Chris Keall
@chriskeall.bsky.social
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Scrubbed due to weather - and unfortunately was the last day before an FAA iban on commercial spacecraft launches between 6am and 10pm, tied to the ongoing US govt shutdown
They said the chances of anything going from Mt Wellington to Mars were a million-to-one ... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/wat...
Watch: Rocket Lab spacecraft begin their journey to Mars
From Mt Wellington to the Red Planet via Lagrange Point.
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November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Scrubbed due to weather - and unfortunately was the last day before an FAA iban on commercial spacecraft launches between 6am and 10pm, tied to the ongoing US govt shutdown
They said the chances of anything going from Mt Wellington to Mars were a million-to-one ... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/wat...
Watch: Rocket Lab spacecraft begin their journey to Mars
From Mt Wellington to the Red Planet via Lagrange Point.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
They said the chances of anything going from Mt Wellington to Mars were a million-to-one ... www.nzherald.co.nz/business/wat...
After three days of blunders, Microsoft finally delivers on 365 refund - but some of the fineprint still annoys readers www.nzherald.co.nz/business/aft...
After three days of blunders, Microsoft delivers on 365 refund, but fineprint annoys
Tech giant still faces legal action over controversial Copilot offer.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
After three days of blunders, Microsoft finally delivers on 365 refund - but some of the fineprint still annoys readers www.nzherald.co.nz/business/aft...
The CEO of one of our telcos told me they hate a huge Lotto jackpot. Lots of people skimp on their pre-pay topup
(Also: Have these people never heard of the internet?)
(Also: Have these people never heard of the internet?)
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The CEO of one of our telcos told me they hate a huge Lotto jackpot. Lots of people skimp on their pre-pay topup
(Also: Have these people never heard of the internet?)
(Also: Have these people never heard of the internet?)
Spark AGM after-match 5/5
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Spark AGM after-match 5/5
Don't want to keep banging on about this one, but as a 365 Family subscriber, I got the "corrected" version of the email at 11.57pm. Tried it this morning and the refund link still generated an error message. Various readers have said it sent them to the Aussie billing site. Various other issues too
‘1140th in the queue’ - Customers trying to claim Microsoft 365 refund face billing foul-up, chat support meltdown, regulator still pushing for $59m penalty
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‘1140th in the queue’ - Customers trying to claim Microsoft 365 refund face billing foul-up, chat support meltdown
Refund also fails to head-off regulator's push for $59m penalty.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Don't want to keep banging on about this one, but as a 365 Family subscriber, I got the "corrected" version of the email at 11.57pm. Tried it this morning and the refund link still generated an error message. Various readers have said it sent them to the Aussie billing site. Various other issues too
When you think the cloud looks low because of the horizon but then: Sky Tower
November 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
When you think the cloud looks low because of the horizon but then: Sky Tower
‘1140th in the queue’ - Customers trying to claim Microsoft 365 refund face billing foul-up, chat support meltdown, regulator still pushing for $59m penalty
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mic...
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mic...
‘1140th in the queue’ - Customers trying to claim Microsoft 365 refund face billing foul-up, chat support meltdown
Refund also fails to head-off regulator's push for $59m penalty.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
‘1140th in the queue’ - Customers trying to claim Microsoft 365 refund face billing foul-up, chat support meltdown, regulator still pushing for $59m penalty
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mic...
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mic...
Multiple readers are saying the refund link does not work. Hopefully Microsoft can address this quickly www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mic...
'We fell short of our standards' – Microsoft offers software refund
The offer to NZ, Australian customers follows a regulator's legal move across the Tasman.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Multiple readers are saying the refund link does not work. Hopefully Microsoft can address this quickly www.nzherald.co.nz/business/mic...
Tipping point: 8 pickleball courts, 7 tennis courts
November 2, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Tipping point: 8 pickleball courts, 7 tennis courts
Anyone see if I got the OneNews job?
November 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Anyone see if I got the OneNews job?
“four and a half full stadiums of Eden Park” www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“four and a half full stadiums of Eden Park” www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/...
the so-called McGlashan Point
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
the so-called McGlashan Point
What the Sam Hill? Try: "Don will discuss how his life and musical career has been shaped by Dominion Rd"
October 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
What the Sam Hill? Try: "Don will discuss how his life and musical career has been shaped by Dominion Rd"
The solo writing credit on One Battle After Another should have been "Written by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on Vineland by Thomas Pynchon". It wasn't that divorced the novel. All the main characters and the plot are the same, just shifted from 60s radical hunted in the 80s to 2000s > Trumpland
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM
The solo writing credit on One Battle After Another should have been "Written by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on Vineland by Thomas Pynchon". It wasn't that divorced the novel. All the main characters and the plot are the same, just shifted from 60s radical hunted in the 80s to 2000s > Trumpland
Can't beat it on a good day
Today is not a good day
(Photo: Mark Mitchell)
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Today is not a good day
(Photo: Mark Mitchell)
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October 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Can't beat it on a good day
Today is not a good day
(Photo: Mark Mitchell)
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/metservic...
Today is not a good day
(Photo: Mark Mitchell)
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/metservic...
Blackberry!
"Six minutes later, NZ’s top trade diplomat, Vangelis Vitalis, fired off a Blackberry email marked: 'URGENT: US: Tariffs on NZ up to 15 per cent but others will stay on 10 per cent'."
#Blackberry #MOTAT
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"Six minutes later, NZ’s top trade diplomat, Vangelis Vitalis, fired off a Blackberry email marked: 'URGENT: US: Tariffs on NZ up to 15 per cent but others will stay on 10 per cent'."
#Blackberry #MOTAT
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/inside-nz...
Inside NZ's 'hectic day' after Donald Trump's tariff shock
Official documents show the alarm raised in the hours after the US president's bombshell.
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October 17, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Blackberry!
"Six minutes later, NZ’s top trade diplomat, Vangelis Vitalis, fired off a Blackberry email marked: 'URGENT: US: Tariffs on NZ up to 15 per cent but others will stay on 10 per cent'."
#Blackberry #MOTAT
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/inside-nz...
"Six minutes later, NZ’s top trade diplomat, Vangelis Vitalis, fired off a Blackberry email marked: 'URGENT: US: Tariffs on NZ up to 15 per cent but others will stay on 10 per cent'."
#Blackberry #MOTAT
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/inside-nz...
Are we even a real country anymore?
Vulgar graffiti on the northwestern cycle path, yet more evidence this city has descended into lawlessness
October 16, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Are we even a real country anymore?
