Today in NZ history- 10/07/1967 - New Zealand adopts decimal currencyPounds, shillings and pence were replaced by dollars and cents − 27 million new banknotes and 165 million new coins.
- 10/07/1985 - Rainbow Warrior sunk in AucklandA crew member died when French secret agents mined the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior in Waitematā Harbour, Auckland.
- 11/07/1877 - First woman graduates from a New Zealand university Kate Edger became the first woman in New Zealand to gain a university degree and the first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts (BA).
- 11/07/1983 - Lorraine Downes crowned Miss UniverseLorraine Downes became a household name overnight and spent the next 12 months travelling the world accompanied by a chaperone, carrying out the duties of Miss Universe
- 10/07/1967 - New Zealand adopts decimal currency
Tag Archives: iPad
Sometimes Apple drives me up the wall
I love my iPad but sometimes I despair of it – and Apple. I have a particular spreadsheet file I use daily that I store in my marvellous Dropbox folder. That sends my file to the computing cloud, so I … Continue reading
A convert to the Kindle eReader
I’m a convert to the Kindle eReader. But I’m not a convert from ink and paper. No, I converted from the iPad, much touted by Apple as giving the ultimate ereading experience. For about a year, nearly all my personal … Continue reading
Posted in ebooks, iBooks, iPad, Kindle, Tablets
Tagged convert from ipad to kindle, iBooks, iPad, kindle. ebook
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eBooks and the iPad – implications for publishers
There’s much talk overseas about the new Apple iPad taking over from established e-readers like the Amazon Kindle, and finally persuading the masses to read books on an electronic tablet instead of paper. This may or may not be correct, … Continue reading
Posted in Computers, e-publishing, iPad, publishing, Tablets
Tagged e-book, e-publishing, iBooks, iPad
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This decade’s epochal event?
The epochal event of the decade happened last weekend. That’s right – the iPad tablet computer emerged from Steve Jobs’s reality distortion field. Correction: the iPad is still in that field, so is Jobs and so are gadget freaks the … Continue reading
Posted in 50s nostalgia, Computers, Gadgets, Scrabble, Tablets
Tagged geeks, iPad, Scrabble
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