by timhampton | Mar 1, 2016 | Reviews and Experiences
Recently, a pushy young man turned up at my door step offering a pretty good deal for fibre internet. He worked for Vodafone NZ. He would give 3 months free, on a one year contract, at $99 / month. My biggest concern was that I wanted our existing ADSL...
by timhampton | Jan 25, 2016 | NZ Outdoors, Reviews and Experiences
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing is a 19.4km (12.05 miles) day walk, located in the central North Island. Said to be one of New Zealands most popular day walks, it is a must do for New Zealanders and visitors alike. We did the walk in late Janruary, and it wasn’t...
by timhampton | Nov 5, 2015 | Cloud, Reviews and Experiences, Technology
SwipeHQ is a pretty cool NZ based (I think?) company which specialises in online/mobile payments for small businesses. They are part of a bigger company, which makes other products too (although some of these don’t work / have terrible websites / terrible...
by timhampton | Oct 22, 2015 | Reviews and Experiences, Thinking out loud, Web Development
I have been using Moodle as a student now for over 8 years – and really, I have reached some sad truths about it. Many people think Moodle is simply the best option for an LMS since so many people use it – but it still has some massive fundamental flaws...
by timhampton | Oct 6, 2015 | Reviews and Experiences, Technology, Thinking out loud
After my 3 month trial of Apple Music expired the other day, I have decided not to renew it. Simply put – I find the whole of Apple Music confusing to navigate. It really isn’t that user friendly. Back to Spotify free with annoying ads for...
by timhampton | Sep 21, 2015 | Domains, Reviews and Experiences, Technology, Web Development
Unfortunately one of the worst parts of my day is starting to be trying to deal with web hosting companies obtaining UDAI codes for .co.nz domain names. I honestly never thought that I would add Google to the list of horrible companies to try and get domain passwords...
