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>Went into a Honda dealership to find out how much a towbar for the CRV’s going to cost. The guy at the service department slowly takes a piece of paper and starts writing. Finishes, looks up and says “Go and … Continue reading →

>I watched a house burn down today. It was fucking frightening. Called in to see Steve Fullmer in Tasman just before lunch and watched him turn quite a promising jug into an ashtray, before we headed upstairs for a cup … Continue reading →

> I like cheap. I like fast. I like free even better.I like fast and free best of all. I like Orcon’s hotspot at the Richmond Mall a lot.

>I like Steve Fullmer. He’s a brilliant potter, a really nice guy and he lets me watch the All Blacks on his plasma TV.Even at 4 o’clock in the morning. But I think I like his wife Robyn even better. … Continue reading →

>It wasn’t difficult to spot him. Propping up his shovel on the side of the road, sporting a nifty digital camera and keeping an eye out for the next photo op, while the rest of his crew slaved away, patching … Continue reading →

>This is broadband in New Zealand’s largest city. The one where there was a two months (In words: TWO MONTHS) power outage in the CBD. Slower than a 56k modem? Hello?

>Aaaaah!The unknown historian graduate turns out to be my first cousin, once removed. (Why does he call me “Uncle”, then? That threw me off track for a bit) He was somewhat dark vis a vis the picture – supposedly “not … Continue reading →

>David HockneyNational Portrait Gallery12 October 2006 – 21 January 2007And we can’t get to see it.Pisses me off massively, especially after being blown away – really blown away – by his exhibition at the Royal Academy a couple of years … Continue reading →

> Nikon S3Clumsy meUpside down on a cushionOff goes the flashCould be gouacheTo say it was artWould be pushin’….. it a bit.

>http://youtube.com/v/IWGVZZzix7M So we’ve got a Japanese TV studio, a John Lennon look-alike (clutching what looks like an 8-string – but it’s really only 6 – Fender), a bird in a maternity smock with curlers in her hair and they’re singing … Continue reading →