December 2005

Steve Jobs, movie man

Kathy Sierra in Creating Passionate Users points to a great page of pictures over at: Steve Jobs–this time it’s personal. Take a look. Chuckle.

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Gull and tern

Down by Oriental Bay this morning the gulls and white fronted terns were hanging out on the jetty, facing into the breeze. From time to time one would seem to lose its balance and fly off the jetty, around and then land again, like the tern in this photo. Just look at the curve on [...]

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Reality or drama?

Yesterday we went with friends to see The Constant Gardener. It was a gripping story, leading us through a convoluted chain of associations to solve a mystery, and reveal a secret those in power very much wanted to be kept. By the end of the movie I felt stunned. The story’s set in Kenya and [...]

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Fluffy’s new ‘do

Yesterday I heard a couple of cats having a stand-off in our garden. It turned out to be one of mine, and Fluffy, who lives across the path and up one. Fluffy’s a ginger cat who looked very fetching in amongst the native grasses.

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WordPress upgrades are no fun

Well, darn, the upgrade to WordPress 2.0 only took 5 minutes — if that. All seems well, no problems to fix, the Blog goes on. If you notice any weirdness while visiting, please let me know.

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Upgrading – delays possible

It’s the holidays — I’m about to upgrade this blog. Things may be odd for a bit, if I’m lucky. If I’m unlucky then the whole thing will break and things may be odd for a long while.

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