Ten-pin bowling

Higher scores as new technology makes it easier to get a strike. Jason Belmonte is rising to the top by bowling with two hands.

German games

Andrew Curry on the German board game 'The Settlers of Catan', the most popular board game in the US since Risk.

Bits and bytes

Technology correspondent Bill Thompson looks at the Australian and NZ government plans to build high-speed internet networks.

Books by the foot

Chuck Roberts sells books as wall furnishings to everyone from interior designers and law firms to the seriously rich.

App chap

Christchurch software developer Guy Horrocks makes a living designing add-on's and widgets for Apple's iPhone.