Category Archive: technology

269 – Close the pod doors, HAL

269 – Close the pod doors, HAL

There are the faint echoes of Strauss about the foyer of the Wellington City Council buildings in the evening. There should be a black, light …

 

138 – Strangers No More

138 – Strangers No More

Seven days ago we arrived strangers. After being challenged, photographing only each other and a lot of critiquing … something happened. We discovered new perspectives of each …

 

134 – Fish of the Day

134 – Fish of the Day

I kept a marine aquarium for many years. I never kept crayfish – rock lobsters – like the one here – I suspect they’d be …

 

118 – Messages from afar

118 – Messages from afar

My parents, who, by the way, have been married for 56 years, came to this country as newlyweds to create a life for themselves and …

 

104 – Belated birthday presents

104 – Belated birthday presents

Imagine … it’s late at night here in Wellington and I’m sitting in bed working on my laptop. At the same moment it’s morning in …

 

092 – Along came George

092 – Along came George

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur C. Clarke There are many electrical appliances (aka energy leeches) we use every day that have been …

 

043 – Tools of the trade

043 – Tools of the trade

After a couple of visits from the nice house call car doctors we decided we should take our car in for a service to try …

 

036 – Family DNA

036 – Family DNA

I looked at my niece and I saw my oldest daughter’s eyes staring back at me. I was surprised. Why hadn’t I noticed this before? “We …