I was present at Parliament grounds today to protest against the proposed ACC levy hikes which would see the cost of owning my motorcycle jump by almost $500 per year. The atmosphere was incredible - I saw and heard no trouble at all from anyone there, despite the crowd being shoulder-to-shoulder throughout the grounds. I was in the centre very near the front, and on either side of me the crowd was a sea of leather. The speakers were all received well until the Minister for ACC, Nick Smith made his speech at the very end.
The organisation of the event was superb, and kudo goes to Brent Hutchison (aka StoneY), BRONZ, the Police and the many others who helped make it a success.
There was some excellent television coverage, including a handsome and well spoken chap who appears at about the 1:50 mark in the TV3 coverage video here.

Actor Edward Woodward, or Ewar Woowar to those unable to pronounce the letter "D", is reported to have died at age 79. I remember him as Robert McCall from The Equalizer".

To improve road safety in New Zealand it is now illegal to use a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving. This should reduce the rate of accidents due to distraction considerably, though the rate of accidents due to not being able to see through the fraking window might increase if this photo is anything to go by.

Found here.

Labour MP Trevor Mallard asked in Parliament whether the ad had been arranged before or after Mr English had used a seven-letter word beginning with f, followed by a four-letter word beginning with c, when talking to the person in charge of editorial policy for TVNZ.

-- http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3005275/English-no-influence-over-controversial-TV-ad
'nuff said

Hardware and PC mod site bit-tech have published an article discussing the evolution of modern computer gaming, from Wolfenstein 3D onwards.