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Archive for April, 2005

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Virtual Super 12

Sunday, April 10th, 2005

By dint of a couple of close ones going my way I’m now 8267th out of 125995 players in this year’s Virtual Super 12 after 7 rounds and ahead of all the “experts”. Just thought someone might like to know.

Always had faith the Hurricanes would get there this weekend :-) (Not a good weekend for the Red-and-Blacks though).

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Gospel and Technoculture

Friday, April 8th, 2005

Guest lecturer next Monday for Gospel in a Post-Christian Society at BCNZ Henderson on “Gospel and Technoculture”. Over the past few years I’ve done similar lectures and this year I’ve decided to emphasize the themes of Christian hope and spirituality within Western technoculture and focus less upon science and religion interplay. Normal mix of slides, discussion and movie clips. Also going to use these two amazing images to stimulate discussion – Deus Ex Machine 02 and Genemechene.

Looking forward to it.

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Sony aims to beam sights and sounds directly into brain

Thursday, April 7th, 2005

Now this is scary. I can just imagine that one of the first applications will be in fast-food advertising.

NZ Herald : Sony aims to beam sights and sounds directly into brain

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Famous last words

Wednesday, April 6th, 2005

“All in all a very successful, relaxing and peaceful few days. Now some solid work is required over the next few weeks while I’m still fresh from it.”

Stomach bug decimates the entire family this week. Even those who have recovered have no energy to do anything. Must pick the most uncomfortable chair in my supervisor’s office tomorrow for my PhD meeting. Would not be a good look going to sleep in front of them halfway though a sentence….

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Pilgrims return

Monday, April 4th, 2005

Have returned from a pilgrimage to the sacred city of Wellington for the weekend. Time off with no kids for the two of us to visit friends and family. Stayed out at Raumati Beach with my brother and his family, went the commissioning service on Sunday of friends heading off overseas this week with Wycliffe, caught up with an old Uni friend, meandered around old haunts and purchased extra luggage to cope with the various secondhand book shops that we came across. Plus the Hurricanes beat the Chiefs (didn’t look like it at half-time) at the Cake Tin (though we didn’t go to the game).

All in all a very successful, relaxing and peaceful few days. Now some solid work is required over the next few weeks while I’m still fresh from it.

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Enter the robots

Friday, April 1st, 2005

The Buzz Report: Enter the robots – CNET.com is a brief survey of robots seen at the International Expo in Japan.

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