I don’t know what the pizza would taste like, but I’d like to see one of these machines in action sometime. See Chefs in a spin over pizza machine.

Very, very busy for the past couple of weeks. Normal blogging may resume next week.

I wish my friends and I had had one of these when we biked everywhere as undergrads. LightLane’s Lasers Make an Instant Bike Lane | Autopia from Wired.com

Summer vacation, plus lots of stuff at work, general lethargy, plus preparing for things (e.g. the School’s stall at Parachute), means it’s a slow blogging month.

Two related links for today: Firstly, Learn how to be happy points to the website CALM (Computer Assisted Learning for the Mind) at the University of Auckland highlighting mental resilience, healthy relationships, and finding meaning in life as the combined sources of genuine happiness. Secondly, Science & Religion Today: Spirituality (Not Religion) Makes Kids Happy…

Merry Christmas from the Antipodes where, after the traditional bad weather in the week up to Christmas, things seem to be warming up. Low key Christmas this year – at home with Kim’s folks here – and some time to recharge the batteries. Dinner tonight will be Butter Turkey – last year I curried that…

Still suffering from shock after yesterday’s “*very* large spider in the lounge” incident, I discover Landcare Research’s Bug identification web site. As far as I can tell it wasn’t an Avondale Spider (famous for starring in Arachnophobia). Chances are the beast in question was a Vagrant Spider – though I’m not ruling out some mutant…

Just nice to go to the playground, walk around the lake and feed the ducks.  

A couple of quizzes from Elections New Zealand on MMP voting in the upcoming general election. The first one – MMP Quiz – is pretty easy (if you’ve been paying attention during recent general elections). The second one – Advanced MMP Quiz – had me stumped in a number of places. A good chance to…

Even though there are intimations of spring in the air it’s still very, very wet out in the back garden. So wet that one of our smaller trees fell over the other day – not very windy, but the roots just couldn’t hold onto the sodden ground any more. The same too with the spinning…