Category Archives: Travel

AirNZ 747, yay!

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Jethro Carr

For my trip to linux.conf.au in Melbourne/Ballarat I had rescheduled my flights from Wellington to Auckland due to the fact that I had booked my flights before my lovely lady dragged me up to Auckland to live with her. It’s … Continue reading →

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linux.conf.au 2012

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Jethro Carr

In a couple days I’ll be flying out to Melbourne, Australia for linux.conf.au 2012, the undisputed greatest week of the year, being held in Ballarat. I’ve been attending this conference since 2006 in Dunedin and it’s continued to be an … Continue reading →

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Xmas Break

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I’m now back in Auckland after a week and a bit of tripping down to see Lisa’s family in Hawkes Bay and mine in Wellington, as well as catching up with friends along the way. In some ways it was … Continue reading →

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Xmas & New Years Plans

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Jethro Carr

Time is rushing by in Auckland and already making xmas and new years plans. I’ll be heading  down to Hawke’s Bay for the Xmas period with Lisa’s family and then down to Wellington for a few days to see my … Continue reading →

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Wellington Visit Nov

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Jethro Carr

Yay, I’ll be down in Wellington for a short visit on Friday 18th and Sat 19th of November. :-) Flying down for a work project on Friday, plans out in town with friends on Friday and brunch on Saturday. If … Continue reading →

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Walk Te Araroa?

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Jethro Carr

I’m not a particularly outdoorsy kind of person, but there have been times when I’ve ventured out into the sun and been rewarded with painfully blistering skin instead of my delightful geek tan (as witnessed with my recent snowboarding efforts). … Continue reading →

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Kiwicon in Wellington

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Jethro Carr

Having only just moved to Auckland, I’ve only just started reassembling my computer setup and unpacking boxes, yet already back down to Wellington attend the 5th Kiwicon Hacking & Security conference. Looking forwards to it, it’s always an interesting conference … Continue reading →

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Week in Auckland

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Jethro Carr

Been a busy week – I flew up to Auckland first thing on Monday morning and just arrived back tonight on Sunday. There’s a bigger update here on how things are going with the move and plans, this post is … Continue reading →

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Slowly morphing into an Aucklander

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Jethro Carr

October is shaping up to be a pretty insanely busy month, I haven’t even had the time to update my blog for a while or finish some of the project I’ve been hacking away at. :-( This month is pretty … Continue reading →

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Air New Zealand Booking Frustrations

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Jethro Carr

With all the travel that lisa and myself will be doing over the next few months, I’ve ended up booking a lot of flights – first set for October travel to AU, second for January travel to AU for linux.conf.au … Continue reading →

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