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Month: February 2008

February 21, 2008

A bad photo of Moonrise in Wellington

I’ve been using Picasa of late, you get a gig for free. Sweeeeeeeet. It looked great when I took it, somehow I just couldn’t capture the ambiance…

Photos, Wellington
February 21, 2008

Countdown

Weeeee! Only a coupla weeks until the big trip to the US, Mexico and Cuba. Hopefully we’ll get to see Cuba, and there won’t be some awful breakdown or coup or revolution or something. But still, weeeeeee!

travelin’
February 21, 2008

Nice change to Ubuntu 8.10

Linux.com reports that “Brasero will replace Serpentine as the CD-writing utility in the upcoming April release of Ubuntu 8.10”. That’s a good thing, although I’ll still keep the totally awesome K3b

linux
February 19, 2008

I happen to like Wellington

Photos, Wellington
February 19, 2008

Great addition to Welington Airport

Sweeeeeeet! The proposed addition to Wellington’s International Airport. There’s the usual round of “it’s ugly” from people who feel safer with mediocre architecture. I’ll admit it’s on the quirky side and not really worthy of the ‘iconic’ label (which conjures up the Sydney Opera House, Bilbao’s Guggenheim, etc), and “The Rock” is a camp name,…

architecture
February 19, 2008

Bush in Tanzania

This really is one of those classic ‘caption contest’ photos: (Image courtesy of the fabulous redesign of the ‘The Independent’ newspaper’s website.)

Photos, politics
February 4, 2008

Goodbye WellUrban, hello Eye of the Fish

I had recently taken to reading Tom Beard’s WellUrban. Due to a new job he has stopped posting, which is a shame. WellUrban’s place has been filled by Eye of the Fish, which has also proved to be good reading, and I hope its authors continue to post regularly.

Wellington
February 4, 2008

People’s Palace, Cuba Street

I had to drop the beautiful VR6 off at the panelbeaters. While in Golden Bay an [idiot] left his handbrake off while he was at the pub, and his 4*4 instead used the back of our car to stop itself from rolling into a ditch. However, the upside of this was a pleasant walk down…

Photos
February 4, 2008

Weather

Brrr, southerly in Wellie. Still not too cold, but a bit of a shock to the system after the great weather of the last few weeks. I snapped this front coming across the harbour at the weekend.

Photos
February 4, 2008

Meraki Mini fun

So some fellows are keen to set up a Meraki network here in Wellington. Great idea! I had a very brief play with one of the units on the weekend and it indeed is childishly simple to set up. The signal wasn’t really strong enough for my wild garden and hillside terrain, but in an…

Photos, webstock