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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Wellington 13th to 17th
I’ll be in Wellington from Monday the 13th till Friday the 17th of Feb on various customer work projects that can’t be done via a remote shell. Due to the nature of the work I’m not sure what evenings I’ll … Continue reading
Takapuna Beach Wanders
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
Tagged auckland, beach, food, outdoors, reviews, takapuna, vegetarian, walks
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Arthur’s on Cuba St Wellington
When I first moved into my flat in Wellington on Thompson St (the infamous #geekflat), the Wellington Bypass had already been completed, providing (depending on who you asked) an excellent improvement to Wellington’s roads or a major clusterfuck. I still … Continue reading
Tagged arthurs, bypass, cuba st, food, heritage, opinions, reviews, vegetarian, wellington
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Shaky Isles Auckland
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
Tagged auckland, britomart, coffee, food, opinions, review, shaky isles, vegetarian, wellington
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Infodrugs
I’ve taken a spontaneous holiday. Not to some exotic location or escape from daily life, but rather a Twitter holiday, logging out of my account, removing it from my laptop, my phone and any other system I use. I’m still trying … Continue reading
Tagged addiction, changes, communications, email, geek, IM, infodrugs, infoholic, internet, life, multitasking, opinions, twitter
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Mozilla Firefox Sync Awesomeness
When I recently rebuilt my laptop, I switched back from Google’s Chromium browser to instead use Mozilla Firefox. Whilst I really liked Chromium, there were a few specific reasons which push me more towards Firefox: I trust the Mozilla Foundation … Continue reading
Wynyard Crossing
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
Tagged auckland, bridges, geek, travel, waterfront, wynyard
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A goodbye to #geekflat
Whilst I’ve been an official Aucklander for a few months now, I’ve been sort of ignoring the whole end of an era going on with my awesome, amazing time in Wellington at the place known only as #geekflat. As of … Continue reading
Tagged amberdms, flatting, geekflat, history, nostalgia, tom, wellington, work
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