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Tag ArchivesFor the word: humour

Oct07

Chuckles

This is Wong on so many levels

This is Wong on so many levels

 

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Sep20

Words of wisdom

Snowy Owl

Just lately, I’ve stumbled across some great quotes and I thought it was worth jotting a few of them down here (my memory is not what it used to be rolleyes)

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Nov26

Election with Selection

Phil Goff
John Key

Well, the general election is over.

It was pretty much like elections everywhere; largely a duel of wits between unarmed opponents. No answers, but lots of different names for the problems.

I therefore present a New Zealand political addendum to the fully encompassing “Religions of the world

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Mar27

The dark art of Navigation Manager

Hi! I'm your Red Dot Rep for Today

In a slight departure from our normal style and content, and especially for my fellow RedDot CMS sufferers, I modestly offer my first white paper, submitted to Markus Giesen’s Unofficial RedDot CMS blog.

Markus has turned it into a proper article and made it available to download as well. Hope you find it useful…

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Mar25

Reflections

Shredded Wheat Ad

Yesterday, I was telling a couple of my work colleagues about what follows, which I received in an e-mail some time ago.

By some weird serendipity, my Dad e-mailed me a copy last night and it struck me as too much of a coincidence to ignore. So here it is…

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Mar18

Dante’s Hell (updated)

Dante Image

I really love some of the things that StumbleUpon throws up every now and again.

Last night, I stumbled upon quite a cool little web form, which allows you to design your own hell. You simply select categories of the condemned (or a few notorious individuals), organize them accordingly into the various circles of your hell and push the button.

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Dec15

Winter Poem

‘Winter’
by Abigail Elizabeth McIntyre

'Winter' by Abigail Elizabeth McIntyre

Shit it’s COLD!

The End

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