Feb 3, 2010

Some Christchurch buskers are bloody awful. There’s this guy who stands outside my office every day. He plays the banjo and sings songs by Cliff Richard. I say ‘plays the banjo’ but in fact I think he only knows one chord and bashes it out through every single song. Tortures his banjo would be more appropriate. Then there’s the guy that...

Nov 24, 2009

After playing around with the Hollywood sign for the WordPress logo competition, I decided to make our own version of the Hollywood sign in Christchurch. Seeing as New Zealand is such a great place for major films these days. This is basically the view from my window every day (minus a power pole or too). I took this a couple of hours ago at 7pm. The sun is...

Nov 12, 2009

My friend has just found a puppy dog and is wondering what to do with it as he can’t find the owner. So this reminded me of something that I’ve been wanting to get off my chest for a while. One day back when I was young in the UK, we’re driving off to my Gran’s for Sunday lunch. About 100m from our place, we see this basset hound...

Oct 8, 2009

A few months ago, during my trip to the UK, I was walking along Blackpool’s promenade when I came across the world’s largest glitter ball. Quite impressive but it does look a little odd just sitting there above the beach. I’ve played with the image a little to show a bit of appreciation for a certain fine blogging platform.

Oct 5, 2009

I’m sure I’m far from being the only South Islander that has bagged Auckland. While working in the corporate training industry, I had visited Auckland for a training expo and had found the road network to be a nightmare. Since then, all my memories of Auckland have been based around the poor traffic system. For this reason, I wasn’t...

Jun 25, 2009

I’m an avid follower of Heather Ellis’ photography work. Not only because she is a close friend of mine, but because she has a great eye for a picture and has recently been travelling the world and displaying her work on the Heather Ellis Photography website. It’s great to see a New Zealander’s opinion of the world, and Heather does a...