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The fun and joy of self hosting blogs…
This blog, and all the others I have started on WordPress, have now moved to a hosting platform, a Godaddy economy Linux package with 100 GB of disk space. It has various resource limitations, but it will fit the bill, especially with an introductory package price of $20.50 for the first year. The domain cost…
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Hello nztechonverse.converser.nz
Welcome to a new month and and the new nztechonverse.converser.nz, which is the self-hosted replacement for nztechonverse.wordpress.com. It is part of the newly established converser.nz group of blogs, which are in the process of being migrated to the new web site converser.nz. Setting up this site has been a time consuming process over several days…
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Quick Reflection
Why does this blog exist? What is it for? When this blog was set up it was suggested the blog wouldn’t write about many things. Having launched it, that has been the case. Only a few posts have been made to date. Author/s behind this blog are deeply compassionate and deeply moved by social injustice…
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PineTab, PinePhone, PineBook
Pine is a platform of multiple low cost devices, starting with a range of single board computers (things the size and functional level of a Raspberry Pi and in a similar sub-$100 price bracket), which has extended into a laptop, phone and tablet in the last couple of years. The distinguishing factor in the case…
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6th Labour Government led by another “smile and wave” politician of no substance.
This blog has previously focused on concerns about Labour’s health policy with particular relevance to the Canterbury District Health Board leadership crisis. This was the subject of a series of blog posts in the last few weeks. The hallmark of the John Key led National government was that Key was perceived to be a “front…
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Rsync Backup System [7]: Current System
So it has proved desirable to return to making backups from a remote server connected over a network. This is currently a separate computer in our setup of computers, but we plan to integrate it into one of the existing computers (the one that is used mainly to play media) since we have determined the…
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Canon David Morrell: “The Government must move decisively, and not by handing the problem to the Ministry of Health – it would appear far too likely to have created it.”
Canon David Morrell is a former Christchurch City Missioner and a Canon of the Anglican Diocese of Christchurch. He was an elected member of the Canterbury District Health Board from its inception in 2001 until last year’s CDHB elections – sitting for a total of 18 years. His commentary on the Health Board issues appears…
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Waiting On The NZ Government In CDHB Debacle
In the last few days the NZ Government has taken steps to meet with the CDHB Board and protesting health staff to discuss their concerns, alongside the first steps to implement staff and resourcing cuts in the Board’s operations following Board approval of a $56.5 million cut in expenditure this week. Some Board members and…
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Does The Government Have Any Major Health Policy At All?
Labour is campaigning to be re-elected in a few weeks, and has ruffled a lot of feathers by declining to issue any policy manifestos, saying they are “too busy” with the Covid-19 crisis. The real question, however, is whether Labour has any major policy in a number of areas, including health. During the 2017 election,…
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Can The Covid Card Really Work?
In these Covid-19 pandemic days in NZ and worldwide, the powers that be have had to come up with effective ways to be able to trace infected people’s personal contacts lest they also turn out to be infected with the virus. It is entirely natural that some sort of technological solution should be sought, and…
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