Nearly An Hour
An extra fifty fucking minutes of footage in the Extended Edition of The Return of the King. That’s, like, not really that far off a whole extra other regular-length movie.…
Tasty!
I forgot to blog this earlier, but the other day I was involved in a relatively lengthy online discussion from which sprang the idea that a really good name for a brand of communion wine would be “Sweet Jesus!”.…
Nope
It’s becoming impossible to make fun of the FOX tv channel. I mean .. you couldn’t mock this stuff if you TRIED to. It’d be like doing a MST3K riff on Plan 9 From Outer Space, or a ridiculous over-the-top 80’s metal band version of Limozeen. No-one…
A Bowl Full Of Jelly Sounds Delicious
First time back at the gym doing a serious workout for … some time. A year or so? Annette and I used it once a couple of months ago, but I wasn’t doing any serious work. I was this time. And it didn’t seem so bad at the time,…
Signalling My Home Planet
To Infinity! And Beyond! The following picture accompanied a newspaper article about ICONZ Wireless selling broadband connections into Bucklands Beach and the surrounding coastline. Pictured are myself, and and ICONZ Marketing Consultant. Note our fine socialist middle-distance stares! And me in my very best Hobbit-pants!…
It Was A Lab. In The Sky.
[Scene: JSR is reading old Doonsbury cartoons on his computer] JSR: “It’s so amazing to read these old cartoons from the 70’s, you know? Like, they’re talking about the Equal Rights Amendment in this one! There’s stuff here that we just totally take for granted nowadays.…
Can't Park There
Right, so. Coming back from Wellington, car full of ex-Weta Digital servers that I’m gleefully taking back to Auckland. The car in front of me is a bright blue hatchback, lowered, tinted windows, sticker on the rear window that says “Low Key” .. serious rice …and no licence plate at…
Here We Go
No sign of my new second-hand decks and mixer yet. I am anxious. HOW am I supposed to become a superstar Dee-jeahhh if my gear is endlessly delayed! Dammit! Current projects: Work: – Satellite based internet delivery to 65 schools – Plus all the usual work crap like complex customer solutions, product…