…..aaaaaaand we’re back. BTW, how come blogger’s spellcheck doesn’t recognise ‘blog’? I think we should be told.

Blogging is huge – there’s an endless array of stats out there about how many there are, how many are being created every day, how many people are reading them, how the traditional media outlets should be crapping themselves, etc etc etc. A lot of blogs posts it seems are about, well, blogging. I didn’t…

This is class. I didn’t like The Life Aquatic, but I’m a fan of Anderson’s films generally, esp. The Royal Tenenbaums and Bottle Rocket. He’s got his own style alright (geeky obsession with detail and using the same actors all the time) and this ad is like a WA film in miniature. link

Napier06 042 Originally uploaded by richirvine73. Napier (short) report:– Craggy Range vineyard is a spectacular place to have lunch– Te Mata peak could do with some rails on the road to the top– Hastings gets a really raw deal being next to picturesque Napier – no wonder they hate each other– Kim Crawford winery is…

Having leapt the 30 hurdle (ahem) a couple of years ago, I was interested to read this article, 59 things a man should never do after 30. I don’t agree with all of it (I quite like hacky sack and air drumming, and what’s wrong with fireworks?), but they’re basically on the right track. Let’s…

Here’s a feeble attempt to do some Kottke style linkage. – I’ve started hankering after electric guitars again, which is a dangerous, slippery slope. Large parts of my yoof were spent loitering in and near Hamilton’s music shops looking for mythical bargains – but in this age of TradeMe, the ol’ bargains just aren’t around…

Thinking Caps Originally uploaded by richirvine73.

Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas is a pretty sweet game. I don’t have the commitment (or the time) to really charge through it, but at the moment I’m in an ‘interesting bit’, so I’m playing a little more. You get to run around (and create mayhem) in amazing replicas of Los Angeles (which I’ve…

I love Aphex Twin – and here’s a taste of his new compilation kindly provided by MP3 blog music for robots. It’s a typical ‘Twin track, with all kinds of electronic squiggles and weird voices – then just when you think ‘what gives? This thing’s not going anywhere’ it all comes together nicely with strings…

Katz_hitchhikers What’s Katz, then? Originally uploaded by richirvine73.