How Much Sleep Do You Need?
I rarely sleep more than six or seven hours, sometimes less. It was rather reassuring to read the often cited "Eight Hours sleep a night" is probably too long! How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?...
Remembering 9/11
From the other side of the world 9/11 was experienced via Radio, TV and Internet. The images were surreal, but they were real. It was tragedy for thousands who were directly involved, but it's impacte...
Thinking of NOLA, and Ernie The Attorney
Three years ago I read Ernie's blog* as he faced, endured and survived Katrina. Now it's happening again, he's there (again) , he's blogging and Twittering and I'm reading; Ernie The Attorney -...
Car Magazine - The ugly "Good, Bad & Ugly"
I started reading Car mag's regularly about the late 70's & fondly remember Car Magazine's Good, Bad & Ugly section. It's three sentence reviews slammed some - lots - of junk cars with cutting comments. I still remember one for a Cadillac
QotD: Chip Off The Old Block
Which side of your family do you resemble more? Not, I hope, the dark side...
New Zealand
Returning from The Barrier, in a shower of spray...
A recent issue of NZ Today Magazine covered the wonderful, remote, Great Barrier Island . While searching for some old car photos I found one which reminded me of a memorable journey home from "The Ba...
QotD: Happy Mother's Day
What's the best thing about your mom? She's still alive. Maybe an odd thing to say but after contracting Wegeners Granulomatosis over a decade ago thats thanks to her resilience, brilliant medical treatment (from the NZ Public Health System), and the ultimate gift - an [anonymous]
Tax Benefits
This month I looked at my pay-slip which stated exactly how much tax had been deducted over the (full tax) year and thought, that’s a lot. Yesterday, a fairly routine visit to the GP ended up with...
ActiveWords and me
"Nobody needs ActiveWords, until they use it. Then you can't use a PC without it!" (Me)
2007 Blogging Highlights
It’s time to do a Blog related review of the year so here goes… Best Blog Discovery: I use this heading every year but it isn’t really appropriate for this years selection. Simon’s Web Journa...
QotD: Organ Donation
Are you a registered organ donor? Why or why not? Submitted by jacolily. Yes, My mum would have died 10 years ago if someone else hadn't donated a kidney. Seems like a no brainer to do the same. Don't let superstition deny someone else a life.
Goodbye...
It started as a blog about Linux but rapidly, tragically, turned into so much more. I never met you but it was a privilege to know you through your Dads writing. Goodbye Corwin, rest in peace.