Saw the slogan above (or very similar to this) on lots of posters pasted up around the Massey public library the other day. I immediately thought it was a promotion to get more adults to use the library, but on closer inspection, it’s a “Treaty of Waitangi” information campaign. Then in the mail the other…

Picked up the final issue of Reality magazine today which was a bit sad. It’s been a constant companion through the past 6 years or so, and there’s always been at least one article or letter that’s made it worth my while looking through it. I know a lot of the authors and how much…

Took a bit of a mental break today and tripped into Auckland city centre today. Nice crisp day here so good for walking around town (not so good waiting on the station platform though) and I stomped around all my favourite book, music and DVD shops in town. Kim and Laura have birthdays coming up…

Went to Cathy and Steve Ross’ farewell gathering at the weekend. A chance to wish them well for their new venture in Oxford, UK. As usual good food, drink and company. Cathy has accepted a position with UKCMS as Mission Interchange Adviser, beginning mid year, having been the Director of the School of Global Mission…

Interesting article on fair vs. free trade in this week’s NZ Listener – A Fair Go by David W Young, Fair trade campaigners remain bothered by the effects of free trade. But their focus has changed. They are now concerned with the lack of free trade caused by rich countries’ protectionism. The old opponents have…

Acer PC “repaired”, software and data reloaded, and yet still not there. PC turns itself off after several hours. Not suspend, not hibernation, not graceful shutdown, just off. New CPU fan and heat sink to arrive today or on Monday. Hopefully the problem, which I originally thought was a fan but it seems we also…

Acer tech arrived this afternoon to replace the hard disk in the family PC. Metallic grinding noises from the computer followed by it turning itself off prompted the call to the service tech hotline. By some miracle we’d just backed everything up a few days before so I’m now in the process of restoring everything…

Where To Find Great Free Photographs And Visuals For Your Own Online Articles is a blog entry about sources of low cost images for reuse in your own projects. Via Jonny Baker.

A week of lots of little things. Monday – normal day of looking after the four kids while Kim’s at work. Tuesday – lecturing to BCNZ students on the implications of their understanding of being human upon the wider world. (note to self: get real penguin for next time I do this) Wednesday a PhD…

A couple of law lecturers in Australia have published a paper arguing that official torture may be justifiable in some circumstances. Understandably this has generated heated discussion. See the links below to follow these discussions. The Age : Torture advocate faces outcry. The Age : Torture : end does not justify the means. The Age…