[18:20] morning [20:08] morning [20:09] * chilts went to CloudCamp on Friday [20:09] good? [20:09] I'm over unconferences - they don't work :) [20:09] it was semi-interesting [20:09] .. I'll take that as a 'no' [20:09] heh [20:09] it's just an excuse for the organisers to not do any work [20:11] did you get anything out of it? [20:11] did you get anything *useful* out of it? [20:20] I found out that there are very few providers of VPS servers within NZ [20:20] I think I know of only a handful and even then it's hard to figure out [20:20] RimuHosting I knew of ages ago, but I find them expensive [20:21] * ibeardslee uses them [20:22] * ajmitch has considered using them [20:23] currently using dedicated servers at webdrive [20:24] WOW, VPS servers at WebDrive start at $299/mth - that's rediculous [20:24] _everything_ in NZ is expensive [20:24] ! [20:25] morning [20:25] * chilts clarifies [20:25] all VPS hosting in NZ is expensive [20:25] and 256MB memory VPSs are not under consideration :) [20:25] isn't NZ fun? [20:26] yup, I love it here :) [20:26] that's the best thing [20:26] I don't know if we'd have the demand here for someone to sell low-cost VPSes [20:26] I'm happy with linode for personal use, but we want something in ZN for work [20:26] s/ZN/NZ/ :) [20:47] chilts: Sitehost [20:49] Nice guys, great support, decent pricing (for NZ), unmetered peered traffic [20:49] from $30 a month, that's a bit more reasonable [20:49] I've had a server there for a couple of years. [20:50] I use Linode for personal stuff too. Had a server in AU but canned it as it was old and expensive. [20:52] my rimuhosting vps is $40.37 a month [20:53] they've been fairly onto it with issues [21:11] if only you could buy vps hosting on trademe [21:11] * mwhudson is having that retail vs trademe price shock again [21:12] DSE 3m hdmi cable: $99; trademe: $13 ($18 with postage) [21:13] yeah, Dickies have always screwed you with HDMI cables (as do most retailers) [21:13] not sure why - still relatively new I suppose [21:13] * chilts looks at Sitehost [21:14] it seems to be the case for any small scale electronics items though really [21:15] at some stage, I'm hoping the company can afford dedicated servers, which will be quite nice (esp. local servers) [21:15] then it'll be SPEEEEEDY!!! [21:16] not that it isn't already [21:33] Trademe needs to loose it's market dominance, their fees are extortionate. [21:44] a while back I was reading something somewhere about how e-bay reckon NZ is about the only country where they too much compitition from a local [23:33] afternoon