Posts by TracyMac
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When I saw the ridiculous figure quoted for IT costs, I wondered if SAP was involved.
Yet another example of useful bespoke software that would probably just do with some freshening up and modernisation chucked out in favour of a monolithic PoS that needs hefty and expensive customisation by expensive and rare (at least the competent ones are rare) consultants.
I have yet to see a SAP project delivered without the cost increasing by a factor of 10. I have yet to see a SAP project realise all of its supposed benefits.
Interesting reading recently was the in-depth investigation into the failure of Target in Canada. In no small part due to their throwing out the custom stock control system (still) used by Target US, and replaced with a SAP system implemented by Accenture. A stock control system that didn't even validate the length of a barcode number to have some kind of error-checking.
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I'm in the "I won't vote for clipart" group.
But as for those here saying petulantly that they won't vote for anything Key endorses, grow up. Fair enough if you were against the whole process and the lack of proper consultation. But if that wasn't a concern, even if Key endorsed the "best ever design", you still wouldn't? Come on. I detest his politics and constant mendacity, but in general we get things done better by basic cooperation rather than a constantly adversarial attitude - especially when you fundamentally agree on the result you want.
I have to concede there isn't much this govt comes up with where I would fundamentally agree on its goals, though.
As for becoming a republic, there's nothing about that that means we need to change our flag. Of course, most countries in that position have done so, to get rid of colonial relics. I can't imagine Canada changing theirs if they went the republic route, though.
Finally, can I mention how offensive I found the sight of the unendorsed Lockwood Logo the other day, flying from the Auckland Harbour Bridge instead of the Tino Rangatiratanga flag? I mean, genuinely offensive. If they were going to take something down, the old relic should have been removed instead.
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Downtown has the ferry terminal and Ramen Daikoku. And that's pretty much it.
I was actually glad I was in England when Brazil closed. Such a loss.
K Rd has been an important part of my life, as a schoolgirl wagging double-English, fulminating with young feminist ire at the strip clubs, attending a strip club, buying lunch and fruit from Norman Ng's for my workplace down Pitt St, going to Staircase regularly when it migrated from downtown, working behind the bar at Lasso, the women's-only night and welcoming in the trans and working girls, getting completely obliterated one Sunday evening at Guadalupe (one of the few places at the time serving cocktails on a Sunday), eating at Ken's Yakitori and the burger place next door...
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Hard News: Friday Music: Jean's Laneway, in reply to Mike O'Connell,
I keep banging on about this, but yeah, I do mind if a lead act can't be arsed getting on the stage till after midnight. Obviously not for a multi-artist event, but if it's not kicked off by 11, meh. I don't count limp warm-up acts either.
It's not just a function of my age. I was working full time in my late teens, and I was knackered by the end of the week. I used to really get the shits with the uni-student or marginally-employed types who seemed to assume we could all start partying in the wee hours. This is why good pub gigs were better to attend. (And yes, when I went night-clubbing, I'd arrive around 10 - had to get the energy going!)
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If we want to stay away from national partisanship in local body elections, I think an MMP-syle system would be a backward step. Perhaps less backward than the current situation, but STV works fine in terms of proportionality.
Speaking of the Australian mess, I can think of no reason why the states persist as separate entities. They made sense during the settler period, but now it's just another layer of bun-fights. If the UK can manage with local councils and national govt with 3 times the population, I don't see why Australia can't.
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Hard News: Footpaths, not manifest destiny, in reply to Russell Brown,
Doug Myers ... declared that libraries were not a public good because it was no use to him if a poor person could read books
Yes, I recall that. And now I earn 6 figures, as a previously poor person who relied on public libraries at the time, I still revel in the fact that my paltry spending power since has never knowingly gone to any of his enterprises. (Probably indirectly via tax handouts, alas.)
I don't think of myself as someone who typically holds grudges, but yep, that one got to me.
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Mariah Carey and caterwauling - such an appropriate juxtaposition. She's alright when she's not doing the really annoying vocal acrobatics, but I don't think she's managed an entire song without them.
I vote for Boney M as well. Disco and Christmas go campily-well together.
As for a "vinyl-only mix" promoted via digital means, I'm afraid my eyes rolled a teeny bit. I am contemplating buying a turntable, but mainly to play my remaining few vinyl records - Joan Armatrading's Whatever's For Us, the White Album, and Split Enz being highlights. Can't see the point of vinyl only these days.
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Thank you too, RB
That's a damn shame about Amplifier, because I thought the way they sold music was great. High bitrates right from the start, simple downloads that didn't lock you into proprietary music players, and a good sampling scheme. I haven't been there for a while, because I loaded up on CDs last time I was in NZ. I'll have to get there in the next few days and plug some of my music library gaps.
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With the trolleys, what is it about dumping them into creeks? When we moved to GI 30-umph years ago, they were quite the local decor.
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Damn, I would have been in with a prize, if I'd remembered to vote from my PC. The voting form didn't work for me on mobile. Next year is another year!