Author Archives: jb

Auckland Council’s “24 transformation opportunities.”

Posted on 5 September, 2012 by jb

Now, if this is isn’t enough to win the World Bullshit Bingo championships, I don’t know what is… Embed customer-centric design into our services & processes Increase the level of self service for our customers React with more agility to … Continue reading →

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Fleetwood Mac – Go your own way – OGWT – 1976

Posted on 5 September, 2012 by jb

Or this

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Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon – 1976

Posted on 4 September, 2012 by jb

Doesn’t get much better than this….

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 4 September 2012

Posted on 4 September, 2012 by jb

Brothers – Ry Cooder – Paris, Texas [Listen] You Won’t Have To Wait Till Christmas – Lee Rogers – Any Major Christmas Soul Vol. 2 [Listen] The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love – Jens Lekman – The … Continue reading →

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Out of the mouths of babes….

Posted on 3 September, 2012 by jb

Apocryphally, mothers-in-law and sons-in-law aren’t meant to get on. No-one told Elisa, Ms jb’s Mum. And if anyone told me, I either didn’t hear, wasn’t paying attention (the excuses I use more and more  as time passes….) or I didn’t … Continue reading →

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A 1939 map of physics

Posted on 31 August, 2012 by jb
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Logic

Posted on 30 August, 2012 by jb

LOGIC, n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism, consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion–thus: Major Premise: … Continue reading →

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…close to the wind

Posted on 30 August, 2012 by jb
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London 2012

Posted on 29 August, 2012 by jb

Cousin Dave strikes again… In the first 10 days of the Olympics the Romanians have taken gold,silver,bronze,copper,lead, drain covers and anything else they can get their hands on. Somalia has been thrown out of the Olympics. They didn’t know that … Continue reading →

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Must be my accent….

Posted on 29 August, 2012 by jb

I’ve been trying out Google’s Chrome browser on the iPad. It doesn’t understand whichever mix of accents I’ve developed from living in 3 countries and working in godknowshowmany others. I ask it politely to look up Mainz Daily Photo. This … Continue reading →

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