Tag Archives: auckland

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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OMG Auckland

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Jethro Carr

So I’m now offically an Aucklander, after my trip down to Kiwicon, I can’t deny it any more – I’ve moved in, my server is back online and I’m slowly setting into regular patterns of work/social life with Lisa. It’s … 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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Getting a move on

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Jethro Carr

Just got back from AU this morning, been an awesome trip which I’ll probably blog about next week, as this one is far too busy. Started this morning with a dead car battery when I went to take Lisa to … Continue reading →

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