January 2012
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November 2011
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“Give a man a gun and he can rob a bank, give a man a bank and he can rob the...”
– Anon
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elections over - at last.
I don’t know what I find more disturbing from the weekends election results:
That only 65% of the population voted (apathy?, did they see it as a forgone conclusion?)
That of those who did vote 6.8% of them voted for NZ First, and someone who I can only describe as a career politician - with all of the negative connotations that conjures, and none of the good public service that you hope...
September 2011
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“Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family.
Choose a fucking...”
– Trainspotting
August 2011
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change of url
Not that many (if any) read this blog - but if you do the URL is changing later this afternoon.
In future you’ll be able to find it at blog.whatever.net.nz
“I’m still here.”
– Me.
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bystander →
I’ve got a close friend who dabbles in a variety of things. When he puts his mind to it, he is rather good at the things he tries … and he has recently come back to photography.
Speaking personally I like the style he uses. Call it street photography for want of a better name - it’s about the moment as opposed to staging shots. Check his shit out.
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FU Google
So the one thing that the recent changes to Google Apps accounts - where by I can no longer be logged into two seperate Google App domains at the sametime … it has forced me to start using Mail and iCal on the laptop.
So far so good - but I hate being forced into using something like this.
June 2011
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fuck. me.
You know what sucks?
Finding out that a friend (and wife of a close friend) died almost four years ago. And I never knew.
RIP babe.
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“Right foot
followed by her left foot
We gotta get you home
before your curfew...”
– I get a lot of my music from paintball these days. Here’s another one from Dan Napoli of Disconnected Media fame from the recent ETV ‘Coming Home’.
Thunder & Lightning by We Were Promised Jet Packs
You can find the episode of Coming Home here:...
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what is growth
Growth is a fickle thing, especially when it relates to small business.
There is rapid growth, growth through acquisition, steady growth - and a myriad of other options. For each of the categories there are good (and bad examples) - some of my favourites are Xero & Mojo Coffee … I’ll let you figure out which bucket they fit into respectively.
For myself as a small business...
May 2011
4 posts
The Hub Business Services →
Stress is an awful thing. And there’s been a fair bit of it in my immediate life for the last 18 months. Can’t see it ending anytime soon either … but what can you do?
This link is a small part of it - not that we are involved in anyway - but more how it effects everything else we have tried to do.
“And I find it kind of funny. Find it kind of sad. The dreams in which I’m...”
– Mad World / Gary Jules [seen on Donnie Darko]
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“Your mobile phone has more computing power than all of NASA in 1969. NASA...”
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April 2011
10 posts
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i got to play
This weekend I got to play paintball.
I know that doesn’t sound like much, but I’ve been out of the tournament scene for almost three years - what with buying TAG, family stuff and generally needing a break from some of the general bullshit that was so prevalent in the sport.
Downside was that I’m broken - torn hamstring - so didn’t get to play as much as I might like. ...
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75 today
Today would have been my dad’s 75th birthday - if he were still alive.
Seems strange to think of that kind of milestone for someone who is not around anymore.
It would be fair to say that my dad and I didn’t always see eye to eye. I suppose that expectation is an awful thing when it is not fulfilled - but there is not much I can do about that now.
My main regret is that my kids -...
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WatchUpdate: this is what we gave Chris earlier before ….
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WatchSorry Chris - the masses have spoken.
Here be the unboxing.
Edit:apologies for the orientation - the upload moved it.
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A question
A friend has a new (paintball) gun arriving tomorrow.
Question: should I unbox/video it before I hand it over? And send the footage first?
Hmm…
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has it really been six years?
It seems hard to believe that it’s been six years this year since we took a team across to Australia to play in the now defunct AXL. The we being Wellington Hybrid that is.
But there ya have it.
Hybrid was, at the time, a collection of some of the best players from around New Zealand, brought together by a couple of us to challenge the Aussies in their own backyard at the newest format...
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Spinner →
I’m not the only one to move blogs recently - in fact Stick was the inspiration for the move.
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it starts now
It’s happened before. It will probably happen again.
Every so often I feel the need to clean house, and start all over again. This is one of those times … and I’m sure you’ve noticed that the old blog @ whatever has gone, never to be seen again.
This is the new blog. A fresh start, a clean sheet - all that jazz.
I won’t promise that there will be regular updates,...