New Zealand—Aotearoa

Spotted: ’69 Mustang

2009-11-21T00:01:23Z

Wow. Six minutes to load the compose screen. That’s definitely this week’s record. This is the other photo I wanted to show: A beautiful 1969 Ford Mustang Fastback with a 351 in³ V8 under the hood. I asked the owner for permission to photogr...

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Gripe about Vox, Ben Kingsley, and Wellington scenery

2009-11-20T23:43:23Z

“Only” took 20 minutes for this screen to come up this time. In a day and age when we should wait no more than 20 seconds. Still, I’m sure Vox believes I should be happy because 20 minutes is less than 16 hours. ‘Yay!’ they must think, ‘our load t...

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Out with the pen

2009-11-19T08:10:03Z

Yay, the compose screen! It only took nine hours for it to come up, rather than 16 since the blackout before. Here’s something else I wanted to share, before I realized that these screens only come up for a few minutes before they die again. ...

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Cry the beloved country

2009-11-18T22:30:51Z

On Google News yesterday (during the Vox blackout): Nigeria: the Country might have slipped, but I wonder where Nigeria: the Movie is, and Nigeria: the Flame Thrower (the kids love that one). Apparently, we topped this index, which is nice t...

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Bad parking job today

2009-11-17T11:45:41Z

Here’s today’s bad parking job. Unless this Toyota’s driver wants to tell me that originally, there was a bike in front and a Smart ForTwo behind. Otherwise, being in the middle of a two-car space and not allowing something as small as my Renault ...

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My yellow roses this spring

2009-11-16T09:27:48Z

They no longer look this nice, thanks to some strong winds on Sunday. But they grew to a beautiful size, considerably larger than last summer’s. The ones down the bottom are around last year’s size—compare them to the ones that stretched further ...

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Shots from sunny Christchurch

2009-11-15T08:27:49Z

There is seriously something wrong with the ISP here. This compose page is taking, again, hours to come up, and Vox claims nothing is wrong on its end. Again, when a compose screen takes hours to emerge, then the inspiration has long passed. Fo...

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Confusing categories at record stores

2009-11-08T10:44:01Z

Ever wandered into a music or video store here and there are sections marked ‘A–Z’, ‘New Zealand’ and ‘Foreign’? The biggest section is the first one, and often we have the smallest section. Think about it though: shouldn’t everything not in...

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The blue hand

2009-11-08T08:52:31Z

Who knew that there would be an Already Ghosts group right here in Wellington?! And, sure enough, I found these near the Overseas’ Terminal:

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Gina’s doing well

2009-11-04T10:48:56Z

I had a moan about this yesterday on Twitter and Facebook, but seeing another ad for Leverage on the NZ City site brings it all back. Prime is promoting this TNT show a lot, but just as with TV One and Jekyll, they miss the fact that lead actress...

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