Life in Wellington, New Zealand, photos, and dogs

For several reasons I've decided to close this blog and incorporate existing and future posts into my main blog, KnowIT.

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Real life

The Mammomat 1000

Routine breast screening saves lives.

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 16 September 2009 0 comments
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Kiwi bike safety campaign: 1.5m for 1.5M

1.5 million cyclists on New Zealand roads fear for their safety. Give us 1.5 metres of clearance. Our lives depend on it!

Read the full article ⍾ General 4 September 2009 0 comments

Let’s keep our conservation lands intact

The National Government seem to be seeing our Conservation Land as little more than an untapped resource for mining.

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 28 August 2009 0 comments

Should dogs eat what wolves eat?

Good for dogs? Says who?

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 28 July 2009 0 comments

Winter Diaries

If you’re feeling a bit chilly this winter, consider the severe winters and energy shortages in Kyrgyzstan.

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 21 June 2009 0 comments

Purple potatoes

These edible tubers are purple, with swirls.

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 10 May 2009 0 comments

Songs to wake up to

Blackbird or thrush: who sings outside my window in the mornings?

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 10 May 2009 0 comments

Big ears, but where’s Noddy?

He’s wearing giant, plastic ears!

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 23 March 2009 2 comments

Spoiled for water

I was washing my hands this morning: water on, wet hands, water off, soap, lather, lather, lather, water on … But the water didn’t come back on. Suddenly nothing came out of the tap. Cold. Or hot. Or the kitchen tap. Or the outside taps for the garden hose. We were dry. I wiped my [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 5 March 2009 0 comments

Sticky tape to the rescue

What’s that mess?, I thought, as I hung my black fleece sweater on the washing line. Then I remembered: I’d put some coins in a charity street collector’s box the other day and slapped the sticker onto my sweater. Putting the whole lot through a wash cycle hadn’t done either the sticker or my sweater [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 2 March 2009 0 comments

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