Apple and Microsoft have been hard at it preparing 'new' products but as usual the hype masks the truth. So I thought...

Apple's Campaign:
"Apple announces the World's thinnest notebook - MacBook Air. So called because after stripping out so much functionality that is all you are left with!"

Microsoft Campaign:
"Microsoft announces their rival software to Apple's iLife for their Vista OS. FirstAid Kit comes with BandAid, Antiseptic, Compression Bandage and Hospital Security." Isn't that what a Service Pack is anyway?

I got stopped on the street to sign a petition for the Wispa people - the ethical treatment of animals. I thought...

Is it actually ethical to purchase pet care products that have been tested on animals? Does a Rottweiler really care for dog deodorant or a tabby for tangle-free shampoo?

Another bonus idea to come out to commemorate the life of the great man was to rename Mt Ollivier as Mount Hillary. Started me thinking...

What ever you do don't get Bill Clinton to officiate. It would make for rather embarrassing headlines. Reminds me of a time when a workmate was going on an overland hike. We said "so you will be up at the crack of dawn then?" To which he replied "yes. My wife Dawn and I will be leaving early." whoops!

Sadly New Zealand's most famous personality has passed away aged 88. A fine example of how mankind, womankind and childrenkind should live. Talk has turned to how New Zealanders should commemorate the man and a public holiday (strangely enough!) has gathered most support. Got me thinking...

Fine have the holiday but to ensure we salute his greatest achievement why not make the holiday available only for people living above 27,000 feet?

Seeing footage of the writers picketing networks and studios I thought...

They really ARE on strike since none have bothered to pen any pithy rhymes or saying on their protest signs. Just mass produced dullness - not unlike most tv and films!

In solidarity with the US writers, I have no thoughts this month.

As with TV repeat programming because of the strike, I suggest you scroll through my previous entries...

Christmas - Tis the season to torture God's defenseless creatures! Take the iPond ipod speaker accessory. Comes complete with a Siamese fighting fish. Makes you think...

Is it cruel because:
1. the fish should be in a far bigger tank?
2. or it has to put up with your crap music taste
3. it's 7 second memory only lets it pick up on the first verse without ever getting to the chorus!

Bought me Dad the dvd collection of Dad's Army for Christmas. And seeing their old WW2 helmets got me thinking...

What a terrible design! OK so the Germans had a few years in advance to design and prototype a proper helmet design but people please...
It protects virtually nothing, it never fits properly ("one size does not fit all") and it is laughable on the head of an 'aggressive fighting machine'. It's a wonder the Nazis didn't lose the war by falling about laughing and surrendering at the same time!
Did someone just use the blueprints from the helmets of the English Civil War several centuries earlier?

Recent reports of links to processed meat with the rise in cancer incidents got me thinking.

The two items on the menu boards of your favourite fast food franchise would be : The Carbo Loader, a delicious flame-grilled slice of bread between two fresh buns along with a bottle of good old H2O.

And you can upsize to the whole loaf!

Oh, that's right. The rainforests are being depleted at a rate of knots. So you'll be out of a home. New thought...

"Buy a space capsule and then float your sad, zero-gravity life out of this world. But watch out for all the space junk - could be harmful to your health."