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Best Birthday ever!

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

I’m sure I had the best birthday ever on Saturday. It was relaxed, I got some great presents, and just spent the day hanging out at home with Michaela and the kids.

Things that made great:

  • The weather was fantastic all day, it was that surprise warmth you get from a Canterbury nor’wester.
  • I got a hacky sack. Haven’t had one of those for years. We all spent large amounts of time playing hacky sack all weekend.
  • I got Need for Speed: Carbon for the Wii and it’s such a fun racing game. We played lots of king-of-the-hill style verses racing over the weekend and Michaela was the best!
  • The Squeezebox arrived, and provided fantastic music all weekend long.

I would happily have birthdays this good every year.

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Fantastic Marketing

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

I got a pretty sweet fathers day present yesterday. And I can tell exactly why it was chosen. The company made extra effort, and nobody else did. I’m talking about Toblerone’s “To My Dad” sleeve on the normal box. Very Clever idea.

When it’s gifted by these two angels how can it not make your day.

fathers_day_sweeties

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Another nephew!

Friday, July 27th, 2007

In fact way more exciting than the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, is Jock Holmes version 1.0 released yesterday. Congratulations Mel and John.

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Now I have a nephew

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Well he arrived on the 18 of April, but I had no picture and he had no name. So it felt like empty news. Well I now have a picture!

Nephew No.1

The toy is called Lux, but the boy is taking his time!

Well done Aman and Angela

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Seven Years!

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

Yesterday was our seventh anniversary. How time flies when you’re having fun. Others things over this period I can recall as taking their time and been painful, but being married to Michaela has never been one of those.

We stayed just out of Akaroa at Onuku Farm Hostel in one of their Stargazers wooden tents. These things are very cool. A wooden A-frame with glass above your head. So you get to gaze at the stars. It was partially overcast when we went to sleep, but I awoke in the night to one of the best views ever. Best of all, I was warm in bed. Combo!

I saw three shooting stars, zero satellites and a “new” star constellation! I swear it was a perfect dog shape. It was hard to go too sleep, when I felt I should keep looking, because I could and it was so pretty.

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