* The UV is getting stronger. 
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Breaking new ground
About this time last year, I was about to undertake a rather ambitious garden make over project for the dream of eventually eating home grown vegetables. Some of you may remember seeing my photographic reports in the album Breaking points, and two blog posts, Breaking points and Ultimate back-breaking day
Now I have a few more pictures to show you on the recent development 😀 …
Evolution of the desktop
Generally people associate the term "evolution" with advancement or improvement. From old to new. From primitive to advanced. From crude to sophisticated.
However the term "evolution" in its biological context does not actually imply any of those. By biological definition "evolution" is a change whose purpose is adaptation of a changed behaviour or environment. Often an old organ or function was recycled for a new purpose.
In the context of changing home IT equipment, an episode of evolution may look like this :p …
MMMM or not
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Fifteen shades of grey … clouds
It has been rather a mild winter here in Wellington, though quite wet. I was feeling a bit down, grey and old after being stuck indoors working against tight deadlines, as well as still reeling from the shock departure of my good friend darkesthour from the online community. …
Assimilated! Redux
I had resisted for a long time, but realised resistance was futile.
Now I've been fully assimilated by the Andoid! …
A quick look at the fortnight passed
I haven't had a lot happening since my outing to visit the bachelors at Sinclair Head. Or so I thought.
But when I sorted out and uploaded pictures for the past couple of weeks to my daily photo album 52, I could see there were few notable moments worth sharing. …
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The bachelors at Sinclair
For quite some time I was meaning to visit the bachelors at Sinclair. The usual 'Oh, can't be bothered today', 'No sun. Not great for photos', 'Too cold' or 'Too windy' got in my way. Yesterday I finally managed to get myself in my little old Toyota to drive all the way to Owhiro Bay road end on Wellington south coast. It's been over 10 years since I visited the area. I thought it would be a half an hour or so stroll to Sinclair Head. But it seemed the coastal line has stretched itself as twice long during my absence. …
