15 below project
This is so obvious when I think about it, but so damn clever. 15 Below Project. The down in my warm jacket isn’t the key to keeping me warm. It’s the layer of warm air trapped between me and the outside. Newspaper does it just as well (well, does it well enough). Brilliant. I hope it works for those who …
Read MoreInternet in the UK and BBC iPlayer
Finally got the internet at home. BT managed to mess up installing our phone line (took 5 weeks to sort out), then another week to get broadband on. It’s a nice setup once it got here tho – nice looking wireless router etc running Linux (so I’m told from googling it) with two ethernet ports, a VOIP phone (which, sadly, …
Read MoreGeneral update: London, business setup, Facebook and Social Networking, MVC coding
Life is fun in London. It’s getting cold (really cold, by my standards – 1-3 degC on a morning), but in general, it’s going well. I’m not convinced about the city in general (tho I think it would be the same with any large city), but we’ll stick it out for a while (at least until the end of summer!), …
Read MoreWired: Former no nukes protester: stop worrying and love nuclear power
From Wired. This is not the first time I’ve heard this. Worth a read if you happen to be in “No Nukes” NZ. Time to wake up, I think. The only way to rescue our plug-hungry planet from catastrophic global warming is to embrace nuclear power, and fast. That’s the argument of Gwyneth Cravens, a novelist, journalist and former nuke …
Read MoreDrawing – woolgathering hits 1000, I give it a try.
Elizabeth over at woolgathering has been doing a drawing a day, and today is day 1000! Congrats . In the spirit of her “competition”, I thought I’d give it a go. An important part of this project has been the slowing down, the sitting down, the noticing. The individual drawings matter less to me now than the feeling of moments …
Read MoreTravelBug
So, in my hunt for places to stay on the international leg of our trip (hehe, that sounds rather exotic….), I thought I’d have a look at travelbug, which is the travel thing from trademe (or, maybe, from some other part of Fairfax) It’s really rather nice. It’s totally not what I wanted – we are sorted for NZ accommodation …
Read MoreHey there Delilah (the dodgy version)
Oh,this is great. This song was HUGE in the US when we were there…..
Read MoreMac Dev update
I posted before about Mac Development. I finally went out and bought the “bible” – Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X. I’ve been reading thru it, and I’m at the point now I need to find time to DO something. The API in general is appears to be SO well thought out – elegant, simple, consistent design patterns, very clean …
Read MoreTravel…
Seams like a long time since I posted, but it’s only about 2 weeks…. We have been traveling around NZ – first up to Auckland via Wanganui, then I went back to Wellington for a weekend (for the Grail), while Leonie continued around the top of the north island. I joined her on tuesday in Kerikeri (yay! pencil plane!!), and …
Read MoreMac dev tools
OK, so I’m not holding my breath waiting for Microsoft to release WPF for the Mac…. so in the meantime: Become an Xcoder. A nice tutorial about how to use Xcode and Interface Builder. It’s very much a “Getting started”, but it’s easy to read and understand. PDF. Lots of other good stuff on there, too. The .NET Addicts blog. …
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