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After a long, long process of deciding what to do with our bathroom (updating or extending) and what should go in, the renovation is finally over. No more showers at work at night time! Proper bathtub, shower, vanity, actual (!)…
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Yes, it’s this time of year again. Retail shops are killing you with cheesy Xmas songs playing in the background, everybody is getting stressed out about relaxing over the holidays and work is squeezing in extra just because it can….
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This has been a crazy strawberry season! Not only did it start already early in October, no, we also had so many of them that we collected them and gave them away at work. Oh, and did I tell you…
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But in the last minute, it all turned to custard. What am I talking about? Software patents. For a long time, the revised bill, which excluded software patents explicitly, seemed to be on ice. People in the software industry getting…
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Boy, it’s been a while since my last post… But the last months, I’ve been really busy with the current research funding round from MSI. It was great to be a bit more involved in the process, but also a…
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The text used in the title, I came across in a small art shop on the main street in Coromandel Town over the weekend. On Friday night, we spontaneously decided to pack our sleeping bags and tent and go up…
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It is one year ago, on the dot, that Christchurch experienced a massive earthquake that cost 185 lives. The city is still only slowly recovering from that day (and all those many aftershocks for months afterwards). There are still 1000s…
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Sometimes gently, sometimes not so gently down the stream. How come? We went with some friends from Wellington on a 3-day canoe trip down the Whanganui river, between Whakahoro and Pipiriki. The distance covered, believe it or not, is 88km….
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Christchurch experienced another series of earthquakes. Those poor buggers just don’t seem to get a break. They’ve had aftershocks ever since the big one earlier this year. 🙁 The only upside, there were no major injuries or deaths this time….
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