Protected: Off to Dunedin

Ok, I’ve decided that there can be such a thing as too many meetups. Although it was really nice to see everyone today, I was really too tired after yesterday to properly enjoy it. Plus the cafe was really crowded, so we all (me, lytteltonwitch, alkaline-kiwi and friend, otakuu and children, and awhina and the…

MrPloppy blew up the computer yesterday. He had it unplugged to clean the fans (which get pretty dusty with three cats in the house!), and when he switched it back on, it went bang in a most impressive manner. Apparently the power supply blew (if so, this’ll be the third time we’ve had to replace…

We had our “second Tuesday of the month” meetup tonight, despite this only being the first Tuesday of November. That’s because last year we were caught out by the second Tuesday of November being Cup Day, when everyone in Christchurch who’s anyone (and most of the people who aren’t anyone) goes to the races and…

Well it’s the 6th of the 6th of 06 here in NZ, and so far the world doesn’t seem to have ended. It was a bit cold this morning, does that count? 😉

Just in case any of you saw this news item – yes, that is just around the corner from my place, yes, I am still alive, and no, we weren’t evacuated – in fact I had no idea it was even going on (although I did hear what sounded like gunshots around 9.30, but assumed…

I’m sure there’s some sort of conspiracy going on to make sure we never get plums off our tree: this is the fourth year in a row that just as the plum tree has come out in a mass of blossom we’ve had huge winds that have blown it all off again 🙁 The weather…