February 29th Holiday - I have been vindicated!

Just the other day I wrote that February the 29th should be a public holiday for salaried workers - I felt I made a reasoned argument, but tonight I was totally justified when TV3 news did the exact same story.

The Leap Year Public Holiday Conundrum

This year is a leap year, which means that there are 29 days in February (if you needed to read that to know that I am not sure what to tell you – the rest of this might totally blow your mind). But, while speaking to someone at work today it dawned on me that I am now working an extra day this month, and overall this year, and I am being paid no differently than I was last year.

Now, I guess the following doesn't apply to waged staff, and maybe not even salaried staff who began their working life on a leap year, but for everyone else I think we should be given a day off on the 29th of February.

The Internet in New Zealand - Stephen Fry is right!

I appreciate Stephen Fry.

As an author, actor, and general smart-sounding-chap I think he is alright. This opinion was further solidified when yesterday he had a go at the sorry state of the Internet in New Zealand.

This is something I was planning on writing about in more detail in the future, but I couldn't miss this opportunity to have my opinion also backed by someone who is actually famous (although doesn't have any particular high ranking authority to make sweeping statements about the Internet).

So, here goes...

Ads on Blu Ray

Before Christmas I brought myself a present - I purchased all (at the time) four seasons of Mad Men on Blu Ray from Amazon.

Super Bowl XLVI

I did plan on posting a write up of the Super Bowl, but as I began watching the game I heard the following:

This telecast is copyrighted by the NFL for the private use of our audience [and] any other use of this telecast or [of] any pictures, descriptions or accounts of the game without the NFL's consent is prohibited

Media questions answered?

While busy to finish a number of things (like work) this week I found myself scanning headlines in online news sites looking for headlines that were questions.