This is a sample of a photo set I took around Kumutoto Wharf on Wellington Harbour. Please follow the link to view the full set on Flickr.
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Chasing the 3G Guy
This will probably sound like a case of sour grapes (and it probably is a bit), but I think there's probably some opportunities for lessons to be learnt here.
As those in New Zealand know, our Vodafone is running a competition in which three Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbooks can be won daily for five days. In order to win a netbook, the basic premise of the competition is to find the 3G Guy based on clues he gives out online. Today, the 3G Guy was in Wellington so I thought I'd have go.
Around 9am, the first clue went up...
I eventually calmed down and waited for the next location search. A few hours later, the next clue was up...
The final competition of the day was to locate the 3G Guy using a Google Map on the Vodafone website based on clues as before. Here are the clues and my associated thoughts...
I don't know what's happened in the other cities in the competition, but this seems to me to have been run pretty poorly in Wellington. The second location was a fair win and I can accept the third, but the first was just poor form. It's not just that I was directly affected - I would be just as indignant if it happened to someone else. If you set up a competition with a specific method to win, you can't just play fancy-free with your own rules.
Poor form Vodafone.
As those in New Zealand know, our Vodafone is running a competition in which three Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbooks can be won daily for five days. In order to win a netbook, the basic premise of the competition is to find the 3G Guy based on clues he gives out online. Today, the 3G Guy was in Wellington so I thought I'd have go.
Around 9am, the first clue went up...
Clue #1: I am not going to see the son or the holy ghost . . . #find3gguyAfter a few minutes pondering, I worked out that this was Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand) and promptly headed down there. I got down there just after 9.15 and had a good look around for him. As I couldn't find him there, I checked (about 9.30) to see if there was another clue. I was a bit surprised when I saw this...
We have a winner! Nik collared me en route to the te papa museum...nice one!It turns out that the winner had grabbed the 3G Guy up around Manners Street. This immediately pissed me right off as I'd been at the location for about 15 minutes and the 3G Guy had posted the clue to his "location" from over three blocks away. In addition, he had been grabbed nowhere near the location where he was meant to be.
I eventually calmed down and waited for the next location search. A few hours later, the next clue was up...
12pm clue #1 - This guy is a made manThis wasn't obvious and I did a little running around, but was unable to locate him. To cut a long story short, the winner found the 3G Guy by a restaurant on a "man-made beach". What this beach had to do with the clue doesn't appear to be that obvious, but I accepted this as a fair loss.
The final competition of the day was to locate the 3G Guy using a Google Map on the Vodafone website based on clues as before. Here are the clues and my associated thoughts...
6pm online draw: clue#1 Probably gonna smoke a cigar hereMatterhorn Bar - a noted cigar bar in Wellington
Clue #2: NZ's notorious for having a lot of theseNew Zealand has a bit of fame for its bars.
Clue#3 A farmer could probably use one of thoseUmm, perhaps there's a farmer's tool called a matterhorn?
Clue #4: There's lots of these a farmer could use here . . . or a window cleanerUh, is he meaning the bucket fountain? Although that's within spitting distance of the Matterhorn, it's clearly a different location for the first clue.
Final Clue: Elijah wood URINATED into that?! Mr Baggins!He does mean the bucket fountain! WTF? He's hinted at two different locations! It turns out the location was the bucket fountain in the end. I wouldn't mind this, but the first clues say one location (to me) and the remaining clues say another.
I don't know what's happened in the other cities in the competition, but this seems to me to have been run pretty poorly in Wellington. The second location was a fair win and I can accept the third, but the first was just poor form. It's not just that I was directly affected - I would be just as indignant if it happened to someone else. If you set up a competition with a specific method to win, you can't just play fancy-free with your own rules.
Poor form Vodafone.
Koru
The koru is the Māori name given to the new unfurling fern frond and symbolizes new life, growth, strength and peace. It is an integral symbol in Māori carving and tattoos.
Koru, originally uploaded by Nightwyrm X.
Join the Internet Blackout - Protest Against Guilt Upon Accusation Laws in NZ
Join The New Zealand Internet BlackOut to protest against a law called Section92A due on February 28th that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without any evidence held up to court scrutiny.
Join thousands of New Zealanders already against this law by blacking out your Facebook photo, your websites, your Myspace pages, your Twitter account, in protest against this insane new law that may come into effect on February 28.
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Join thousands of New Zealanders already against this law by blacking out your Facebook photo, your websites, your Myspace pages, your Twitter account, in protest against this insane new law that may come into effect on February 28.
See more information on the Creative Freedom Foundation website.
