Seals at Red Rocks

Monday, August 17th, 2009

In my continuing quest to explore as much of my new home city as possible, yesterday I went for a walk around the south Wellington coast with a couple of friends. Starting from Owhino Bay there is a beach-side path that leads around the coast. Actually it is not a ...

New Zealand Web Harvest 2008 Update

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

A couple of months ago I wrote about the National Library's New Zealand Web Harvest project and now they have released a short report on how it all went. I think this is a fantastic undertaking and I am looking forward to the full findings. In additional NatLib news, they ...

The Spider House Rules

Monday, December 1st, 2008

I consider myself a fan of spiders. I knew when I bought a wooden house that I would probably end up sharing it with some eigth-legged friends and I was perfectly OK with that. I do brush up their webs if they get too untidy but generally I leave them ...