Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: General
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No, not the rugby team but a deep sense of being a stranger in a strange land. And it seems to have been getting worse over that last six months. Owen Marshall’s “South Island Prayer” seems to fit the bill for me, God Don’t let me die in Auckland. Rotting in the heat before your…
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Last night I took my two eldest boys, Mark & Christopher, to the party put on by Waitakere Libraries for all children who take part in the summer reading programme. This is an excellent programme put on by various libraries around the country and in Waitakere is sponsored by the various local Rotary clubs. Here’s…
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Emergent Kiwi has a nice, new, spartan blog up and running. Update your links now!
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Every now and then I dip into Richard Briggs’ book It’s been a quiet week in the global village. It’s light, thought-provoking and the format of a series of reflections or vignettes on Christian life and mission in the contemporary world works for me. Today I saw this in it. Seems to me that we’re…
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Just been listening to an interesting programme on Science Fiction and what it tells us about our human hopes and fears on National Radio via a RealAudio link. There’s a selection of NZ news and reports plus the live feed at the top for those of you who are overseas and missing out on familiar…
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Came across this the other day. I like haiku (is that the plural?) so the idea of a new one each day appealed to me. tinywords.com: haiku daily You can submit your own and add your comments too.
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Blogging takes a back seat for the next week or so while I move to Movable Type. The lure of RSS-XML feeds and plug-ins has finally won me over. Stay tuned.
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Kim and I had an awesome day yesterday down in Hamilton at the wedding of a good friend of ours (Jono). Really nice to catch up with old friends and celebrate with Jono and Yuki (she’s far too good for him 🙂 ). The wedding was just right for the day. A real blue sky…
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Happy New Year! Another year ends and another starts. On the whole it’s been a good year for me and my family. Some transitions with respect to work (from BCNZ to Carey next year) and some encouraging feedback on my PhD research. I’ve been greatly encouraged by postings on various blogs and meeting new people…
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Saw this over at UserFriendly. I have a couple of games that I continually come back to for their game play not graphics so this made me smile.