Bring it back: Creepy window displays
Sometimes I see a picture of something from the past, and I get jealous to the point of becoming angry. I’m jealous that the thing I saw and its sheer awesomeness no longer exists in modern day society.
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Daily dosing
Imagine that I have asthma. Imagine that I was diagnosed about two years ago, and since then I’ve been using an inhaler everyday and though my life probably isn’t totally awesome all the time, I’m heaps healthier than when I was first diagnosed, which makes me happier, and more fun, and better at my job.
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Uniball Power Tank: A review
The Uniball Power Tank is just another entrant to Mitsubishi’s popular Uniball range of precision writing instruments. The model I tested featured black ink, but green, red and blue are also available.
Read MoreShhh. Listen.
There are perfectly straightforward reasons why the sound of your recorded voice is quite different from what we think we sound like.
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Spring clean your insides
I’ve got a challenge for you – and before you decide to ignore me and go read some other intellectually stimulating blog, just give me a chance… I dare you to try a detox.
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Eye for an eye
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the news recently, you may have heard Amnesty International condemning a Saudi Arabian court ruling that Ali al-Khawahir was to be deliberately paralysed for stabbing his friend in the back 10 years ago, unless he could come up with £180,000 in compensation.
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Anxious Much?
This anxiety bullshit is bullshit. We all experience it in one form or other. I’m sure there are fabulous evolutionary reasons for it. Saber-tooth tigers and such.
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Things Colin Craig didn’t say
In support of our blogging brethren over at the Civilian, we thought we’d also note some things that Colin Craig didn’t say.
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10 Best Things To Tell “Computer Support”
The Computer Support Scam has been around for a while now – here in NZ it comes and goes in waves, but at my place, we’ve had a couple calls in the last few weeks so it looks like we’re back on their call lists.
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A Time for (less) change
After all the sullen news of the last fortnight I wanted to write a nice, positive piece this week. I was going to say something about the joys of public transport in London.
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Adam Dawson
Adam Dawson has spent the majority of his life in and around the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
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Oliver Carle
Oliver Joseph Henare Carlé is a 26 year old aspiring writer from Hataitai, Wellington who currently lives in Auckland and prefers speaking in the 1st person when possible.
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Dead Dreamboats
My friend, Courtney, and I share the hobby of drooling over dead guys. It sounds weird I know, but…. ok, it’s weird. I take a lot of comfort in knowing we’re not alone.
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Defending the celebration of death
Lord Sutch tackled the celebration of death in his recent post. I’m inclined to agree with his final thoughts, but specifically in a New Zealand context.
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Death does funny things
Death’s a funny thing. We’re not that comfortable with it. We don’t know how to think of our own deaths, let alone someone else’s.
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Confessions….
According to my mum, I’m an addict. She thinks I have a serious problem. She’s probably right.
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