A Kiwi, but not a flightless bird or brown fuzzy skin green centred fruit. Humanist, Skeptic, Cyclist, Car Enthusiast, Westie Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa New Zealand | he/him
I missed the limited cinema screening of this, was good to see on DocPlay. A timely and intimate look at one of NZ's greatest architectural partnerships. It also documents the unnecessarily destructive aspects of the Christchurch quake recovery, which almost claimed one of their finest works: The Christchurch
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So I asked Microsoft Copilot: December 11th @ 12:00 PM Pacific US in NZ time? Sure thing! 12:00 PM on December 11th in Pacific Time (PT) converts to 9:00 AM on December 12th in New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). If you need any more conversions or have other
Sent today regarding changes to reverse community consulted speed limit reductions: From: Robin Capper Sent: Tuesday, 1 October 2024 7:08 AM To: Simeon Brown <Simeon.Brown@parliament.govt.nz> Subject: Regarding speed limits and safety Dear Minister, I live in West Auckland and mostly commute to the
I posted this on my personal blog, but it has a lot of design and construction innovation. Simplicity Living is a non-profit retirement/investment fund that is building high quality affordable rental (they'll own and operate) and rent to own (they'll fund) housing. It'
It was great to visit the Simplicity Living Productivity Hub today and learn more about how they are building high quality affordable rental (they'll own), and rent to buy (they'll fund) housing that I own 0.0000[insert many more zeros]001% of via a portion
A memorable line, a memorable mention.
Watching another Karl's (Watson's recent trip
A brilliant video, a fine tribute to a remarkable life. Years, no decades!, ago I vaguely knew of Beatrice Tinsley's work, on the life of galaxies, but would not have been able to name her. Then The Warehouse, who I worked for, rented some factory space in Beatrice
I'd long thought about getting a robot vacuum cleaner to do 'between real clean tidying' but wasn't up to spending the sort of money the market leader's command. My 'real' home vacuum is a commercial backpack PacVac Superpro 700. It
The family name in Antarctica?
I saw a Facebook post on an Alan Parsons Project (APP) group wishing Andrew Powell Happy Birthday and remembered a lifetime of entertainment. As an industrial design student in 1983/84 I was fascinated by the brand-new CD technology being launched at the time. Went to look at the