This page contains a link and short excerpt from the 15 most recent weblog entries.

• planned outage :

  This site will be down for a day or two starting within the next 24 hours while I transfer to a new and less expensive webhost (and upgrade the CMS at the same time). I moved to this shared host...

• OMG freezing :

  Wow it is freezing here in NYC tonight - actually it's colder than freezing - much colder. The weather guys (weather.com) have put out a "Severe Weather Alert" because of the high winds combined with sub-freezing temperatures, and the...

• first winter snow :

  We were in Manhattan this afternoon and it started to snow pretty heavily for a short while - first snow for this winter! The snowflakes were really big fat ones and I was wearing a black Calvin and Klein...

• happy 16th amber! :

  Wow can you believe it - Amber hits 16 today! Well, technically it's tomorrow, December 5th, but it already is December 5th in New Zealand, so HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMBER from both of us!!! Amber, I tried calling you a...

• built a new pc :

  I recently posted an entry titled "Goodbye Dell" after an exceedingly poor experience with Dell earlier this year. As a result of that experience, I decided to build my own PC rather than deal with a pre-built distributor, and it...

• amazing artist :

  I posted a few years ago about this incredibly gifted artist, but after skimming over the old entry and revisiting the artist's website, I thought a repost was in order. Believe it or not, the images below are composed in...

• goodbye Dell :

  A long story, and one many who have experienced poor service will relate to, but a little history first. About 6 years ago we purchased a Dell 4600, mainly because sharing the existing pre-2001 Dell XPS-something PC was becoming...

• five years smoke-free :

  Yes, it's been a full 5 years since I last had so much as a puff of a cigarette. Imagine how much more healthy my lungs are now compared to if I had continued to smoke all this time,...

• graduated B.Sc degree :

  Been a long time. Just finished my 2nd university degree! I had my final final exam last Tuesday and received the results on Thursday ..and passed. So that's it, I've finished my Bachelor of Science with a major in...

• summer of study :

  Been a while huh. It's currently the middle of the summer break here, however I'm spending the entire break taking summer classes at university. One of the requirements for my Bachelor of Science degree is three semesters of a...

• negative calorie diet :

  This is a diet I've used and it actually works. It uses a theory of 'negative calories', which basically means food that has such a low calorie count, that the energy used by your body to digest it is...

• carrot and cashew nut roast :

  This recipe was given to me by a fellow Kiwi surfer. I have yet to try it, but it sounds good, and apparently it tastes good too. I think it comes out kind of like a meatloaf but with...

• obamessiah :

  Lots of concern about who to vote for come elections in November. Regardless of who gets the nod on the democrat side, the choice out of McCain, Obama and Clinton is pretty dismal any way you look at it, in...

• all sorts :

  I've been neglecting updating the site since, well, last year some time. Oops. I recently completed a mission going through all the entries since 2001 and weeding out ones that really served no purpose, such as entries about website updates...

• anzac day 2008 :

  In 1915, Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of an Allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula, under a plan by Winston Churchill to open the way to the Black Sea for the Allied navies. The...