Told You So

I feel vindicated this morning. If you ignore the fact that I said on the radio last week that we should never accuse anyone of being a drugs cheat without clear evidence, then I have been remarkably consistent in my claims that Nadzeya Ostapchuk is a drugs cheat.

The Rockets Are Primed

All this seismic activity reminds me for no particular reason that all the worst and most despicable super-villains live underneath volcanoes. If I were a megalomaniac with delusions of grandeur, who just happened to have a team of rocket scientists working for me, I wouldn’t be able to go past White Island. The place looks…

We Need To Get Past This, Martyn

Have you ever been involved one of those endless disputes on the internet that you just can’t seem to escape? It’s like one of those schoolyard fights where the first person to walk away and say they’ve had enough is labelled a coward and loser by the other, even if the reason why you want…

John’s Lifestyle Choice

I see that Mr Key has been complaining to anyone who will listen about how hard done by he is, and that nobody understands any more. Well let me remind you, John Key, that you didn’t become Prime Minister by accident. You made a lifestyle choice and now you have to live with it, and if you don’t…

A Career Change

Some of you who follow me on Twitter will be aware I am pursuing a change of career. In short, I have just left my old comfortable legal job in a largish firm. I didn’t tell my colleagues the truth about what I am planning to do, because I didn’t want to be the target of…

Apple’s New iMayor Gets Mixed Reviews

There was both excitement and disappointment in the technology world, as Apple yesterday unveiled the new iMayor. The release of any Apple product is always a major event, but initial feedback following the launch of the new iMayor has been mixed. The iMayor includes a number of different features to the last version, which was…