Comments on: Calling it a day

By: Tane

Tane — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:32:54 +0000

Wow, thanks all for your kind words, from ideological friends and enemies alike. It’s been fun.

By: jbc

jbc — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:06:58 +0000

Many thanks for all your contributions Tane; plentiful and well-thought they were (even when I disagreed with your conclusions). Best of luck for your new tack.

By: QoT

QoT — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:02:57 +0000

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Come back soon!

By: lprent

lprent — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:36:41 +0000

The bandwidth wasn’t a problem. The NZ site had no limits on local bandwidth. The US site just has no limits.

It was the cost of the virtual server that was a issue. It was costing $180/mo here, and about $200/year in the US. Double the cost wouldn’t have been a problem. 10x is too big to ignore.

It also made it difficult for someone to do something stupid legally. Now they pretty much have to use internet procedures rather than legal letters.

By: ak

ak — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:26:05 +0000

Many thanks for all your wonderful posts and hard work, all the best at the flax roots and hope to see you pop back now and again.

By: gingercrush

gingercrush — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:59:28 +0000

As with others cheers for the posts you made. Disagree with many but thought they were usually well thought out.

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:59:08 +0000

Sorry to see you go Tane. However I would expect to see your comments pop up from time to time. Cheers.

By: Required

Required — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:11:19 +0000

To be fair, this blog does seem to get quite a bit of traffic, and it isn’t ad-supported (though I wouldn’t notice if it was, AdBlock).

However, moving it Off Shore and to a place with significantly cheaper bandwidth if I remember correctly, sends Nomorefundig?’s thought-process to hell.

That is, if IrishBill and lprent didn’t hear a wooshing sound go over their head.

By: illuminatedtiger

illuminatedtiger — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:00:43 +0000

Thanks for the enjoyable posts Tane and for tolerating people like me .

By: Killinginthenameof

Killinginthenameof — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:26:59 +0000

Cheers for all the good posts Tane, sad to see you go!

By: outofbed

outofbed — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:16:13 +0000

catch u later Tane
enjoyed your posts

By: mike

mike — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:52:54 +0000

See ya Tane – you were the best of a bad lot

By: Daveski

Daveski — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:31:58 +0000

Bit late to add my 2c plus GST but from the other side of the fence Tane has always represented an independent left view and has been prepared to criticise the left when he’s felt the need to do so. That someone is able to see the strengths – and weaknesses – of a position is a rare strength.

All the best and enjoy your life after blogging.

By: Lew

Lew — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:54:46 +0000

Cheers Tane, you’re one of the reasons I bothered reading NZ blogs again. And writing ‘em, now. Don’t be a stranger.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:42:47 +0000

For popping informative and/or interesting stuff onto my computer screen over the past while?

Thanks. I’ve appreciated it.