February 2009

Apple iPhone text alert silliness

iPhone text alerts have fewer ringtones to draw from than do phonecalls.

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Twitter on the iPhone and iPod touch

I’ve found software I like better for tweeting from my iPhone and iPod touch.

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Predict Wellington’s weather by astronomical events

I’ve made a very interesting discovery over the last few years, since I started to revive an ancient interest in astronomy: it’s possible to predict Wellington’s weather by astronomical events. Lunar eclipse: cloudy. Closest approach of an interesting celestial body: rainy. Comets: cloud and wind. Transits: wind. Other phenomena: mist and or fog. And on [...]

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Speketh so pleyn at this tyme, we yow preye

I don’t care much for txt-speak and try to avoid it, but it’s probably here to stay. And if it doesn’t persist, then some other forms will take its place.

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Waterfall at the Brook Sanctuary

Last weekend, while visiting Nelson, we went for a 45 minute walk in the Brook Waimarama Sanctuary. The Sanctuary will extend over c. 715 hectares of a former Water Reserve owned by Nelson City Council.  Most of the site is mature beech forest with occasional huge podocarps but the southern part is diverse broadleaved forest [...]

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The unknown hygiene policies

Today I used the toilets provided by the Thorndon supermarket. When I went to wave my hands around beneath the hot-air dryer I was confronted with a very mysterious sign, as shown here: We Keep These Toilets Clean For YOUR Use Please RESPECT our hygiene policies This sign is full of mystery and intrigue … [...]

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