2008
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Facebook infestation hits New Zealand beaches
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Facebook has taken over from Sharks as the slow news summer shock horror story. The Sunday Star Times reprinted curmudgeonly Tom Hodkinson’s rant from the Guardian, changing its’ title from ‘With friends like these…’ to the much more measured “Why Facebook is EVIL!”. Reading the SST front page story I learned Sophie Elliot’s boomer era…
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Climb every mountain
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One of our greatest died today. I’ve only got one Sir Ed story (it’s not even my story, technically, but anyhoo). A good friend used to look after Sir Ed’s feet at his Meadowbank podiatry practice. He was making small talk and remarked that it was pretty cold that morning. We’re talking Auckland in maybe…