To Hon Simeon Brown, Energy Minister
Congratulations on your recent appointment, time to build...
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Blocking companies on LinkedIn?
Seems you can't?
My Fiat Bravo 155 HGT gets a mate
Laudo Racing have delivered!
An apple a day, the Abarth way!
Maybe my love of apples and Abarth is linked?
NZ MAGA'fuckation | March 2026 Edition
A month of MAGA'fuckation importation by the New Zealand Government
March 2026 - 22nd Blog Anniversary!
And my first on Ghost!
Bic Runga Red Sunset superb, NZICC venue not so much?
Bic Runga, a superb performance let down by the new NZ International Convention Centre venue?
Consider contrails when booking your flights?
It has a massive influence on the climate impacts of aviation
A free one-click Civil 3D (and AutoCAD) performance improvement
Make Civil 3D (and AutoCAD based apps) more stable and less 'laggy' with a click?
Round the Bays 2026 done
And thanks to all who supported Motor Neuron Disease New Zealand
Wuthering Heights is an absolute mess
I thought that about the book in Fifth Form...
Ready for Round The Bays tomorrow
Fundraising for Motor Neuron Disease New Zealand
Cycling
Probably why I ride...
I transcribed this quote, watching the movie, on a flight to Sydney in 2018
MAGA
Humanists report on the rise of international authoritarianism & links to religion
Humanists International examines the link between religion and the rise of authoritarianism
Politics
NZ MAGA'fuckation | February 2026 Edition
A month of MAGA'fuckation importation by the New Zealand Government
Cycling
Northwest Busway fixes for the SH16 Northwestern Cycle Path?
Good, the bad, that the proposed Busway brings for the SH16 cycle path
Charity
Round the Bays to support Motor Neurone Disease NZ
I'm walking the 2026 Round the Bays Auckland (and back) to support MND NZ
Me
Purple as instructed
Colour selection by David Farrier, colour blend (of purple and red) and hair styling the wonderful work of Sue and the team at Sudan Hairdressing
Weblogs
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?
Politics
Prime Minister Luxon, 'PM Unaware'
He has no portfolio; his only role is to be aware of what his government is doing.
Politics
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...