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!
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Nice change to Ubuntu 8.10
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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, but I love that the Airport’s Management are open to building an interesting structure instead of sticking to the norms. The main terminal is one of my favourite buildings in Wellington, and I’m glad that it is about to be joined by what could be another.
(image stolen from Stuff.)Although Stuff doesn’t say who the architects are, a Google reveals that it is probably Studio Pacific Architects (although as of writing this there is no word on their website, which is weird). But good work all around for this.
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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.)
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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.
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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 Cuba Street.
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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 area that’s a little more densely populated this is going to rock. My plan had been to see if I’d be able to access my Meraki unit at the beach. I was dreaming, as the units only have a range of 50 metres (not 250 metres, about the distance to the beach). No great loss, what kind of nerd goes to the beach to access a wireless network?
The idea behind the “TheFreeNet – Aotearoa” is to provide free wireless broadband via a mesh network. This is a group of generous folks who share some of their bandwidth through a series of Meraki minis.
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Goodbye Canon A40
Selling my trusty Canon A40 on Trademe. *Sigh*, sad to see it go, I bought an Ixus in its place, and while smaller, it’s just not the same…
