Dave Lane

Noble vs Ignoble dave Thu, 30 Jul 2026 - 08:07 I consider myself a committed political progressive - apparently somewhat unusually and unexpected from someone in my demographic.

Politics of change dave Thu, 30 Jul 2026 - 07:56 I can't help feeling that we're missing a key movement in our society today.

Thoughts on Sam Neill dave Thu, 16 Jul 2026 - 08:01 I was deeply saddened by the departure of Sam Neill.

Eulogy for a garden matriarch Image Image dave Tue, 30 Sep 2025 - 04:28 This is a celebration of a life and an acknowledgement of shame and dismay.

I live in Aotearoa dave Thu, 18 Sep 2025 - 19:36 I've been looking for the opportunity to write something like this for a long time...

Why is mainstream social media so damn 'user friendly'?

Just a thought: Fediverse is different dave Mon, 4 Aug 2025 - 11:53 Originally written on 20250228 Unlike the mainstream social media, the Fediverse - and its array of ActivityPub-supporting web services - doesn't care if you're there.

Windows broken by design dave Mon, 4 Aug 2025 - 11:53 Flashback: I remember standing in the pick-up department of a hardware vendor I used to frequent back when my business did a lot of system integration (helping Windows-dependent businesses take advanta…

Computer Operating System Analogy dave Fri, 1 Aug 2025 - 15:41 Roughly six years ago (2019?)

Online voting continues to be a very bad idea in 2025 and beyond dave Tue, 14 Jan 2025 - 17:14 I have long been vocal in my opposition to online voting since 2013, when the spectre was first raised by our local government agency, LGNZ, in 2013.