Geoff - Geoff Palmer - Award-Winning Author

12 Odd Idioms

Some years ago, a German friend – who speaks very good English – was visiting New Zealand and boarded a[…]

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Your Mac’s acting up. It’s been all right for hours. Days, even. Then you have a rush on. You need[…]

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A friend is currently going through this miserable process, so I thought I’d help out … 😉

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What could be more innocuous than a search engine interface? They’re simple, clean, uncluttered, with that empty text box almost[…]

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In 2011, an irate father marched into his local Target store and demanded to know why the second-largest discount chain[…]

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Ever come across a brand new Microsoft Surface laptop running Microsoft Windows 10 that wouldn’t allow the installation of a[…]

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I’ve seen and heard very little about the Cambridge Analytica scandal here in New Zealand, even though the data of[…]

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Remember to never split an infinitive. The passive voice should never be used. Do not put statements in the negative[…]

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Following on from my surprise finding that New Zealand’s 2018 online census website is infested with third-party spies, I decided[…]

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March 6 is census night here in New Zealand, and this morning Radio NZ reported that 1.7 million people have[…]

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