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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The US lawn industry

I’ve just watched a fascinating and scary 30 minute documentary podcast from TERRA: The Nature of Our World called Gimme Green:
Lawns are undeniably an American symbol.
But what do they really symbolize?
Pride and prosperity? Or waste and conformity?
Gimme Green is a humorous look at the American obsession with the residential lawn and [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Save the planet 24 August 2008 7 comments

Luxurious water

Yesterday I went through the routine of installing a new filter into our water jug, as I do every 6 or 8 weeks. It’s easy: pull out the old filter and trash it, open up the new one, rinse it a couple of times and then we’re ready to go.
We fill our water jug [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 5 March 2008 0 comments