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  • Bloody focus

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    You should read Merlin Mann’s Better post. It’s a superior articulation of my goal this year: to contribute more and consume less. I’m the world’s best procrastinator. I also love the net. That’s a very, very dangerous combination, and I’m trying to redress the balance. I have this blog and sportreview.net.nz – I do them…

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  • Web search

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  • Sick. But I like it.

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    Here’s the paragraph that made me snort on the bus today: I noticed a stuffed spaniel poised by the fireplace with a yellowed newspaper rolled into its mouth. Madeleine said ‘That’s Balto. The paper is the LA Times for August 1, 1926. That’s the day Daddy learned he’d made his first million. Balto was our…

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  • Katz of the Incas

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    Did pub quiz last night for the first time in ages – so here’s a Katz cartoon.

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  • Me-ssa load letter

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    Check out Fark.com’s best photoshop contest for a while – Star Wars characters in other movies. Probably not dial-up friendly.

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  • Revolution #3

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    So I decided to lose the hair. I sashayed along to the Barber down the road and browsed the fishing and trucking magazines for a bit while a Dad and both sons all got the same haircut. I got in the chair,  and asked for the #3 all over – the barber in the next…

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  • Brains are go

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  • Style

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    I just stuck a 7 out of 10 in The Economist’s Style Quiz. In your face, a barely working knowledge of spelling and grammar!

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  • Twitter:

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    spent most of today catching up on email from last week. felt like what I imagine baby seal hunting is like

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  • Dispatch from Dial-up hell

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    I was trying to upgrade OSX when the shit hit the fan. Some big downloads meant I’d teetered over my 10GB cap for the month, and my internet connection, my precious, precious broadband was grounded – back to 56KBps I went. For two weeks. Bloody hell. Oh well, we survived for years on Dial-up –…

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