Blog Archive
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RunKeeper to Keep Running
- Posted in Blog - tagged App, app review, fitness, iPhone, jogging, RunKeeper, running.Ever since having to run the 2k run around the school each term, and multiple times during Cross Country season, [...]
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500px And Why it Works
- Posted in Blog - tagged 500px, flickr, photography, photos.So a relatively new revelation in the online photography world is 500px. As if out of nowhere, it has appeared [...]
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Haven Grove Studio – Mural
- Posted in Blog - tagged Art, mural, painting, studio.So its finally finished. After the eradication of the pink, it was time to put up some rock and roll [...]
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Collide, 2011
- Posted in Blog - .On a photoshoot with Al Ronberg I managed to capture this single moment in the sand, where the waves of [...]
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Still, 2011
- Posted in Blog - .Yesterday, whilst paying a visit, my brother noticed a dead silvereye on the workbench. Ever since Form 5 (Year 11) [...]
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The Studio: Decor
- Posted in Blog - tagged decorating, painting, studio.So the first major project in our new home has begun, a year after we moved in. The studio as [...]
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You gotta laugh a little – Tim Hawkins
- Posted in Blog - .Was browsing through YouTube today and found a very funny christian man; Tim Hawkins. I think it’s important that we [...]
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How to build a Mandolin
- Posted in Blog - tagged build, guitar, kitset, make, mandolin, Music, woodwork.The following is some of the things I learned along the way of building and constructing my kitset Mandolin. The [...]
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Why the All Blacks won the World Cup
- Posted in Blog - tagged all blacks, rugby, RWC 2011, sport, world cup.Back in August I wrote a post about why it’ll be hard for the All Blacks to win the World [...]
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Mandolin: Alpha
- Posted in Blog, Music - tagged build, guitar, kitset, make, mandolin, Music, woodwork.Last week I ordered my very first (and possibly last) Mandolin kit set. It is a SAGA Mandolin Kit AM-10. [...]
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Studio Wall
- Posted in Blog, Music - tagged bb king, black and white, clapton, hendrix, mural, Music, rock, silhouette.I’ve finally decided to begin work on the mural for my studio. I wanted something classic, with a little bit [...]
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Where are the kids learning?
- Posted in Blog - tagged children, education, learning, parents, percent, school, teaching, time.I was told not so long ago, that kids only spend 13% of their time at school. It was in [...]
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Guidelines for Classroom Blogs
- Posted in Blog - tagged blogs, classroom, guidelines, teaching, tips.It can be a tricky task selecting what to include in your classroom blog, and what to leave out. The [...]
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Hillsong Live – God is Able: Review
- Posted in Blog, Music - tagged cd, God is Able, hillsong, Music, review, Worship.The first time I listened through the album I was a tad disappointed. Usually there’s a bit of a guarantee [...]
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A Million Dots
- Posted in Blog - tagged challenge, code, dots, mathematics, million, php, problem.A mathematical problem asked today was to think about getting a million dots in class. It begins by showing your [...]
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WordPress – New Post Label
- Posted in Blog, Design - tagged Blog, label, new post, php, plugin, post, wordpress.I have recently implemented this code to create a new post label on my own site. Previously, I had just [...]
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Artist to Photographer
- Posted in Art, Blog - tagged Art, painting, photography.Almost a year ago, I made the conscious decision to stop painting, and stop calling myself an artist. A very [...]
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Why It Will be Hard for the All Blacks to Win the World Cup
- Posted in Blog - tagged all blacks, new zealand, nz, rugby, rugby world cup, world cup.I’m not going to say that the All Blacks will “never” win another world cup, but I’ll outline a very [...]
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Haven Grove Studio
- Posted in Blog, Music - tagged haven grove studio, Music, recording, room, studio, Worship.Welcome to Haven Grove Studio. The studio was set up by Al Ingham, in the spare room of his house. [...]
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Avalanche City: Our New Life Above the Ground – Review
- Posted in Blog - tagged album, avalanche city, cd, dave baxter, love love love, mumford and sons, review, tv2.Avalanche City – not a place that has a very welcoming name, nor would you want to spend the night. [...]
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15 Activities for Interactive Whiteboards
- Posted in Blog - tagged activities, classroom, games, interactive projectors, interactive whiteboard, iwb, online, primary, resources, school.Ever since getting an Interactive Whiteboard in my classroom, I have been building a database of bookmarks in my browser. [...]
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Interactive Projector: New
- Posted in Blog - tagged interactive whiteboard, iwb, projector, RM EasiTeach, teaching.This week our senior classrooms were fitted with Sanyo PLC-WL2503′s. This projector essentially works like an Interactive Whiteboard, but without the [...]
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Fly My Pretties: A Story – Review
- Posted in Blog - tagged album, cd, dvd, fly my pretties, review.Last week I got myself a copy of Fly My Pretty’s “A Story”. After playing ‘Old Friends’ with a couple [...]
