A little over 25 years ago – well exactly at 11:44am on September 19th 1982 actually, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University – Scott E. Fahlman, says he was the first to use a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis as a smiley face in a computer message posted on an online e-bulletin [...]
Congratulations to our regions new and returned local body decision makers and commiserations to those did not make it. There is no point in reinventing the wheel – please view Nelson City election results here and Tasman District Council election results here
Friday 12th October is the nationwide Pink Ribbon Street Appeal organised by The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation. Please give generously. You can also donate by going to their website
Tags: breast cancer foundation, cancer, pink ribbon day
Books are the most common product bought over the net and account for over 50% of one purchases. Visa International are saying that 25% of Kiwis are purchasing more on-line as a result of the strength of the Kiwi dollar. More details here and here
Over the past few days, spam being sent to our email servers have increase almost 50%. So there maybe a slight increase in spam getting through to your mail box than normal, as our anti spam software learns how they are being send. We see the odd spike increase in spam every now and again. [...]
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