Today in NZ history- 23/05/1861 - First major gold rush in OtagoGabriel Read gained fame and fortune when he found gold near the Tuapeka River, a tributary of the Clutha River in Otago.
- 23/05/1966 - Coronation of first Māori QueenPrincess Piki, the daughter of King Koroki, was selected as the sixth Maori monarch − and first Queen − during her father's tangi, in accordance with Kingitanga protocol. She assumed her mother’s name, Te Atairangikaahu.
- 23/05/1966 - Coronation of first Māori QueenPrincess Piki, the daughter of King Koroki, was selected as the sixth Maori monarch − and first Queen − during her father's tangi, in accordance with Kingitanga protocol. She assumed her mother’s name, Te Atairangikaahu.
- 24/05/1854 - Parliament's first sitting in AucklandIt started with a bang – 21 in fact, fired from the guns at Auckland’s Fort Britomart. Once the smoke cleared, New Zealand’s first Parliament was in business.
- 23/05/1861 - First major gold rush in Otago
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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
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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
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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
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Martinborough Musings 