Category Archives: Opinions

I’m a highly opinionated person and always up for a good debate over something. There are my personal opinions and don’t necessarily reflect that of my company, my clients or other business involvements.

Holy Relic of the Server Farm

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Jethro Carr

At work we’ve been using New Relic, a popular software-as-a-service monitoring platform to monitor a number of our servers and applications. Whilst I’m always hesitant of relying on external providers and prefer an open source solution where possible, the advantages … Continue reading →

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Marriage Equality

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Jethro Carr

New Zealand has passed legalisation for allowing same-sex marriage this evening! I’m so happy for my many LGBT friends and love the fact that no matter whom any of us love, we can get the same recognition and rights in … Continue reading →

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Launch Paywall!

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Jethro Carr

So far my time working at Fairfax Media AU has been pretty much non-stop from day one – whilst the media companies are often thought of as dull and slow moving, the reality is that companies like Fairfax are huge … Continue reading →

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Google Play Region Locking

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Jethro Carr

Sadly Android is giving me further reason for dissatisfaction with the discovery that Google Play refuses to correctly detect the current country I’m in and is blocking content from them. Being citizens of New Zealand and living in Australia, both … Continue reading →

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Android 4.2.2 Issues

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Jethro Carr

Having just flown from Sydney AU to Christchurch NZ, my Galaxy Nexus suddenly decided to finally offer me the Android 4.2.2 upgrade. Since I got the phone in 2012, it’s been running Android 4.1 – I had expected to receive … Continue reading →

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Black Mirror, Cloud Atlas and other awesomeness

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Jethro Carr

It’s not often that I blog about video content, however I’ve seen a few really good items lately which has been a welcome relief from the murky sea of trash typically produced by networks. Black Mirror Firstly, Black Mirror – … Continue reading →

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Ebook Debate

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Jethro Carr

Lisa and I recently decided to purchase a Kindle – having first moved to Auckland and then Sydney, we were unable to take many books with us, something we both regretted – as the plan isn’t to settle in Sydney … Continue reading →

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Invasion of the body scanners

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I’m currently sitting in Sydney international airport having passed through security – I must say that I highly recommend travelling on Christmas day, the airport is deserted compared to it’s normal volume of travellers. There’s been a few changes since … Continue reading →

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Pestogate

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I hate it when the supermarket runs out of the larger 350g Pesto containers – particularly when they charge $2.57 per 100g vs $5.11 per 100g depending which size container is purchased… Incidentally the above pictured Genoese-brand pesto is the … Continue reading →

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Android alarm UI WTF

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I like Android, but there are a few times the UX (User Experience) is a bit messed up compared with the way the user thinks. For example, take the newly introduced alarm clock time selection interface added in ICS: So … Continue reading →

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