It was a holiday weekend here, Auckland Anniversary. This evening I went for a bit of a drive to try a new road, before the toll started, and to get dinner: See The Northern Gateway Toll Road, or 214km for Fush n Chups (from TypePad)
Auckland Viaduct A amusing cross cultural moment yesterday (Sunday, Jan 25). We made our regular bike ride stop at Planet Ice Cream * - Shed 20, Auckland Viaduct - and the lovely lady who owns the store was there. It's the first time this year we'd seen
What's your favorite TV commercial? Submitted by MexicanRobot. It didn't screen in New Zealand but as a cyclist and Fiat driver I like, and can see both sides of, this one 😄
Show us someone reading. Submitted by Empress Nasi Goreng. My Sister and Niece, who could read upside down at the age of 3 it seems: Aimee & Mum reading
President-elect Barack Obama is being sworn into office today. Where are you watching the events of this historic day unfold? From New Zealand where it's "tomorrow" already!
This year, instead of separate posts on each blog, it's one post for all so here are my 2008 Blogging Highlights
Was I taught Roman Numerals at (primary?) school just so I could work out when movies and TV shows were made? Why do they still use them, other than to give me some mental exercise as I blob out on the couch? * This post is dedicated to the credits of
Today you will either have the longest day of the year, or the shortest, depending on where you are. What will you do to celebrate the solstice?Submitted by Jack Yan. » Read more on Vox
Today you will either have the longest day of the year, or the shortest, depending on where you are. What will you do to celebrate the solstice? Submitted by Jack Yan. Does going to work count as celebrating? Not a very good, but accurate, answer!
It's great to see some of the community aspects of Vox are showing up on Six Apart's TypePad Platform. Even better that the new features can be used by non-Six Apart platforms like Blogger etc. The new comment service has a sleek new interface and great
Am I impatient? As I write The Rich List* has been going for about ten minutes and almost nothing has happened. I find 'Who wants to be a Millionaire" equally annoying in that it takes bloody ages for the questions to be asked, even longer for them to
Broken headphones, a happy customer. Bose, exceptional service maintains the peace
