February 2012
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Pinterest for.. Business?
That time has come, Pinterest is now “popular” enough that all the “social media gurus” are formulating Pinterest strategies.
As with every social network, there are some businesses for whom a presence will be a seamless and logical fit. For others, it’s tit’s on a bull, as my kiwi-bloke dad might say.
Pinterest is very lifestyle focused, and is useful for...
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How to scrobble to Last.fm from your NZ iPhone
The Last.fm iPhone app isn’t available available in New Zealand (even for subscribers!), no doubt due to sticky licensing drama. In fact, unless you’re in the US, UK or Germany you’re out of luck.
Even though I can’t change my blasted username, I like to scrobble what I listen to - so I can track it, compare it, recommend it, see, touch and taste it… Well, maybe not...
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January 2012
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The Montana House, by the Hussin brothers of the America reCycled project.
I’ve experienced the butchering of sheep, cows, chicken and of course, fish… But a black bear and a deer are shown in this clip as I’ve certainly never seen them before.
Is commune a dirty word?
December 2011
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This is the last 25 minutes of my drive home to Papa Aroha, Coromandel. Making a time lapse video on the drive home has been on my projects list for ages, so very glad to check that box - even if it does make me a little carsick to watch.
Will be doing the same thing in darkness this Friday night, perhaps I should make a clip of that too?
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Nerveburger
Tomorrow I’m going to have blood removed from my body, mixed with citrate, and separated. The red blood cells and citrate will be returned to my body, and everything else donated.
It’s going to take an hour. The plasma taken from my blood could be shipped to Australia to create blood products which are returned to New Zealand for people’s medical treatment, or used in...
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That we would marry, and that there would always be men we wanted to marry, we...
– All the Single Ladies by Kate Bolick for The Atlantic.
Some of the ideas in this article have been ringing in my ears since Rebekah tweeted it a couple of days ago. Read it.
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September 2011
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Oh no, someone thinks I’m young, hip and attractive! Please stop with the name...
– Why it’s okay to be a Hipster - Thought Catalog
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Maybe she’s not going to be into those unreleased Frank Zappa demos or Animal...
– Play On, Playlist: A Guide To Avoiding Mix Tape Mistakes via Thought Catalog
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August 2011
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