Drained but satisfied now.
-
I was asked to take the funeral of this twenty one year old who died in his
bed. It was totally unexpected with some medical event causing it. His dad
had ...
Gotta Share
-
And of course I found this lurking on Twitter, oh and I’ll post this to my
FB page too. LOLz. Regular visitors will know I like Improv Everywhere,
they’v...
Monday quote
-
Should the secular world acknowledge who Jesus is? Well, of course. We
don't believe that all Christians need to be ministers. But we do believe
that all p...
Some typically biased thoughts on drummers
-
Did you know that the seat a drummer sits on is called a 'throne?' Nope?
Join the club. I only discovered this today when I got the somewhat
enigmatic m...
An Everyday Miracle
-
On Saturday at about 2 pm New Zealand time, our grandson Noah James Murray
was born in Doha, Qatar. Bridget and Scott had gone into the hospital about
6 h...
Gisborne, by night
-
Having booked to stay one night at a backpackers in Gisborne, I then read
travellers' online reviews. "Death camp," they said, "discusting!"
read more
Dunedin Voice launching
-
About two years ago I started floating ideas for encouraging more public
involvement and discussion in Dunedin issues, and in local politics and
national ...
Separate? Equal?
-
Jan Heine, the editor of Bicycle Quarterly magazine and a cyclist with
decades of experience riding in Europe and the US, recently published a
blog post ch...
The John Lennon Letters
-
Edited and with introduction by Hunter Davies.
John Lennon is known as many things, a Beatle, musician, singer songwriter,
poet, artist, peace activist, an...
Security measures
-
One of the banks we use brought in a very complicated online security
system a year or so ago. They sent us what looks like a little number pad
with...
Al’s Weekly Links May 5, 2013
-
The best posts that I’ve read this week: A compilation of lower climate
sensitivities, plus a new one | Watts Up With That? Curry: less warming
than predic...
Botanic Gardens
-
Autumn in Dunedin is so lovely! As you can see!
If you are a parent or an excellent honorary auntie or uncle, then you
know about the Botanic Gard...
Scaling up trajectories?
-
I’m thinking about the trajectory work of Steve Benford (Yes, I know I’ve
been doing this for a while). Trajectories offer a way of thinking about
the des...
On the move
-
The Vandervis Blog has moved to *leevandervis.wordpress.com.
*
Posterous is closing its website so the Vandervis Blog is on the move to a
new home at Wo...
Constraints Create Creativity
-
*
*
*Aza Raskin was named the 2011 Master of Design and one of the top 40
influential designers by Fast Company. Aza is the founder and CEO of
Massive Hea...
Serious loop hole in Java
-
Late last week, Oracle was distributing a patch for Java software flaws
deemed so dangerous the US Department of Homeland Security said people
should st...
Back after a looooong blogging break!
-
It's been quite a while since I updated the blog. No real excuses, except for general business.
I'm also finding the new blogger interface really horrible t...
new beginnings
-
*Thank you for following my phoam surf blog over the years. *
*I am gutted to have to finally admit to this being the very last post.*
Three years ago I h...
A coffin, a beetle and a non-existent picture
-
I've had a picture in my mind for almost 40 years - a picture that I would
love to transfer to paper. The picture would save many words and be many
times m...
The Phantom 51: You need a new bouncer.
-
It goes without saying that if young girls and their grandfathers get
picked on in the Phantom's realm, someone is going to get a walloping.
But this pos...
The New Constitution
-
As a result of a democratic decision – albeit with a very narrow margin of
five votes – by the membership at the recent special general meeting, the
Otago ...
New composition blog
-
*I've been busy over the last few days, putting together a new, more
professional-looking composition website.*
For a while now, I've been splitting inform...
Dunedin's Renaissance Man
-
Jonathon features in the Otago Daily Times:
http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/164948/renaissance-man-relishes-dunedin
New website design!
-
I have finally updated my website design! I’ve exported this blog to the
website, so please update your bookmarks/RSS etc to
http://markleggett.co.nz/blog/...
Welcome
-
Hello there. I’m currently the Manager of a really creative architecture
practice (Ian Butcher Architect Ltd www.iba.co.nz ) and I’m
also currently ser...
.JPG)
