Monthly Archives: March 2008

Mt Ruapehu Crater Climb

Posted on March 9, 2008 by michelle

We climbed Mt Ruapehu on Saturday. Mt Ruapehu is a 2797m active volcano. It is the largest mountain on the North Island, and one of the world’s most active volcanoes. Nonetheless on a clear day, climbing the mountain isn’t too … Continue reading →

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Snapped

Posted on March 5, 2008 by michelle

I went for my usual Thursday lunchtime run up Mt Eden today. I had plodded about 2/3 of the way up the mountain when I boldly decided I would charge the rest of the way to the summit. My legs … Continue reading →

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The Business of Web Hosting

Posted on March 4, 2008 by michelle

If you are reading this, then my web-host site transfer was successful. Up until now my site was hosted by Kiwi Web Hosting. I was on the 100Mb plan for $168 per year. However, since installing wordpress (blog), I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Another day in IT

Posted on March 4, 2008 by michelle

“Can you please look at the pascoe13 server? It’s completely unresponsive, I can’t even ping it” Half an hour later the system administrator comes back, “Er, we’re going to have to restore from last night’s back-up. Most of the file … Continue reading →

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“I want to vote for Hillary because she’s a woman”.

Posted on March 3, 2008 by michelle

Argh! This, from a conversation I had with a fellow (American) Aucklander. Saying “I want to vote for Hillary because she’s a woman”, is little different from saying “I don’t want to vote for Obama because he’s black”. Yes, US … Continue reading →

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