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Thanksgiving

Last weekend was Thanksgiving in Canada. The last three years I missed out on a traditional Thanksgiving dinner, being in New Zealand, so it was quite nice when I randomly stumbled into the Canadians in Wellington social group and secured a spot for dinner. I had...
A Weekend in Napier

A Weekend in Napier

At the work Christmas party last year I won a free rental car for 48 hours. It was kind of ironic because the year before they had awesome techy prizes to be won, so when they announced that the big prize was a rental car I slagged it a bit…then won it. I...
Out to Red Rocks

Out to Red Rocks

Last weekend we made an impromptu mission out to Red Rocks in Wellington. Red Rocks is where the male seals have their haul-out in preparation for the mating season (or at least that’s what the signs said). We caught the bus out to Island Bay and started our...
Snowboarding at Ruapehu

Snowboarding at Ruapehu

This past weekend I went snowboarding at Ruapehu for the first time. I left Friday afternoon with my friend Ben on the train to Palmerston North. The train was nothing special except for the small stretch along the Kapati Coast; the seats were comfortable though. We...

iPhone OS 3.0

It took a little while but I managed to get the iPhone 3.0 update. Severe server load for activating the update was causing the problem for me but later in the day it was all sweet. I actually find that there are few features that I’m actually using. The chance...