 and Atrac format capable. Not exactly up with the times, is it?
So how have I joined the 21st Century? Well, today I bustled on down to the Boxing Day sale bonanza (as much for the potential savings as the sight of the entire population descending on a small number of carparks) and picked up an iPod Classic 80 gig. Quite cool really, plays video and can store photos too, which was all the craze a generation or two back. Plus it cost me a similar amount to what my sister paid for a 30 gig years ago (ha!). So now I've got Amarok all set-up to sync with it, and I have shifted 125 CDs of listening pleasure onto it, plus some podcasts. Welcome to the 21st Century, Ashley.
Posted in: Personal, Technology
