Round the Bays to support Motor Neurone Disease NZ

I'm walking the 2026 Round the Bays Auckland (and back) to support MND NZ

Purple as instructed

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The typepad.com on Internet Archive

Typepad is gone, but thanks to Internet Archive some of it lives on

Good climate news

Tomorrow will be sunny, Bill McKibben with Alan Alda (yes that one) | Clear + Vivid Podcast

Why Triceratops?

Was it Danny Dunn that made Triceratops my favourite childhood dinosaur?

Prime Minister Luxon, 'PM Unaware'

He has no portfolio; his only role is to be aware of what his government is doing.

NZ MAGA'fuckation | January 2026 Edition

A month of MAGA'fuckation importation by the New Zealand Government

The most efficient traveller

Not a motor vehicle (of any kind), not a bird, not a fish...

USA, what the fuck?

David Farrier, in Minneapolis now, on the murder of Alex Pretti

Leaving a Microsoft Teams (Guest) Account if no longer at the organization

I found a Guest (Ghost) Account in my Personal Teams App, and it was hard to leave!

The case of the missing country

Why does New Zealand keep disappearing from world maps?

New bike day...

A new bike for my birthday, but not for me... World Bicycle Relief