Archives for October 2008

Town Belt Friends on the web

Discovered today, the group and the website — Friends of the Wellington Town Belt: Wellington’s Town Belt is a stunning feature of the city landscape — an arc of public green space that brings nature and outdoor recreation opportunities into the heart of the city. It has been an important part of Wellington’s heritage and […]

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Podcasts lure me away from the telly

I grew up with books, TV and radio. I recall listening to radio shows such as The Archers and The Goon Show. Childhood TV favourites included Star Trek, Dr Who, Bonanza and many others. I was an avid reader from the time when I learned to read until, I guess, 10 or 15 years ago […]

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The wrong track

Darn it! For ages now I’ve been under the clear impression that the flat park area at the top of Marjoribanks Street on Mt Victoria in Wellington was an official dog park. Today though, when I studied the City Council’s map of exercise areas I realised that I was wrong. Area #30: Charles Plimmer Park […]

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Frizzell – one of my favourite artists

Each month I upload the latest exhibition on behalf of the Janne Land Art Gallery. I don’t always care for the works, but then I’m no art expert. I’m just someone who likes landscapes and other ‘realistic’ works. This month the works are Dick Frizzell: Go Figure — Exhibition 14 October to 8 November 2008. […]

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Cat lover’s dream house

If you have cats in your life then you really should pop over to Cute Overload and take a look at one cat lover’s house in Japan: A House Optimized for Kittehs We’ve just been alerted to an epic Kitteh House in Japan. Not only is this place modern and beautiful, it’s optimized for kitteh […]

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What technical writers get up to in their spare time

Found, a new blog by Viola Green: Documenting an unseemly project I’m Viola Green, onetime foreign correspondent, nowadays technical editor and writer for hire. This blog will track the progress of my current contract: 26 unseemly tales commissioned by Mrs Zoe Palin. In my experience any writing job can get messy, and this one is […]

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Dr Jane Goodall inspires, motivates and intrigues

I had the great privilege today to listen to a talk by Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, at Wellington Zoo. She was joined by four ‘local heroes’, who each spoke for a few minutes about the ecology programmes they’re involved with: tuatara (as seen in the speaker’s hands in the photo below), frogs, kereru, and a […]

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Kiwi spammer confesses

It’s very embarrassing for Kiwis that we have big-time spammers amongst us, but the tail end of this news item is a delight [my emphasis]: Court action is being taken over what NZ and US officials are calling one of the biggest spam email operations in the world. Three Christchurch men have been named in […]

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Text of Section 92 A of the Copyright Act

Because it’s not so easy to find: Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 No 27, Public Act — New Zealand Legislation: Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act 2008 No 27, Public Act Part 1 Amendments to Parts 1 to 5 of Copyright Act 1994 53 New heading and new sections 92A to 92E inserted The following […]

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My third page – a basic HTML recipe

The previous Tips in this series introduced a little basic HTML, showing you how to make paragraphs and headings and emphasise a few words. See: My first page — a basic HTML recipe and My second page — a basic HTML recipe. In this Tip we link to another website and also to an email […]

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Twitter tricks

Public tweets, private messages, protected updates, RSS feeds — there are many ways to use Twitter.

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A walk in the park

On Sunday a friend and I took our dogs and went for a walk in Belmont Regional Park, about 20 minutes drive from downtown Wellington. It was a simple and easy 2 hour walk, entering from Cornish Street, Petone. That’s a few metres beyond the motorway off-ramp that leads you to Eastbourne, but before the […]

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