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  • Relight my fire on Nov 21, 2009 in science

    Now those Swiss gnomes have re-started their doomsday machine, time for a re-post a year later:We all like to enjoy a big bang from time to time and a tiny black hole on occasion, so I'm unconcerned by all that worry around the world about some parti...

  • Belgium rules Europe on Nov 19, 2009 in Belgium European Union

    You could called it the revenge of Belgium. After being ruled for more than 2,000 years by various empires and foreign potentates, now haiku hewing Herman will take the reigns of Europe as the new EU president, coming out on top of Luxembourgeois and...

  • Underground detail on Nov 13, 2009 in art Underground design

    Here's a game that will have you hooked for hours if you are a London Underground map design fanatic, like most of us are who have lived in London. Now you can create your won mug/t shirt/whatever design with bits and pieces from the iconic map. And...

  • Auckland governance ward system on Nov 10, 2009 in policy wonking Auckland

    I got a reply back from the Local Government Commission on my submission on the ward and electoral system for Auckland City: Thank you for your submission. The Commission has completed an initial information gathering phase in its work to assist it...

  • Been visiting on Nov 1, 2009 in travel

    Here is where I have been in the world and Europe. I didn't include stopovers involving waiting at airports only.The world map is a bit small to see the small countries and territories I have been to, such as Hong Kong, Macau and the Cook Islands.cre...

  • Submission on the ward representation system for the Auckland Council on Oct 30, 2009 in policy wonking Auckland

    Proposal background: The Auckland merged city structure should be governed by city-wide visions and policies. The new Auckland Councillors will, after all, represent the total population of the isthmus, not parochial interests. The way they are elect...

  • No sex in the news on Oct 25, 2009 in Navy sex in the news

    Earlier this year there was a sensational but rather dubious story about sailors aboard HMAS Success keeping a ledger book about their on-board conquests of female ship staff. But now it turns out, our raised eyebrows at the time were justified: It h...