Archive413 posts

September 2016

22English in Hindi

01Tiny houses

August 2015

01Goodbye Wordpress

April 2015

27White is the new black

24Why my tiny house won't have a skylight

16Safe Stairs

13Sleeping Loft

10Likes and dislikes

09Once upon a time

01Glass walls and picture windows

September 2014

19The atheist label - I don't really want it anymore

17Mass data collection in NZ

08Democratic right / civic duty

July 2014

30MasterChef and other cooking shows

April 2014

09Crocheted creations

June 2014

09Multilingual

October 2014

11Politics parties vs policies

September 2013

03Guntur Road Trip

02Car Trouble The Aftermath

August 2013

22Car Trouble

11Favourite foods

July 2013

29Rainy Season

22Beautiful mehendi, done by my niece!

15Crochet Update Yarn search

June 2013

16My latest hobby – crochet!

10Family

May 2013

27One day in Hong Kong

25Cathay Pacific Review

22Mango Lassi

21Status Update

16Making Coffee

08My first auto rickshaw

01Pistols at dawn

April 2013

29Indian Summer

27Not like wildfire

26Random conversations

25Flowers in my hair

23People watch me eat

21My new bank account

16New Bathroom Floors

February 2013

25Powercuts (and shoddy workmanship)

12Progress report one month

January 2013

11Whiteware in India isn’t white!

10Our new home

09House Hunting

07Quick Update

November 2013

14Furniture Update

October 2013

04Pondicherry Road Trip

May 2012

25Switching banks (again)

April 2012

24Major life changes

22Impressions of India

March 2012

28Coonoor

22Mettupalayam

21Kerala

20Goa

18Malvani Food

11Pictures of Malvan

10Chivala Beach

09Holi

07In India – Driving at Night

04In India–Driving

February 2012

06The fine tuning argument

04Coconut Macaroons

03Feeling special

01People you find on the Internet

January 2012

13Hawaii 2012

September 2011

10RWC Opening Night

August 2011

18Mystery Weekend Part 3

17Mystery Weekend Part 2

16Mystery Weekend Part 1

July 2011

09Food in Fiji

02Fiji = Paradise

June 2011

04Game of Thrones

May 2011

30Grabaseat

December 2011

18The Holy Quran–Chapter 3 (The Family of Imran)

15The Holy Quran – Chapters 1 & 2

13Muslim creationism part 9

11Muslim creationism part 8

08Muslim creationism part 6

06Muslim creationism part 6

04Muslim creationism part 5

01Muslim creationism part 4

November 2011

29Muslim creationism part 3

27Muslim creationism part 2

October 2011

29Muslim creationism

September 2010

15Should we teach programming with games?

06We have internets! But we don’t have Vodafone yet (

August 2010

27Ten reasons why I hate vodafone right now

24Catching Up

April 2010

23The Carrot and the Stick

19Car trouble

07Friends

04Paid off my student loan!

02Family

March 2010

27Money

24Health

22Getting up early

20The start of my good life

19The importance of seeing a dentist regularly

01Auckland’s magnificent harbour

February 2010

28Procrastination, binge-working and guilt

22Getting to know the neighbours

17I love MacGyver

16Tenure / Continuation

January 2010

26Back into the poker

15Still not so good

December 2010

18Triple Chocolate Brownie Cookies

18German Apple Cake

18Carrot Cake

September 2009

14Return of Monkey Island!

12Giving to charity (part 4)

09My Hero

08Weekend in Melbourne

August 2009

13My thesis procrastination is officially over!

06Attack of the ‘eat penis’ person

02Remove one gallbladder, get a dozen stones free

July 2009

24Student stupidity (part 2)

14Get thee to a hospital

03Secularism

03Giving to charity (part 3)

June 2009

09Ice Cream

09Chilli Beef Mix

09Bolognese Beef Recipe

May 2009

30Student stupidity (part 1)

23Giving to charity (part 2)

17Giving to charity (part 1)

16Double blind reviewing

14Yo estudio español

13Windows Live Writer

12Too busy to breathe

April 2009

21Bad bad blogger!

