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Domestic duties
Frozen NBC has a photo essay on the Russian mining city of Norilsk. It’s one of the few cities within the Arctic circle, and as a result there is total darkness for 45 days in peak winter. The average...
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Evolution, revolution
The backend Ok, I have my website back working the way I want it. Let me tell you about what happened!!!! Back in February I moved to a new web host. At the time, The Morgan said there was a chance...
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Too many mistakes
Today my mum cancelled her subscription to the Waikato Times because there were too many mistakes in it. Generally one of the most annoying things on Twitter is people who go on about mistakes that...
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Votes and goats
Hey guys, it’s general election times! I made an advance vote yesterday, which was rather thrilling. Previously advance voting was only available to people who would otherwise be occupied on polling...
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Galore
Drill down Last week I was at the dentist getting a filling. This is what happens when you move to a town that doesn’t have fluoridated water. Previously the water of Hamilton, Auckland and Wellington...
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Hey pretty lady
Do men in New Zealand catcall women? Is street harassment a thing in Aotearoa? The New Zealand Herald made a hidden-camera video, with a model walking around central Auckland and only one person...
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Merry stuff
It’s Secret Santa season, and I’ve again taken the plunge and signed up for NZ Post’s very well organised NZ Twitter Secret Santa. But I have a fear involving Secret Santa and One Direction. Every...
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Giving and receiving
My Secret Santa package arrived and it was good. I opened the box and discovered three items wrapped in newspaper (reuse!), with instructions on the order in which to unwrap. Strangely, it was easier...
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Life continues at 40
About a week ago, or whenever, I turned 40. It was even more low-key than my 39th birthday. I guess it’s the power combo of having a birthday three days before Christmas mixed with people just not...
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How to choose a flag
I was not interested in the debate around changing the New Zealand flag during the public submissions process. Public opinion seemed to be split between people lolzing at all the badly designed...
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The Switzerland or Norway of the South Seas
Newsreel archive British Pathé recently put 85,000 old films on YouTube. So I did what any good New Zealander would do – I searched for New Zealand films. My favourite is “Pan Am New Horizons New...
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