http://blog.imbibe.org My life, My travels and other stuff Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:50:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since I became yet another facebook user I can't say I've updated this blog very much :( Life in California has been busy, busy, busy, my parents came over at the start of August so we got to finally tell them we are married ;) We took a ... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/08/24/a-small-update/ I just watched this presentation on identity on the online world.. The speak brings up some good points and offers a solution, I'm not sure I'd be willing to implement it right now, but if a few big Web 2.0 companies jump on the band wagon I might: http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/07/03/identity/ New Zealands finest (or 4th finest) comedy duo are here, everyone should watch this! Its on HBO at 9PM Sundays (PST) or you can just watch them here... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/06/22/flight-of-the-conchords-on-hbo/ First off this is not an item about my use of makeup, though it has been known in the past, but in my defence I was drunk, on a boat, with work colleages... Why is it that american women feel that they are such expert drivers that they can quite happily ... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/06/06/eye-makup-and-dogs/ After putting it off for ages I finally went to the DMV last week and took my driving test, I passed the written test on Thursday morning with 1 incorrect answer out of 36 (What has knowing how long the jail sentence is for having excessive BAC got to do ... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/06/05/driving-test/ You'd think that you'd be able to find something as simple as Blu Tack in the land of plenty right??? Wrong. No blu tack to be found, not even on amazon.com, so if anyone wants to send me some..... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/05/22/blu-tack/ So! I've decided that due to time constrants imposed by the new venture here in California that I'm going to have to sell 0064.co.nz, its a shame, its got a great deal of potential as a business, but needs a lot more dedication than I can provide at the ... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/03/14/nz-voice-over-ip-service-proivder-for-sale/ Well, after a couple of weeks of fighting with our '99 Outback and is tendancy to get rid of its coolent every 100 miles or so we decided to go shopping for a new car.... Today I picked it up - a 2007 Subaru Outback Sport Special Edition, in Urban Grey, ... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/02/21/new-car/ We are finally in California and getting stuff sorted out, its going suprisingly well ;) Thought I'd share this from a packet of pasta we got from the supermarket: 'Add 4 TABLESPOONS of salt per 1lb of pasta' 4 Tablespoons???? I can't think why heart attacks are common.... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/01/29/americanism/ Comet McNaught is visable from NZ at the moment and its quite wonderful, I thought it was a contrail from an aircraft at first then realised that it was not m oving and looked rather comet like. I'm going to pull the out camera and see if I can ... http://blog.imbibe.org/2007/01/21/cool-comet/