February 2009

05Answers In Genesis

January 2009

17Choosing a new PC

13myLife.Update()

December 2009

30Pros at micro limit on Full Tilt

15Not running so hot today

14Full Tilt Daily Dollar

13Full Tilt New Zealand Freeroll

13Brief flirtation with Razz

09More full ring limit and a Sit & Go

07Won $5 from a maniac at 5c/10c Limit Holdem

06Playing Limit at William Hill Poker

04First session at William Hill Poker

03Poker Office + William Hill Poker

02Taking up poker again

September 2008

23Peaceful Relations

21"End of the world delayed": LHC broken

18Galveston, TX

17Don’t click it!

16What if you had 5 hours to live?

15Banning gangs?

14Scott Adams quotations

10Large Hadron Collider first full beam

04Happy (belated) birthday to me

03Sex education

August 2008

25Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia

18How filthy is your mind?

17This isn't quite how I remember Rainbow ...

14Apollo 13 towing bill

11Friendship

09Buy this house ... it has a lawn and a fence

07Sup noobs

03Warning, presentation won't impress!

01My next project? I think not

July 2008

31Selling houses

30Romeo & Juliet

29Cinderella on Ice

27Character plus ... a leaking conservatory

15Housing Update

April 2008

26Humour Part 4 - Why I don't think they're funny

23Humour Part 3

20Humour Part 2

15Humour Part 1

06Margaritas and Singstar

04Graphing Songs

March 2008

31Every woman, every man, join the caravan

30In the shower

22Gay Scientists isolate Christian Gene

18Web & Domain Hosting

09Under renovation

February 2008

11Not procrastinating

November 2008

09Making money on the election results

03Why I will (probably) vote Labour this weekend

October 2008

05Procrastination Guide

042008 Ig Nobel Awards

September 2007

28One hit wonders Aserejé

18Avast again, me hearties!

15One hit wonders Macarena

11Ready to Roll

06Deadwood

August 2007

25Dick in a Box

18Der Kommissar geht um

17Berliner Credit Sequence

15Beef Goulash

11A mug of Horlicks

06Everything in the till and no sudden moves

July 2007

30A slow snog with a distant relative

20Whiskey Thunder

15Blue Lady

11Fry & Laurie - Some Information Please

05Fry & Laurie - Mr Burmie

June 2007

30Ninja Turtle

27New tools

25Trans-Siberian Orchestra

19White Lady

13Maiden’s Blush

11Tequila Suave

09Pascals Wager

09Fry & Laurie - My Ass

04Absinthe

May 2007

27Toblerone

20Margarita

18Give your love to a cowboy man

14Drink suggestions?

13Blood clot

07Stalker Challenge

06Sugar Daddy

05Ménage à trois

04Screaming Orgasm

03Sex on the Beach

April 2007

29Cosmopolitan

28The Piña Colada Song (Escape)

27Fry & Laurie - My Dear Boy

25Mudslide

24Hokey Pokey

23It’s another Tequila Sunrise

20If you like piña coladas

19Cum shot / blowjob

18Cocksucking cowboy / buttery nipple

16B-52

12Atheism and Mystery

11Are religion and science compatible?

07Was Jesus really resurrected?

06Truth

03Respecting religious beliefs

March 2007

29Fry & Laurie - Censored

16Charlie Brooker’s Screenwipe

15What revolves around the Earth?

13Present both sides of the argument

07Country Music in Auckland

06Gary Allan - Right Where I Need To Be

05Fry & Laurie - The lovely Stephen Fry

04Queen Mary II

03RNZAF Open Day

02My new apartment - with pictures

01Today is my 5 year anniversary

January 2007

31My favourite poem - Kipling’s If

30I have a new apartment

30Fearing god

29TMI People I dream about

27Talking to God

26Random thoughts on American driving

25Random thoughts on American TV

23Random thoughts on American shopping

23Random thoughts on American food

22Favourite US Trip Photos

20US Trip Highlights

20I got burgled — again!

19Back from Texas

February 2007

27Procrastination

27About Me

26I deny the Holy Spirit

22English cream

21My first earthquake

03The God of the Old Testament

02Just write to your MP

01Kicking Ass - it’s the American way

December 2007

02Lingua Franca

November 2007

30One hit wonders Key Largo

October 2007

20One hit wonders Achy Breaky Heart

07Uncle Jay Explains the Blogosphere

September 2006

26Jared Diamond Collapse

25Is anthropogenic necessarily unnatural?

24Jared Diamond Continental differences in history

19Bill Clinton vs Don Brash

19Avast me hearties!

