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I dont have a large budget and like to spread the bets around, so this is what I picked this morning at the TAB:

$5 on Tander/Davison on Pole
$5 on Muprh/Skaife on Pole

$5 on Lowndes/Whincup for the win
$5 on Murph/Skaife for the win
$5 on J Richards/McConville for the win

$5 on Johnson/Courtney to Place
$5 on Tander/Davison to Place
$5 on VanGiz/Davison to Place

Heres hoping for a payday, and a Kiwi win. I also realise that I picked more Holdens than Fords, but I believe this year, Holden have more hunger for the win and also picked cars that have speed or drivers that have talent and drivers that have a legacy.

Tonight I sat down thinking its been yonks since my last blog post, and I wish I had something to write about. I really do. So I thought instead of my usual tech babble, I would have a wee ramble on about what makes Auckland traffic as hideous as it is.

I love driving. I really love driving. But theres some people who shouldn’t have been allowed to purchase a vehicle, let alone drive one. Every day I see the same cardinal sins of commuting. These range from the minor (merging at the very, very, very end of the on ramp) to the very dangerous (using the hard shoulder as an extra lane to get past all the traffic to get to your offramp 3km away). Continue reading…

At present, I am on iPhone 60 with Vodafone. As the name implies. This costs me $60 per month incl the taxmans share. For this $60 I get 60 minutes, 200 txt msgs and 250mb of mobile data on their slow 3G network. At the time of writing, it will cost me $405 in early termination charges (ETC) to move to XT. I have $1100 or so credit on my Vodafone account. If I use this until it runs out, my ETC will reduce to a more reasonable $253. Continue reading…

I lie in that subject. I really do lie. But there’s a hint of truth in it too. How so you ask. Well. Here’s the deal. I have the XT prepay sim loaded up with credit and I’m ready to rock. Below what I’ve done so far with it:-

Test One – Speed Continue reading…

So my prepay Telecom XT sim card has arrived and I now have to update my iPhone to recognise all the APN data for XT as there’s nothing specific loaded onto the sim. There’s plenty of places you can find this information. But I’m not that technically minded, so I looked for another way to get the carrier settings for XT into my iPhone. Continue reading…