Went into Noel Leemings to pick up the keyboard and mouse combo on special (link) – I opted for the wired one so then I’m not having to deal with batteries and odd behaviour due to it being wireless. I’ve got it all setup however on my way back from work tomorrow I’m going to pick up a mouse pad from The Warehouse because using the mouse on my desk the cursor on the screen doesn’t move in a consistent way. The big thing I am looking at is a new chair, I’m wondering whether I should look at getting a cheap chair for my office or whether I move my current chair into the office then get a replacement chair.

This goes into my larger focus which is look at replacing my current sofa setup because at the moment it is a leather one I got from my brother before he moved to Australia however it requires constant attention in terms of putting leather conditioner on. I’m going o get some leather condition to see if I can bring my turn chair and sofa set back to its former glory but I guess I’ll see how it goes. My current desk is looking a bit worse for wear so I’m tempted to replace it but the is part of the much larger long term project of replacing my bed frame and bedside tables.

The National led government is talking about their 36 point plan and part of that is the exclusion of agriculture from the ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme) however in their policy announcement (link) notes the following: “Keep agriculture out of the ETS but implement a fair and sustainable pricing system for on-farm agricultural emissions by 2030 at the latest. An independent board – with a power of veto retained by the Ministers of Climate Change and Agriculture – will be established to implement the pricing system.” The question is whether that policy is compatible with the free trade agreement that New Zealand has signed with the European Union. Lets hope that the legal advice National have received is a bit more more robust than the ‘pretty legal’ position taken when it came to the riff that was used in the John Key era of National election ads and the court case that followed.