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Cellphone Cameras Rock!

September 7, 2006September 7, 2006 Dan Leave a comment Dan, Technology

Cellphone cameras rock. Pictures anytime, anywhere. Here are six.

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Fathers’ Day

September 3, 2006November 28, 2009 Dan 1 Comment Dan, Special Days

Fathers’ Day started with a rude 5.00am awakening courtesy of Charli, who happened to be out on the tiles the previous night till a near-record 10pm! I should have sensed the omens were going to be good though

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The Lion King

August 29, 2006December 7, 2009 Dan Leave a comment Our pets

Our cat Simba simply loves his brand new house. Look how happy he is.

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Learning to Bake. At 33!

August 18, 2006May 27, 2010 Dan 1 Comment Baking, Dan

Yes, it’s true. I am finally learning to bake at the ripe old age of 33. If a 3 year old can do it then so can I. Maybe.

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Meeting My Girls For Lunch

August 16, 2006December 7, 2009 Dan 1 Comment Dan

What a hard life it is sometimes. One of the perks of Wellington, being that it is such a small city, is that quite often I can meet “my girls” for lunch.

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Moving On

June 10, 2006December 7, 2009 Dan Leave a comment Sarah

We’re selling up and moving on, the Beanie Gals are hard at work. We had our first ‘Open Home’ on Sunday and myself and the girls are hard at work keeping the house ‘sparkly’ for prospective buyers.

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Play Dough and The Italian Job

May 30, 2006July 28, 2010 Dan Leave a comment Charlotte

Daddy and Charli made Play Dough at the weekend and Charli did a road test with her new Mini.

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We have a new house!!

May 5, 2006November 27, 2009 Dan Leave a comment Dan

We now have the house of all family houses. Excitement or what? Buying a house here in New Zealand is soooo easy.

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Lake Taupo. Simply Stunning.

April 12, 2006November 27, 2009 Dan Leave a comment Dan, Holidays

We spent 7 days in Taupo for a pre-Easter break. What a top notch time. Charli saw her first geyser!

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The Harsh Reality of IT

March 23, 2006September 5, 2006 Dan Leave a comment Dan, Technology

A colleague left us today, we ordered in some pizza and we all had a good time. “So where’s this heading?”, you ask.

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Winter’s Coming

March 18, 2006November 27, 2009 Dan Leave a comment Dan

Today was the last day before the clocks go back, and winter well and truly sets in. You’d never know it though.

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The Bus of Death

March 16, 2006September 5, 2006 Dan Leave a comment Dan

Why is it that commuting is such a souless affair? Everyone sits in silence. No one smiles. Why or why oh why?

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Charlie the Builder

March 15, 2006November 27, 2009 Dan Leave a comment Dan

It’s amazing when you leave your little children what they come up with. Where do they learn it from?

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Technobabble

March 14, 2006September 7, 2006 Dan Leave a comment Dan, Technology

Playing the PSP game Liberty Cities, it suddenly dawned upon me how “rock solid” these software programs are – something the business world can certainly learn from.

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