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Jack Yan on Vox
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Personal addenda from Jack Yan, supplementing his work blog, with posts on humour, politics, the media, cars and anything else that might be of interest.
Recent Posts
Are some sites being blocked by Kiwi ISPs?
Folks, I have a theory. After asking on Twitter, and using two different ISPs in two different cities, and trialling different browsers, I have found that in New Zealand, I (and one other Twitter friend) cannot reach our Autocade site without t......
Vox’s YouTube conduit down?
While I can now compose on Vox (not, incidentally, something I could consistently do from Christchurch, either, so we can now conclude the problems were not ISP-specific), is anyone else having problems with the YouTube conduit? I know at least on......
Selling Cobra 11 in English
Action Concept, the crowd that makes Alarm für Cobra 11: die Autobahnpolizei, has an English trailer for the show on its site. I am surprised no English channel has ever picked up the long-running series. Sure, it’s devoid of real...
Confusing categories at record stores
Ever wandered into a music or video store here and there are sections marked ‘A–Z’, ‘New Zealand’ and ‘Foreign’? The biggest section is the first one, and often we have the smallest section. Think about it though: shouldn’t ever...
The blue hand
Who knew that there would be an Already Ghosts group right here in Wellington?! And, sure enough, I found these near the Overseas’ Terminal: Read and post comments | Send to a friend ...
Not bad for ten bucks
I managed to get NZ$20 credit thanks to the Real Groovy loyalty card, meaning that I paid a grand total of NZ$10 for these two purchases today: I already had the first Casino Royale set, but it lacks a director’s commentary...