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Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More – Review
- Posted in Blog, Music - tagged album, cd, mumford and sons, review, sigh no more.This won’t be the first review ever written for Mumford & Sons, and there’s probably countless other website more reputable [...]
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Hugh Laurie: Let Them Talk – Review
- Posted in Blog, Music - tagged album, blues, guitar, Hugh Lauire, Music, piano, review.This week I got Hugh Laurie’s new album “Let Them Talk”. Lets just say one thing. Magical. Having followed his [...]
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Teaching: The Noise Level
- Posted in Blog - tagged classroom, level, noise, resource, silent, teaching, working.A while back I made a class resource that was as much fun making as it is using. Many people [...]
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Plank Transport
- Posted in Blog - tagged BB, boys brigade, film, movies, parody, plank, planking.The last few weeks we have been filming at BB a Planking Safety Video, raising awareness of the dangers of [...]
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Mr Mexted
- Posted in Blog - tagged memorial, teaching.Today I found out that one of my favorite teachers passed away. Roger Mexted was my teacher in Standard 4 [...]
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Timelapse 001
- Posted in Blog - tagged home, landscape, photography, sky, timelapse, video.My first attempt at a timelapse photograph. I noticed the clouds had some wind behind them, and the timing was [...]
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G Date
- Posted in Blog - tagged ABC Date.Today Vicky and I went on an impromptu G date. We went Geocaching! The weather was just right to head [...]
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Macbook Pro – 15 inch Glossy
- Posted in Blog - .Edit: The Macbook was sold today! Excellent! My Macbook Pro is for sale. I have upgraded to a later model, [...]
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F Date
- Posted in Blog - tagged ABC Date.F Date was last night. It was Part One, as Part Two is still to come. We headed out to [...]
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E Date
- Posted in Blog - tagged ABC Date.Tonight we had E Date. We had 3 (backwards E!) courses of Entrees. Wedges, Chicken Rings and Chicken Nuggets, with a selection [...]
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D Date
- Posted in Blog - tagged ABC Date.For D Date, Vicky took me to see a Digital Art exhibition at the Dowse Art Gallery. It was quite [...]
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C Date
- Posted in Blog - tagged ABC Date.Tonight was C date. We had a quick Chicken pasta meal, but the main event was creating a Camera Story. [...]
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B Date
- Posted in Blog - tagged ABC Date, love, vicky.B Date was a brilliant concoction of B activities. First was homemade Burgers, while watching last nights Big Bang Theory. [...]
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A Date
- Posted in Blog - tagged ABC Date.Vicky and I have decided to start the popular ABC Dating. Each week one of us organises a date starting [...]
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New York Reaching Out
- Posted in Blog - .Reaching Out or Out of reach. Over the weekend I received an email asking me to exhibit some of my [...]
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New Site: Multi
- Posted in Blog - tagged website update.With the holidays providing a bit of extra time to work on my website. After a bit of searching for [...]
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Moving In
- Posted in Blog - tagged health, home, house, moving.Today we began moving into our new house. Yesterday was settlement day. Whilst most settlement days are rather complicated, because [...]
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Easy Does it. Done
- Posted in Blog - tagged Blog, house, living.Ever since about a month after moving into our Park Ave apartment, we’ve known we wanted to move out. Now, [...]
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Movember TwentyTen
- Posted in Blog - tagged movember.Don’t be a poser. Don’t just get with the in crowd and grow a mo’ cos you can. Grow it [...]
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Road Trips, Snow and Photo albums
- Posted in Blog - .Tomorrow we head away with a group of guys from Boys’ Brigade up to the centre of the North Island [...]
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Yeah – Won!
- Posted in Blog - tagged teaching, work.So I have officially completed my first year as a teacher. In some small way, it feels like I’ve just [...]
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Wedlock
- Posted in Blog - tagged marriage, wedding.Note: I apologised that this has taken so long to upload – but when youre without Internet it makes it [...]
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Belief: How are you Be:Living?
- Posted in Blog - tagged belief, believe, faith, God, Jesus, reflection, water.I was challenged tonight by a statement. Are we living what we believe? Because what we believe should ultimately shape [...]
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Cloud
- Posted in Blog - tagged clouds, fog, school, sunshine, weather, work.It was early morning. I’d just gotten up and was pleased to see the rarified sun streaming in through my [...]
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Proud
- Posted in Blog - tagged advice, faith, family, God, reflection, social.Being proud is when you achieve something that you didn’t think you could do. Being proud is when you see [...]
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Hands
- Posted in Blog, Music, Worship - tagged cross, easter, God, guitar, Music, video, Worship.Each year on Good Friday I make a cross. It started whilst on the edge of Lake Rotoroa on a [...]
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Return of the Mini
- Posted in Blog, Day - tagged car, mini.It took a long, agonising six weeks. After an initial quoted two, and minimal customer contact, I finally got back [...]