Tag Archives: auckland

Why I hate DSL

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I’m living around 8km from the center of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, with only 8 mbits down and 0.84 mbits upstream in a very modern building with (presumably) good wiring installed. :’( The above is what happens to your … Continue reading →

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Living Without Twitter

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jethro Carr

It’s been an interesting 10+ days since I took my twitter holiday and 4+ days since I deleted my account. It’s been interesting, not a total success yet, I do use my placeholder account from time-to-time to check out the … Continue reading →

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Takapuna Beach Wanders

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Jethro Carr

Because I’m getting nowhere near as much exercise as I previously did in Wellington, I’m trying to get out and do regular walks in Auckland. My currently frequent circuit is around Takapuna and along the beach which is always enjoyable … Continue reading →

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Shaky Isles Auckland

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Jethro Carr

Having tragically moved to Auckland I’ve been forced to hunt for new food places, which has been a bit harder than it should :-( There’s limited selection of food out where I live in Takapuna – about enough for one … Continue reading →

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Wynyard Crossing

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jethro Carr

As part of my mission to get out and explore Auckland some more, I’ve been down at Wynyard Quarter a bit. It’s quite a neat and relatively recent development in Auckland, with several trendy bars/food places and a pedestrian friendly … Continue reading →

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Wellington Visit

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jethro Carr

I’ll be heading down to Wellington to escape the Auckland anniversary long weekend and spending a few days catching up with friends and family. I’ll be bringing Lisa down with me too, so we can inflict the poor long-suffering people … Continue reading →

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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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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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Sunday Geekup Auckland

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Jethro Carr

Figured now that I’m up in Auckland it would be good to assemble some resemblance of a social life up here – aiming to be a regular to Auckland Thursday Night Curry and considering some other geeky groups to get involved with. (maybe TangleBall, … Continue reading →

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