A quick little panorama (stitched together from 3 photos using Hugin) taken today on my way down Pope St to the Plimmerton train station. We’ve had beautiful weather for several days in a row … it’s getting dangerously hot and sunny, time to start wearing sunscreen and silly hats I think.

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It’s a boring overcast day here at the Pacific Empire pad. I recently got a digital camera and tripod, so I thought I’d walk you around the flat and we’ll see what we can see …

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PC provides a list of what he’s been watching recently, and I thought I’d take a moment and provide the same. Pan’s Labyrinth – creepy, beautiful, disturbing, brilliant. Stardust – hilarious Neil Gaiman fantasy, a modern update of The Princess Bride. Into The Blue – lots-of-fun diving action movie, with beautiful scenery (not to mention [...]

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My on-and-off hobbies, apart from blogging, include woodworking and cooking. In this post I’m going to show you some of the things I’ve bashed together out of wood over the last few years.

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An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. Robert A. Heinlein Because it’s always the right time to quote Heinlein… The Moon is a Harsh Mistress I will accept any rules that you feel necessary to your freedom. I am free, [...]

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This post contains spoilers for 300. If you haven’t already seen it, and you like action and libertarianism, go see the movie now. Last night Phil and I went with a group of SOLOists to see 300, which opened recently in New Zealand. It was a great film: strong acting, cinematography, imagination but most importantly [...]

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Review of the 2007 Telecom Prospect Exhibition City Gallery Wellington 11th Feb -29th April When most people think of contemporary art they think of a crazy work that’s only special because the artist thought to do it first, (like creating a mountain of popcorn) or it’s something that most people believe a monkey with a [...]

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The middle squid is sending two messages simultaneously through it’s skin patterns – a challenge to the male on the left, while courting the female on the right. In the same way, there are multiple messages in this blog post. Hopefully that doesn’t make it too meandering or geeky Digital Maoism I was reading Jaron [...]

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This painting is a gift for my parents, who spent some time in Tonga in the 1980s. FIrst panel: Pangaimotu Island (somewhat stylized), the a map of Tongatapu, part of a tapa cloth and some Tongan seashells. The photo of it is my gift to my readers – I hope you like it! I was [...]

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Misandry is perhaps a word you haven’t heard before. Here is a perfect example of misandry: Yes. It’s a knife block, in the shape of a man. It’s called All Men Are Bastards. It’s not even a controversial art installation. It’s an Italian-designed knife block, a real product that you can buy. First we had [...]

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