Archive for February, 2009
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
3 - 2 - 1 … WTF! Whose idea was this?
During our customer conference we were given the opportunity to bungi-jump off the Auckland Harbour Bridge. So, as part of my policy to always say yes*, I naturally volunteered.
I had never bungied before and was shaking like a leaf an hour either side of the event. But I survived. It’s an amazing experience, and I [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Auckland by michelle
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
3 - 2 - 1 … WTF! Whose idea was this?
During our customer conference we were given the opportunity to bungi-jump off the Auckland Harbour Bridge. So, as part of my policy to always say yes*, I naturally volunteered.
I had never bungied before and was shaking like a leaf an hour either side of the event. But I survived. It’s an amazing experience, and [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Auckland by michelle
Monday, February 16th, 2009
Not Ready
M: “My computer has locked up. The only indication that it still is working is the Caps Lock key is blinking”.
B: “Blinking?”
M: “Yes, it’s just sitting there, blinking”.
B: “That’s unusual”.
M: “<Sigh> Linux isn’t ready for the Desktop”.
B: “I think it’s your laptop that isn’t ready for the Linux”.
M: “Hmpf.”
1 Comment » - Posted in IT by michelle
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Twilight Tramping
Auckland Summer. It’s hot and often 100% humidity.
Larry the pet goldfish finally ventures out of his bowel and into the backyard. Unfortunately his evolutionary passage is struck short by raging sun-burn.
I exaggerate. But, summer in Auckland can get a little intense.
So when, over a beer, the subject of twilight tramping came up, I was immediately [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Auckland, sanitization by michelle
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
How to: Feed yourself
Exhausted after climbing Mt Taranaki, we found ourselves wedging in front of our Motel television. All on offer was two hours of American Idol, with ad breaks every 10 minutes, but it was just the sort of intellectual-free reality TV drivel that I needed.
“You know”, says Beau during another ad-break, “Our taxes pay for the [...]