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Glanced at the phone yesterday and thought it was that special day which brings the whole community together, commemorated with the exchange of material goods without payment. Then realised I had forgotten to change the recurring appointment and rubbish day (usually Wednesday) was deferred to today. Merry Christmas & Happy
From Kaikoura to Tibet?
I took Alf on a bit of a walk down my memory lane this weekend. I grew up in Massey and back then the suburb which is now West Harbour was just paddocks! There have been more than a few changes and although I am familiar with the area by
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It was actually some new bed linen, collected her (prescription) pill pack and a Lotto ticket but that sounds less dramatic! Also had a nice family lunch and (takeaway) roast dinner. A good day!
The BBC Stats podcast “More or less” investigates a topic I remember researching as a kid. Ok, maybe ‘researching’ is pushing it a bit but I do remember building Lego Skyscrapers until they toppled. BBC News - How tall can a Lego tower get? So - how many Lego bricks, stacked one
Quite amusing to see how little I phone or text with a smart phone. Seems the smart bit is more important than the phone bit...
A while ago I decided it was time for a blog redesign. After considering lots of options, including radical change based on entirely new templates and a fun diversion, I have settled on some simple tweaks: * Simplified Font: “Lucida Grande” Verdana replaces Arial — and no italics except for quoted text
Back in 2006 I blogged about a collection of articles by one of my favourite writers: Phil Llewellin on "The Road to Muckle Flugga"? - RobiNZ Personal Blog I referred to an article I still have: I think the finest piece is, the appropriately named, “Their Finest Hour”. I
* This week marks fifteen years working at The Warehouse * Tonight the 5 cylinder Ferrari clocked up 150,000 kilometres!
When I heard Lawrence Krauss, author of A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, was giving a lecture at The University of Auckland I had to be there. I’ve always regretted missing Richard Feynman’s 1979 Douglas Robb Memorial Lectures. I was 13 and although