Annoying KiwiSaver

Currently Im an IT student living in Palmerston North. Week or so ago I scored myself a great weekend salesperson job, today I had orientation and signed contracts etc. etc. It pissed me off that I had to first fill out the kiwisaver form and then straight after fill out another form to opt out of it. Not only did it waste my time and pen ink but it also wastes time and more importantly money, for someone else to actually process these forms. To be honest I dont really know much about kiwisaver and was wondering why its compulsory? Someone told me that its going to die soon anyway, is this true?

Any thoughts on kiwisaver??

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From the start of August, some new mobile number ranges will be bought into service in New Zealand:

0201 Orcon Mobile 0241-0244 and 0246-0249 NZ Communications 0280 Compass 02885 M2 & Black+White

Interesting stuff - the competition... (more in the full post)

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According to this article here, Google managed to snatch Microsoft's biggest customer away. The NSW Department of Education in Australia is going to provide Google e-mail accounts to up to 1.3 million users of its e-mail system, replacing the previou... (more in the full post)

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ok.. This is a follow up to my last blog entry.

I first bought the Sony CyberShot DSC-W110. I was told it had features that it didn't such as editing photos within the camera etc. so I took it back today and went up a level (or two) to the Cybershot DSC-W150. Also I was offered a slight discount as I was misinformed the first time, obviously I accepted. Thanks Harvey Norman!

One thing I did notice about the W150 (after only having it a short time) is that im able to put the memory stick straight into my laptop to retrieve photos. When I tried this with the W110 it said i would have to format the memory stick, maybe I did something wrong the first time, I dont know. 

I would really appreciate any comments on using this camera and making the most of its features.

Im not going to do an unboxing of this camera as it looks alot like the W110 and comes with the same accessories. But heres a photo of the camera.. from google.

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It took a while, but I'm finally at it - iPod touch 2.0 now jailbroken for me, using WinPwn.



You'll need:

• WinPwn (2.0.0.3 is what I used, since some bugs were apparently fixed)
• Your iPod 2.0 restore file (please note that it must be 5A347)
• iTunes 7.7
• Some patience

Step 1

Open up WinPwn.

Click "Browse .ipsw" and find your original iPod touch 2.0 restore file.

Step 2

Click "IPSW Builder"

You don't really have to do anything here, but you can select "Install Cydia" if you want it.

Step 3

Click "Build .ipsw", save to a location, and wait a while.

Step 4

Once the whole process is complete, click "iPwner" and click OK to the confirmation message.

Step 5

Open up iTunes, and put your iPod into DFU mode.

I tried to do this a few times, but having a counter on hand is best.

• Connect iPod to PC
• Turn off while connected to PC
• Press Sleep/Wake and Home buttons for exactly 10 seconds. Leave iPod connected.
• After the 10 seconds, release the Sleep/Wake button. Continue to hold the Home button. Leave iPod connected.
• Windows will now see the "new hardware", and iTunes will give a message that it has found an iPod in recovery mode.
• Click OK.

Step 6

In iTunes, hold Shift while pressing "Restore".

Find your custom restore file and Restore. And wait for an extremely long time.

Step 7

Afterwards, iTunes may prompt for a backup restore.

It worked for me, but I'm not 100% sure if this affects anything, but if you don't mind, you can set it up completely from scratch.

The restore took around 25 minutes. Maybe it's because of my apps, but expect to wait.


... and now you should have a jailbroken iPod touch with Software 2.0!


There was one problem - Cydia always hangs when downloading or installing software. A hard reset is required. (Hold Sleep/Wake and Home buttons until it shuts down, then start up normally)

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