A recap of the books I read in 2025 | Continue reading
The first day of our summer road trip, stopping at Orakei Korako on the way south. | Continue reading
Fewer beers, better choices. A look back at what I drank in 2025 | Continue reading
A personal look at music ownership, streaming, and how I buy, collect, and stream music I actually own. | Continue reading
Another Tuesday night gig, what am I doing to myself? | Continue reading
What I’ve been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web. | Continue reading
A quick look at how I use Firefox Containers and Containerise to keep the big bad evil platforms fenced off and reduce the web’s mess without breaking my web browsing experience | Continue reading
People just got lazy | Continue reading
We finally bought a house. It needs a full rebuild, but at least the open home era is over. | Continue reading
The night before a gig, a 5am gym session, and a flight to Sydney — what am I thinking? | Continue reading
Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing. | Continue reading
Tom Scott's latest project Anitya, the album and the once in a life time live show at the Auckland Civic Theatre | Continue reading
Long weekend and Armageddon Expo with my son | Continue reading
Quick reference for how to turn off AI features in Firefox | Continue reading
Catching up on TV shows. | Continue reading
The Spinoff takes a look at how vinyl came back to life - and what it means | Continue reading
Monster trucks at Eden Park, lol | Continue reading
New music I grabbed this Bandcamp Friday. | Continue reading
Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing. | Continue reading
Loved The Runarounds, eight episodes of fun television | Continue reading
What a huge night of doof doof | Continue reading
When the music industry forgets about an album, local libraries are here to save the day | Continue reading
Supporting NZ music with Minuit’s full back catalogue (fresh off last night’s gig) and Fur Patrol’s classics | Continue reading
Minuit’s reunion tour wrapped up at Double Whammy in Auckland, a fantastic night out with friends, food, and music | Continue reading
Sicker Than The Remix Description: Settling into our new life routines, open homes, new pages on the website and my favourite posts from around the web. What’s going on, Internet? This is the August recap, but without the usual title. Time to mix things up. I used to pull post ti … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? Everybody’s Looking At Me, a new old track just dropped on the STANS documentary soundtrack. If you ever paid attention during “The Kiss” skit on The Eminem Show, you’ll recognize it. It’s the same track playing in the background on the car stereo. Peop … | Continue reading
Everyone seems to be nostalgic about MySpace. People miss the Top 8, the profile music, and the wild custom layouts. But really? I’m not feeling it. I got involved at the time, sure, but it was never my favourite. I was already deeply rooted in something else. I was still living … | Continue reading
What’s happening, Internet? I reckon Bandcamp Friday should be monthly. My cart piles up fast between events and I always end up making cuts to stay within my budget. I get why they can’t run it every month, but still… Since the last BCF back in March, I stacked my cart and had t … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? What do you know, August is halfway through so I figure I better catch you two up with what I’ve been up to, As of today, I’m six weeks into living in Auckland while the rest of my family are settling into their third month. We’ve been keeping busy with … | Continue reading
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Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy. What’s going on, Internet? Last weekend the family and I took a trip over the Auckland Harbour Bridge to the North Shore to check out Hairy Maclary’s Greatest Hits, live on stage with Jackie Clarke and … | Continue reading
A forgotton banger of the 90s/2000s? Mandy Moore - Candy Hey, thanks for reading this post in your feed reader! Want to chat? Reply by email or add me on XMPP, or send a webmention. Check out the posts archive on the website. | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? Last week we caught up with my brother and his family and headed to Auckland Zoo to checked out the Dinosaur Discovery Track. This immersive educational experience in the Zoo’s former elephant habitat features 25 large-scale animatronic dinosaurs made b … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? It’s been two weeks since the final move and drive up the North Island of Aotearoa. I’m finally reunited with my family and settled in Tāmaki Makaurau and settling back into the family routine, all the while in a new city in our temporary accommodation. … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? I’ve been a happy Kagi user since early 2023 and have spent a bit of time curating my ideal Internet search experience using the tools Kagi offers. Kagi is a premium search engine that puts you first. Unlike traditional search engines that monetise your … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? Tomorrow morning I will wake up and head to the gym that I’ve been working out in for the last 4 weeks and have my final workout. These past four weeks have been like living in purgatory. Travelling back and forth between here and Auckland where my wife … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? I just finished reading The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami, and while I enjoyed the book, it also left me feeling extremely unsettled. There was nothing bad about the book — it was a fantastic story. One I smashed through in a couple of days. It unsettled … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? I’ve been missing in action again across April and March so I’ll use this post as a way to catch you two up on everything that’s been going on while I sit at the airport waiting for my flight back home(?) after a week in Sydney for work. Since the last … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? Video guides and tutorials are great for getting a quick overview of a process, but they’re hard to go back to for reference. I know this has been said many times before, but now it’s my turn. As I prepare to rebuild my home media centre, I’ve been watc … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? Let’s wrap up March before we get too far into April. Some big news for me and my family is that we’re embarking on an exciting new chapter, moving to Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) to support my wife’s new job. This is a significant change for us, especial … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? I picked up a set of golf clubs this morning. I’m ready for my four week course that starts next Saturday. While hitting some balls in the simulation room at the pro shop, I hit golf shot after golf shot. As soon as I hit the range for the first fifty b … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? I had my second golf lesson this past Friday. I met Brady, my coach, at Maor Park Golf Sanctuary. It’s a beautiful place. I never thought much of it while driving past it hundreds of times over the years. It’s nicely tucked away between the highway and … | Continue reading
What’s going on, Internet? This past Thursday, Angus (my dog) and I headed to my parents’ place in the Wairarapa to stay the night. I dropped Angus off before continuing to Greytown to attend “The Magic Of Writing It Down,” an in-person workshop on journaling. Millie Blackwell of … | Continue reading