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The newspaper paragraph that slayed me lately was the one in which writer and satirist P J O'Rourke admitted to not being able to "work a computer".

Courtesy of Lindsey Dawson. Oh, such care people are taking not to offend. So fragile have ...

I've always had a short attention span, which is probably what led me to be reading an article on the internet about a study into whether or not instant messaging contributes to task interruption. They may well have discovered that there are countless peo

Let me tell you something about myself, which will give you more understanding has to why I wrote my book 'Grandchildren, our Hopes & Dreams: A Modern & Practical Guide to Raising Grandchildren'.

Instant Millionaires, David Bain, Simon & Garfunkel, MIcrowaves, Eels and much more.

After several delays, I finally roared out of Auckland around 12:30 on a Wednesday afternoon and sneaked back in at 8:15 the following Monday evening. I'd had five and a half days on the road, covered 4,500km and had the time of my life.

Read Allan's May blog right here.

From weather in Auckland to politics in Fiji, read Allan Dick's latest column here.

There is a very real possibility that before I get this column completed, the 30-second-attention-span New Zealand news media will have found something else, other than Shane Jones, to go into a state of terminal hysteria over

 Read more of Allan's blog entries by clicking here. For the past 12 hours I have ...