On Friday I went to the drinkies at ankhst and loonyt's flat. During the course of the evening I was greeted as 'a radical lefty', which I found amusing. I was also called a 'Johnny Depp' look-alike by ankhst's 13 year old sister, which I also found amusing. Can't say I generally regard 13 year old's as reliable epistemic beings, but I laughed and thanked her ( Read more... )

I have been busy over the last few weeks finishing another article - I got asked to write something about Iraq for another NZ magazine, "Peace Researcher". Finished it on Tuesday ( Read more... )

When I was in Russia in September 2002, the one souvenir I wanted to find was old soviet propaganda posters. I did eventually find some in a museum shop in Moscow. Although I could not understand the Russian signs, I was a little horrified to think that shop may have been selling original items, given the high relative price of some items (I don' ( Read more... )

Went to a party in Wainui street last night. Tried a bit of an experiment and biked to the party, so I would not have problems getting home. There are late buses, but only one an hour and I have to catch two to get home. The ride was about 10km each way. I was pleasantly surprised to find that it only took me 45 minutes, making it faster than it ( Read more... )

Just watched an interesting documentary on the History Channel looking into the cause of the Hindenburg disaster (6 May 1937). The story told to us while we were at school was that the 'dangerous' hydrogen inside the airship caught fire and bought the Hindenburg to the ground. We were then reassured that modern airships were safe as they used ( Read more... )

This is classic. A "two-minute cartoon called CAFTA- The Trojan Calf. Its message -- that the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has been presented to Central America as a gift, but like the Trojan Horse, it's really a vehicle for American corporations to secretly invade new markets. It's an important story that will keep you smiling, ( Read more... )

Here is the link to my new website. Comments welcome.

my new website

Tonight I have been uploading my new website. Very happy with progress. Ftp and mish mash of standards that is the internet on good behaviour, especially as hosting service only appears to suppor the basics. Even managed to embed a livejournal in a frame as part of the site - first go - techology appears to be smiling brightly at me tonight - it ( Read more... )

Saturday afternoon we had a small gathering in Cramner Square for May Day. Largely due to lack of organisation we did not get the numbers for a march this year, but the fact that the legalise cannabis people decided to kidnap may day as ":jay day" and booked the square did not help. A few of us went to the dux for a drink, meeting up at the Trade ( Read more... )

Just watched Star Trek Nemesis on DVD. The similarities between Nemesis and Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan are uncanny, in fact it could be regarded as a rewrite ( Read more... )