15More assignment “extensions”

14Students are funny sometimes

13Tip Truck

13More student antics

August 2006

31Quoth the server, “404″

31Grocery Shopping Part II

30Survivor

29Last minute assignment extensions

28Close encounters of the supervisor kind

27Grocery shopping

23Christian corporal punishment

23Ascent rocks!

22Recipe Sweet and Sour Meatballs

21It’s my life

19Rock Me Falco

18New Currency

10Does this count as Bling?

10Rock Me Amadeus

09Top 40 worst ever number 1 songs

July 2006

23The Daily Show

06Flag burning

June 2006

28Christianity as proof of the resurrection

15Could the United States disunite?

13Extremism

12More Evolution

10The first time I’ve ever called the Police

10Evolution

09What’s in a (scientific) theory?

08Using the bible to prove the truth of the bible

08Religion and personal responsibility

07More bash quotes

07Can you find America on a world map?

06Bash quotes

05The end is nigh, the end is nigh

03Presentation sins

01I love Mr. Cranky

May 2006

30When students don’t come to class

30Missionaries are evil

27That whole breakpoint thing

25Taking instructions literally

22Failing students

21Cheating students

19Too much responsibility

17White wedding (dress)

17Tying my shoelaces

16Buses are supposed to be on time? In Auckland?

15A student asking for help

14Students asking for help

14Mother’s Day

13Israel/Palestine Part 2

12Wedding butterflies

11Wedding rigmarole

11Security Exception and a case of perfect timing

10Coping with uncertainty

08Religious Tolerance (mine)

07Israel/Palestine Part 1

06What should I do when I see bad web design?

06Usable Forms

05Thank god for dead soldiers - WTF?

05Forgive my crappy categorisation

04Religious Intolerance (mine)

April 2006

29Bugatti Veyron

27Anti gay propaganda

27Amending the US Constitution to prohibit gay marriage?

21Proper Christian sex?

March 2006

09Slow News Day

07Fastways - I’m still waiting

February 2006

14I’m Irish!

09More Fastways ranting

07SlowWays Courier Update

06Are you a Microsoft Office guru?

05Sleuth DOS game from 1983

04SlowWay Couriers

January 2006

08International Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19

December 2006

09Gone To Texas

04A right to indulge imbecilities

November 2006

28Good juicy tongue in the back passage

17Gay Marriage

17Atheist or strong atheist?

16What are you an atheist about?

15What is an atheist?

14George Carlin on Religion

10Christian Programming

07Fundies say the darndest things

05Religious Quotes

03America leader of the free world?

October 2006

31Kissing Hank’s Ass

31American Patriotic Posters

30Mid-term elections

29Uri Geller parody

28Uri Geller gets performance anxiety

27Uri Geller bends a spoon

26Oak Ridge Boys

26America’s patience is not unlimited?!?

25Pigasus Awards

24Poi E

21Ig Nobel Prize

20Somebody give me a gun

19Lighting a shuck to Texas

18Top Gear set a caravan on fire

17If the earth was a sandwich

13Why did WTC7 collapse?

12A long Train of Abuses and Usurpations

11More Downeasters, including “Alexa”

10The Downeaster “Alexa”

09Pirate booty

08Diamonds are not a student’s best friend

07Collapse - the book

04Jared Diamond questions

01Jared Diamond Re-examining core values

September 2005

30Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

August 2005

13Technical Documentation Weirdness

08“We are sorry that our president is an idiot”

08Bad instructions

July 2005

20If PDF is unfit for human consumption, then what is this?

18Using icons that show both action and state

15Keyboard with configurable key display

14GUIdebook Graphical User Interface gallery

14Choosing a car seatbelt installer

13Flatlander The parable of the managers

June 2005

24My JavaScript Misconceptions

May 2005

18I need an after-hours courier service

06My personal information is scattered across the web

05Backpack: A personal productivity web application

April 2005

07Would you download an exe from this site?

March 2005

26Dissertation Desperation: Poetic Ramblings

15Blogging about blogging about blogging

December 2005

23Change of Religion: Invisible Pink Unicorn

22Strategy Board Games and where to buy them

21University (of Auckland) for Dummies

20Boogie Wonderland

19Idaho Falls Nuclear Reactor Accident

04MacGyver on DVD!

November 2005

25Would you do him?

25Disappointed by your banana?

17Teaching Portfolio dress for the occasion

17A university course is a journey

October 2005

07The worlds best textbooks