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Lovely new site on all the happenings in Welli-town if you happen to like the Reggae Welcome to the new and improved NiceUp site!  NiceUp focuses on the reggae and dancehall scene in Wellington – the capital city of Aotearoa, New Zealand – but also has an eye on the rest of NZ and the international scene.  We are dedicated to …

seedling Originally uploaded by leoniewise. My favourate setting on the camera is the Macro setting. This is an example of a photo I took. The seedling is about 1-2cm high, and it’s sitting in a rotting part of the deck outside home.

PopUp – the world of Pop Art. Just opened on Ghuznee St, Wellington. Lots of very interesting art, most of it in a fairly “graphic novel” style. Definitly need to take a walk up and have a look. Sadly, the website is VERY flash-driven, so deep-linking to stuff I really like isn’t possible – but have a look at the …

… or in Wellington, in general. Given that WebStock is at the Wellington Town Hall, in my not so humble opinion, the best coffee around there is at: Tamarillo. This is a small cafe + art gallery on Wakefield St (out the “back” of the town hall, over the road from the information center). Tamarillo doesn’t do food however – …

I just had an interesting thought while <ahem> downloading last nights Daily Show. Why doesn’t TelstraSaturn do a (closed) P2P PVR? Think the same kinda box that Sky provides for MySky (HDD, dual tuner etc), crossed with Telstra’s set top box (EPG, pay-per-view via the cable network etc). MySky is a fairly good PVR by all accounts, even if it …

Well, if you live in Wellington or Christchurch. Well, PARTS of those cities. TelstraClear have just pipped Telecom to the post on pricing. It was: Xtra (DSL): 2meg/128K, 10G cap, $60 – speed drops over 10G. Orcon (DSL): 2meg/128K, 11G cap: $50 – $10/10Gig over that point. Telstra (Cable): 2meg both ways, 10G: $70 (approx, can’t find the site anymore) …

What she said. For Google Juice: Wellington, eating out, POD Now playing: Michael Andrews/Gary Jules – Mad World