Monthly Archives: February 2008

My Idea for a Clock

Here’s an idea for a clock/wall-installation: It’s two wall hangings, with a clock in the hanging that has the hands. Feel free to give a critique. I’m no artist, if you can’t tell, just rustled that together with Gimp.

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MasterChef 2008

Another superb series ended last night. James won as I’d expected, though it would have been great if Emily had won – taking a gamble on some of her amazing creativity. One of the people who ate one of her … Continue reading

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Never Any Good News

A sample of the latest top headlines from a New Zealand news site: Man guilty of murder for stabbing wife to death Man guilty of manslaughter of two-year-old step daughter Alleged hit and run driver faces further charges One dead … Continue reading

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What’s Good For You?

Horizon program last night on TV was pretty interesting. Its premise was to scientifically discover if various things do actually say what they’re supposed to: organic food is better for you; clothes can be washed at 30c; anti-oxidants actually work … Continue reading

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DJTees

Just purchased a couple of t-shirts from djtees and am really happy with them. Loads of different designs on their site, order to delivery takes about three days. I also informed them that their site didn’t work correctly with the … Continue reading

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Stag(gering)

Yesterday started off as per all usual stag parties – in a spa, of course! It was very good for the body and the soul, though not sure about all the old men walking around with nothing on. Some of … Continue reading

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Civilized or not?

Civilized or not? This has been bouncing around in my head for years and years, getting a refresh when I was in Laos and Cambodia. We went into a couple of hill-villages, where all the huts were made out of … Continue reading

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Little Hands

Little hands need to be cut off. My nephew’s friend decided to reset my router, therefore losing all the ADSL connection settings (VPI=0, VCI=38 for future reference!). Made me pretty angry.

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No Sh!t Sherlock

“Bush Says Darfur Crisis Needs to End” – ten out of ten Mr Bush.

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Life in Cold Blood

I have to say that this series is absolutely superb. David Attenborough is a hero of mine and has been ever since I can remember. I’m not looking forward to this being the end of the “Life” series – still … Continue reading

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