We're helping build it, but are happy to help (relatively) wealthy urbanites who have a need too. Although while we play with a lot of mesh and other wifi here, I'd…

I have a cassette of the 1983 Hillsborough Tavern show.........it's with me here in the UK...I will send it to you if you can get it put on a CD and do a copy for me also......I will check the quality....have not played it for 20-plus years.....

I caught him here in Glasgow just 8 months ago, a few weeks before my trip to NZ, and it was the first time I had seen him for 20 years.

He played to a half-full ABC (former cinema) on…

*lodges cotton wool in cheek*

"Now maybe you can do me a favour"

The school I work at has entered and has made the final five of a competition to create and…

Is it so hard to just Google up Jimmy Dean Sausage?

Not particularly, but it was more of an exclamation than a genuine question.

That was a great story Stephen, although I kind of wonder at why she was revealed so openly. I assume names / identifying data have been changed but still.

Never mind that, what the hell is 'Jimmy Dean Sausage'???

Somehow I think being on a wifi network would be the very last thing a serious terrorist would want to do. Especially not out in the bush when you're trying to keep radio silence.

The WiFi protocol would be quite hard to do direction finding on, I think, certainly compared…

OTOH, all those immigrants and bludgers over in Mt Albert have a much shorter copper run than us. Bloody socialism

Oye! – I'll cop to the immigrant part :)

I don't reckon. Yes, you hear some whack views online now. But the only difference between now and the…

Connecting people and giving them the opportunity to share and reinforce some very weird views to the point where they may act on them whereas in the past they might not.

Damn, he's onto us. Quick, close down the Te Qaeda facebook group and listed events!

But is it a good idea that cheap, fast net access is only available for (relatively) wealthy urbanites in smart inner suburbs.

Hey I've got your number pal — ya damn lousy commie! If you think us taxpayers are going to pay for those dole bludging terrorists in Tuhoe to…

His autobiography What's Welsh For Zen? is one of the best-ever rock books; he takes a real warts 'n' all look at his life…

Not long before I left NZ I heard about C1, the CCL/private sector cable network, which must be operational by now.…

It would be good if it was even available there.

A joke but is there something in this?

Somehow I think being on a wifi network would be…

If you think us taxpayers are going to pay for those dole bludging terrorists in Tuhoe to get a wireless network so they can hook up with Al Qaeda ...

A joke but is there something in this? There's always been crazy people at both ends of the polical spectrum…

I can see such a network working well here in Point Chevalier: a contained, increasingly gentrified suburb

But is it a good idea that cheap, fast net access is only available for (relatively) wealthy urbanites in smart inner suburbs.

Call me paranoid, but what is the law enforcement situation with opening up ones WAP and ISP account to all?

That's not really how it would work. It wouldn't be your own ISP account being pillaged, but a matter of data being delivered from the edge of the network. Your…

Given the two major local telcos and their ISPs have been working to knobble peering exchanges, I really can't see them emulating their European peers.

Which is where we might look for Mr Cunliffe to deliver on the rock-star image he earned himself at Foo Camp this year when he…

The attraction for the telcos is in only having to deliver to a single point of entry for the network. In Europe, they compete quite strongly to deliver service.

Given the two major local telcos and their ISPs have been working to knobble peering exchanges, I really can't see them…

my vomit has so often had alcohol

"Its not the drinking, its how we're drinking."

There's mega advantages to it. Local file sharing, offsite backups, local cache generally.

Oh God. Imagine offsite backup at 54Mbps. That would be very handy.

And file-sharing — ironically, the person who told me about the Pt Chev internet consumer rebellion is the local boss of one of the major…

I'm sure these problems are soluble, but ultimately the actual organization will not be an amateur affair. Whoever sets up the connection to the net must be a pro, and there will be tech support, you can take that as guaranteed.

All good points. I've emailed Julian to see if…

That's in Europe, Rus, where they have this bizarre thing known as, well, competition. It's a bit of a strange concept in this neck of the woods.

Fer sure. That's where public and community fibre would come in handy. It's not about getting it to everyone's doorstep, just to every…

There was a brew I had the misfortune to secure as a sponsorship product in the early naughties, that had (to the best of my recollection) Tequila and Guarana, went by the name of Mez and ... you guessed it... tatsed like vomit..... Didn't stop the crew…

The attraction for the telcos is in only having to deliver to a single point of entry for the network. In Europe, they compete quite strongly to deliver service.

That's in Europe, Rus, where they have this bizarre thing known as, well, competition. It's a bit of a…

There's mega advantages to it. Local file sharing, offsite backups, local cache generally.

__You're not talking about you, as…

If he smiles once during the show that'll be more often than Lou Reed did when I saw him :)

Dude, he's blowing kisses this year ...

My WiFi router's SID is my street address

Same here. And same here.

Mesh doesn't need an Internet link in the first instance – it can simply grow up for gamers. I think there's certainly going to be gentle growth in terms of P2P and VOIP as kids realise what…

Not a standard gig though, it was him and a DJ and they were joined by a woman singer at the end for a song cycle about spies in WWII (or something). He played a…

How I fucking hate it when my DSL connection goes slower than England v South Africa, or just bloody crashes and burns altogether

It sounds like things here in Mt Eden are moderately better. I'm on holiday this week and I'm shocked at the novelty of having reasonably speedy DSL…

The idea's been around for ages. I can see why it hasn't taken off here. I, for instance don't live within cooee of anyone else with a wireless router. If I wanted to be part of such a network, I…

Don't hold your breath over the John Cale concert – I was sorely disappointed in his 2002 concert at London's Festival Hall.

The reviews have been great this year — see here.