Category Archives: Archive

NZ Herald, 13 February 2006 This article from the NZ Herald reports on a call by the National Party for an Education Ministry internal website containing data on the comparative performance of schools to be made accessible to the public … Continue reading →

Slate.com February 10, 2006 I think New Zealanders have a fascination with what outsiders think about the place. I thought this article in slate.com was interesting (not just the title – “Girls Go Wild, Adventures in NZ” ), especially this … Continue reading →

I spent a lot of my vacation at Pakiri Beach, north of Auckland. It’s one of my favorite places – a long (about 9km / 5.5 miles) white sandy beach north of Leigh, facing the Hen and Chicken Islands which … Continue reading →

I’m am slowly getting my holiday photos sorted out. Those worth sharing are now loaded on to the server and I will get them published here over the next few days. Here is the first lot – some photos taken … Continue reading →

I found this interesting snippet today in an article about architecture in the NZ Listener (January 28 – February 3 2006, Vol 202 No 3429): “Timber requires one megajoule per kilogram to process from the log state to a milled … Continue reading →

I’ve added a new link to Radio New Zealand’s website to my News web links section. In the past RNZ has resisted providing streaming audio, but I discovered a few days ago that they have now made the great leap … Continue reading →

I left Mum and Dad’s place in Northcote at about 4pm NZDT Saturday and arrived at home in Lake Zurich at about 9pm CST – 4pm Sunday in NZ – 24 hours door to door. The trip went fine. At … Continue reading →

Well, my vacation has come to a close. I’m easing my way back into work with a conference in Sydney and will be back in the US in a few days. Although I hadn’t intended to, I have pretty much … Continue reading →

It was a pretty windy day in Auckland today. I went down to Devonport this afternoon with Mum and Dad and took a few photos of what little action there was on the harbour.

I haven’t been very diligent in updating this since Christmas, partly because I haven’t been doing much of note apart from running and reading. However, last weekend we (Mum, Dad and I and Michelle, Jeremy and Thom) went to Cornwall … Continue reading →