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dont forget….
Street art project in Berlin – on Flickr. Just a reminder that 99.9% of what you see in advertising, is seriously photoshoped. Hat tip to Jim@ParkbenchProject.
a fist full of dollars – the story of a kiva loan
Leonie and I have been lending thru Kiva for a number of a years now, and one of their “kiva fellows” (volenteers) has released a video showing what happens from the person lending the money (in this case, his co-workers … Continue reading
lonely planet – new site live!
Congratulations to the LP team in Melborne – they just launched the new website after about 8 months of solid development effort. Lots of tasty new content with great new navigation – and all the good stuff like downloading PDF’s … Continue reading
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London Coffee
On the off chance you dont know, I’m a bit of a coffee addict. Or more correctly, a coffee snob. I dont like anything with milk, or too much water in it, so I drink espresso and ristretto mostly. What … Continue reading
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time is a funny thing
42 months ago, Leonie and I packed up our place in Greenhithe, Auckland, and moved to Wellington. That was quite possibly the best thing we did. And that one step into the unknown started a chain reaction. 30 months ago, … Continue reading
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Stop 1 – Durango, CO. Mesa Verde. Richard Running Deer.
We are now in LA, in the home-away-from-home that is the Air New Zealand lounge in LAX. It’s SO nice to hear kiwi accents again, after 12 months of being away. We put in for Premium Economy upgrades, but decided … Continue reading
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Hop 1 – Blue Lake Ranch, Colorado
After a slightly hungover start, thanks to “not a big night” with friends before we left, we set out for hop 1 on our trip. From Heathrow – with Giraffes in our Bloody Marys – we flew to Denver, which … Continue reading
last weekend: SW4 (southwest 4) at clapham common
Lots of DJ’s in Clapham Common, one of the big parks (commons) in London, and about 5 mins walk from Vince’s places. Not a lot to say, except: Armin van Burren Carl Cox John Digweed Sister Bliss Marcus Schultz Sander … Continue reading
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glastonbury 2008
The short version: We went to Glastonbury last weekend. It was loads of fun, it didn’t rain (much), there wasn’t much mud, and the bands ranged from really good (Manu Chou, Katie Melula, Tuung, Hexstatic, Kate Nash, Nick and Jodie/Way … Continue reading