Good climate news
Tomorrow will be sunny, Bill McKibben with Alan Alda (yes that one) | Clear + Vivid Podcast
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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
Ian Callum on design, and much more
Autocar Podcast with Ian Callum and David Fairbairn of Callum Designs
Jean-Michel Jarre—Planet Jarre & Live in Sevilla—and me
His 50+ Years of Music and me
2025-26 Fitness: less and more
Taking a look back at 2025 fitness'wise I ended the year:
Happy New Year, and a look back 2025's Blogging Highlights
When all my Typepad Blogs became a Ghost blog
Politics
NZ MAGA'fuckation | December 2025 Edition
A month of MAGA'fuckation importation by the New Zealand Government
Antarctic Mission 2019
Filing Submarino Chocolate Milk drink as 'Health Food'
And my "Kiwi Submarino" recipe
Sony
Dead Sky and a clicking amp, cable day!
Coincidence?
Cycling
Te Ara I Whiti – The Lightpath 10th Birthday
Ten years old on December 3 2025, but it needs some love
Fiat Abarth 500
Outlook Abarth?
AHBART on the Outlook Calendar
Buenos Aires
Google says no to Buenos Aires
I'm not moving to Argentina
Stardome
Music and the Cosmos with Rhian Sheehan and Life on Mars, on Earth
Music, Mars in the Planetarium, and Life on Mars on Earth
DHL
Not lost in L.A.
Scottsdale to DHL L.A., to DHL L.A., to DHL L.A., to DHL L.A., to Auckland
Skeptic
Twinings Tea, a history of manipulation and control?
A tea company are masters of political manipulation and social control?
Politics
Block the Ban
The New Zealand government has announced it is banning puberty blockers for transgender youth. As a 'Middle Aged White Guy' why do I care?
Retail Design
Ikea open, I wonder if any still care?
A store opening, an old memory about a conference discussing Ikea arriving in NZ...