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Aotearoa government IT concerns
Submitted by dave on Mon 18 Sep 2023 - 9:41The following is a list of articles (in roughly reverse date order, most recent at the top) from (primarily) the Aoteoroa New Zealand media concerning public service IT, whether it be in government
Why the covered CBD Stadium is a horrible idea for Christchurch
Submitted by dave on Fri 23 Sep 2022 - 21:02I think this stadium conceptĀ - a large, covered, 25-30k seat stadium, within the Central Business District (CBD) is a travesty, and a failure of leadership and good sense.
Are we worthy?
Submitted by dave on Tue 5 Apr 2022 - 10:15Today, waiting to meet a young friend to cycle to school with my younger boy and me, we watched the morning rush hour traffic on a fairly busy road between us and school.
Fixing the 'trying to overwrite' error when updating a GNU/Linux system via apt/apt-get
Submitted by dave on Tue 16 Nov 2021 - 14:21I recently ran into an issue upgrading a Ubuntu 18.04-powered server I run. I usually run the following command:
Suggestions for Aotearoa New Zealand's Digital Strategy
Submitted by dave on Sun 10 Oct 2021 - 20:15The government of Aotearoa New Zealand has just put out a request for suggstions on shaping th
Explainer: Digitech risks for School Boards
Submitted by dave on Sun 13 Jun 2021 - 20:59I'm a parent with two children in public schools in Christchurch, NZ. I'm also a software developer with an interest in education.
Further to open communities using closed tools
Submitted by dave on Fri 14 May 2021 - 10:58So, another community with which I have a long history as a paying member, this one with the mission of "preserving the free and open Internet" in my home country, has decided to adopt Slack as it'
22 Feb 2011 Canterbury Quake story
Submitted by dave on Sun 28 Feb 2021 - 11:23Ten years after the fact, I decided it was time to write down my experience of the big quake that hit Christchurch city and the broader Canterbury region at 12:51 pm on 22 February 2011.
The current (digital) Dark Age
Submitted by dave on Wed 10 Feb 2021 - 22:57Over the past few years, it's gradually occurred to me that we're in the midst of a new Dark Age.