Happy Birthday Amy

One year old today!

Boy how time flies. This time last year we had our little girl at home after an exceptionally good delivery in the wee hours of the morning, with just 4 hours or so in hospital. Since then she’s delighted us as she’s grown up into a cute little girl who will soon be running around after her cheeky brother.

For a look back on the past year in photos, check out Amy’s Introductions, 3 Months, 6 Months and 9 Months albums.

Tech Support Cheat Sheet

Damn, our secret has been exposed!

via xkcd

Origin of new Telecom logo revealed!

My Firefox Add-ons

A sneak peek at the add-ons I use in my default Firefox setup at home,

I also run another profile for website management that uses a slightly different set. Combined, you can find all my fav add-ons in my Add-ons Collection over at mozilla.org.

Google Transit comes to Wellington

In a New Zealand first, Wellington’s public transport info is now available in Google Maps letting you plan trips via bus and train with Google’s Transit service. To test it out, I gave it a simple trip from home to Molly Malones on Courtenay Place and it presented an interesting solution first up,

The recommendation (to get me to town at the earliest time possible) was to take a bus the couple of hundred metres to the end of the street, walk down to the airport, then jump on the Airport Flyer to town. The second option was to wait 20 minutes and get a direct bus to town arriving 15 minutes after the first option. Think I’ll stick to number 2!

This type of public transport trip planning was already available in Wellington via the metlink website, but Google’s implementation is far superior in that you can enter business and place names, not just streets or addresses as with the metlink journey planner.

The real benefit however, is likely to be for Google Maps users on mobile phones. Google’s services work particularly well on cellphones (esp “smart” phones) and this will be a boon for anyone out and about in town (even those enjoying a beer at Molly’s) wondering about public transport options…

So props to Greater Wellington and Google for further improving an already useful service!

Damn squirrel

Just when you thought you were getting a nice holiday snap, this little critter jumps into the photo and steals the limelight,

lol

Dubbed “Crasher Squirrel”, the little guy popped up into the photo of a couple of tourists in Canada and he’s now the latest viral fad on the internet, appearing in dozens of places!