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Almost on my way
I’m off to Wellington in an hour or so, to the NZ Open Source Awards. I’ve got an acceptance speech memorised and well-rehearsed, just in case we’re lucky enough to win, and I’m only mildly terrified at the thought of having to actually use it. My bag is packed with books for the meetup with…
There's pretty pictures at the end
umber one thing: I want to know whose decision it was to schedule the election for the same weekend that daylight savings starts? Have they no sympathy for those of us who stay up half the night to watch the results, and then get an hour less to sleep in the morning? This is nothing…
Dumplings and things
s predicted, winter has returned with a vengance. A freezing cold day, followed by icy rain and wind tonight (luckily I managed to make it home just before it started). So Parsnips has got her wish – the fire is roaring, and she is comfortably ensconced in front of it (as I will be too…
Getting creative with waste
I spent a lovely day today with Pieta at a Christmas craft workshop run by Rekindle. Rekindle were set up after the earthquakes to try and make use of some of the huge amount of waste from demolished buildings. They’ve expanded now to find ways of making use of all sorts of what they call…
I'm counting this as yesterday
DD was down most of yesterday, so I had to post yesterday’s entry on Livejournal instead. But look, proof I really didn’t break my daily posting streak: Anyway, here’s a copy and paste of what I would have written yesterday if the site had let me in: A few interesting recent catches: My Favourite Wife…
Culture, wind, and a blast from the past
Got a surprise on the way home last night – I was walking across the campus when l heard someone call my name. The person talking to me looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him. But then, I met a lot of people while I was doing union work, so I’m used to people…