Monthly Archives: October 2007

Matilda, by Hilaire Belloc

October 6, 2007 – 10:03 pm

marvel a day brought this one up recently - Matilda, by Hilaire Belloc

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The cult of Nespresso

October 6, 2007 – 6:05 pm

The cult of Nespresso - how a fairly average cup of coffee is making inroads into places that should know better.

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thoughts on being a follower

October 5, 2007 – 9:26 pm

In the last few weeks at bible study, we’ve been looking at Romans 14 and 15; what to do when Christians disagree on non-crucial things.
Obviously, opinions are going to vary as to what’s non-crucial. Suggestions from the study notes, and the group, were such things as what to do with alcohol; who to baptise, [...]

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free SEO tool Website SEO Score Tool

October 5, 2007 – 2:51 pm

The Website Grader gives you some idea of how visible your site is to search engines.

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Pacific magazines cafe, mcmahons point

October 5, 2007 – 2:41 pm

Pacific magazines cafe, mcmahon’s point

Morgan’s coffee. This is really the staff canteen of the publishing house, but it’s open to anyone who cares to visit. A range of healthy lunch options, and a lot of magazine covers adorn the walls.
The decaf is ground to order, and has some sweetness [...]

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book: Cryptonomicon

October 1, 2007 – 5:44 pm

First, a word of caution: I bought the 1100-odd page mass market paperback of Cryptonomicon, and found that as an edition, it was a little tougher to read: no margins to speak of, and a bit of an odd shape for a novel… perhaps borrow a more expensive edition from a library, and you’ll have [...]

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a couple of videos

October 1, 2007 – 12:24 pm

How to build stonehenge without advanced technology.
and
For piano players, Rachmaninov had big hands.

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