February 2012
13 posts
Kickstarter - Sapience: The Search For Wisdom →
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January 2012
24 posts
John Green's tumblr: How to Run a Business That... →
fishingboatproceeds:
So Hank and I run or help run several businesses at the moment: Vidcon, DFTBA Records, the juggernaut that is 2-D Glasses, ecogeek, vlogbrothers, scishow, and crashcourse, as well as administering the nonprofit Foundation to Decrease Worldsuck. These are not huge businesses…
Keep reading this post. It’s really, really smart. I wish more people ran businesses...
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My copy of TFiOS has shipped!
Who couldn’t be happier? This girl. I hope I get a Yeti’d copy!
eff yeah nerdfighters!: The Fault in Our Stars... →
cybermen:
I just got my copy of The Fault in Our Stars. :)
Now, I know John is upset about them shipping out (sorry John!), but I got it all the same. When I opened up the cover I saw the signature there (blue sharpie, if you were wondering). But that got me wondering how the different…
“Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you...”
– Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot (via crookedindifference)
The Active Giver (Part 2) →
I’ve now finished going through all 216 charity websites.
Several things became apparent as I was looking through the websites. Firstly, in regards to what I was actually looking for.
For the…
December 2011
10 posts
Where for Art Thou Summer? →
Summer’s been an almost complete non-starter this year. Mid December saw a solid week of rain. Following this, we had a couple of nice days… before the rain came back.
The last week has been lots…
2011: A blog in review →
2011 was the year I decided to get back on the horse and go back to blogging on an (almost) daily basis. I’m trying to actually blog about things this time around, rather than just blogging about…
Pie! Pie! Pie! →
On Twitter today, @not_friends asked about buying her first car. A big subject, but one which several of us joined in on with many of us recommending the trusty Toyota.
This conversation morphed…
Albany Scenic Walkway →
Continuing with the weekly bushwalks, yesterday Anna and I went to the Albany Scenic Walkway.
I picked this one because I figured it would be a good introductory walk for Anna. As it turns out…
Kiva: The Better Christmas Present →
Stuck for Christmas ideas? Loathe the idea of going into a mall? Would rather give something that’s going to make a difference than another ornament to collect dust on your aunt’s…
Special Votes →
The special declaration votes have now been counted and it’s led to some great results.
Firstly, the Greens got another MP. In 4 out of the last 5 elections the Greens have picked up another MP in…
2012 Auckland Big Day Out Lineup →
I’ve just been alerted, thanks to Blog on the Tracks, that the setlist for the Big Day Out is up. I’ve pinched it from there and put it into a table. Times and information…
Camping →
For the first time, possibly ever, I am thinking about going camping on my Summer break.
Like, actually sleeping in a tent, and making every meal on a BBQ. Not having a proper…
Goldie Bush Walkway →
Today I walked the Goldie Bush Walkway. It’s in pretty much the same spot as last week’s Mokoroa Falls, but much longer, not as well maintained and with altogether too many stairs.
It was a…
Best and Worst: the... →
The best thing about today was running into an old uni friend who was working our Christmas function. Also, I got a simply wicked present from work - a bottle of wine and a lemon tree from NZ…
November 2011
16 posts
Grinchy →
Tomorrow is my company’s Christmas party, and I must about the only person who would rather go to work.
The party is during the day, and we all have what essentially adds up to a day off for it,…
The Mighty Challenge →
Something that’s been rattling around in my head lately is to walk the Te Araroa track. It’s a track that runs the entire length of New Zealand. It’s a completely mental idea, but I can’t help but…
Post-election fallout →
So yesterday we had our election. The result of which was a landslide victory to National. That said, numbers can be deceiving. It’s worth noting that, at this point, the Special Declaration votes…