Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: General
-
On the strength of following The Spinoff’s regular “The Friday Poem” where I read The Friday Poem: ‘Overheard’ by Geoff Cochrane I purchased the 2017 collection of his poems RedEdits published by Victoria University Press. So far, my favourite poem is: Public Relations My barista asks me where he can find my books, and I’m…
-
Lovely little ‘slice of life’ short film about the boat sheds in Evan’s Bay and the Porirua habour, and some of the people who use them. thisNZlife: A video tour of Evan’s Bay and Porirua’s characterful boat sheds Both locations a loaded with memories for me – busing past Evan’s Bay each day on the…
-
Loading Docs is a site I’ve blogged about before which showcases short documentary films from Aotearoa New Zealand. The 2017 films are now up on the site (along with all the previous years). The 2017 collection is themed around Diversity – Many voices, many stories, many screens and you can find the films here: Home…
-
Probably the most important thing I’ve read so far this year. The Book Hoarder’s Guide to Moving Across the Country Probably needs how to add to move DVDs and comics too. (Comics are hard to pack and are heavy in bulk). How to pack comics for shipping
-
Last post of 2016, a year with about 700 days of life experience compressed into 365 days. Mistakes were made; lessons were learned. Some projects unborn or uncompleted, other projects unforeseen in 2015 brought to fruition. Various companions on the way departed; new ones joined the peregrination; and others faithfully encouraged as we walked through the year. 2017 will…
-
A selection of short documentaries from the Loading Docs 2016 collection, hosted by Radio New Zealand. RNZ is proud to present three short documentaries from Loading Docs 2016. Watch all here, including one that delves into a friendship in transition. Source: What happens when your best mate becomes a woman?
-
Have been thinking a bit about this during the week, and especially so having just dropped my daughter off at the wharf to go sailing with her classmates on the Spirit of New Zealand for the next five days or so. The Smiggle bit made me smile, and I could imagine having this conversation in the…
-
Currently visiting family in Melbourne for a few days. A few snaps (from different locations) of the cricket/footy ground right outside my folk’s place. Nice to see and hear the cricket game yesterday afternoon. Melbourne – Jan 2015 VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL
-
One year ago I was just about to start my current job. Heading back to work this Monday after three weeks annual leave feels like starting all over again (but with the stress levels turned up a few notches). http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1231 [Written with trial version of MacJournal. I’m sure I have a license for this, but…
-
Next up on the list to tryout is the browser-based blogging tool, ScribeFire (from http://www.scribefire.com/). This has the possibility of running just fine on both the MacBook and the Yoga, so I’m giving it a go. First up, I’m grabbing an image I took today for a later post on boardgames. It’s of the shelves in…