Archive for June, 2008

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

kiwis can do motorcycles

New Zealanders have a reputation for being a people that have a can-do attitude. Being a small country in both size and population and the isolation of being an island nation in a far corner of the world does have it’s limitations. These conditions have much to do with the Kiwi Can Do attitude.
I am […]

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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

other reasons New Zealand is grand

OK, so maybe the lack of rabies shouldn’t be my first mention of why New Zealand is a great place to live. I’ll bet many folks didn’t know that before though. 
Here are a few more tidbits that add to the value of New Zealand:
1. The most dangerous land based predator is the white […]

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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

is digital photography too good?

In the past ten years or so digital photography has surpassed film in both quality (debatable) and quantity of images produced. Digital has become the dominant way to create a photographic image, for any purpose. In my opinion, there are a few main differences between a high quality digital image and a high quality film […]

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Monday, June 2nd, 2008

living in new zealand

As the lone American on the TimeZoneOne - Christchurch team, I’d like to share one reason I like living in New Zealand: there is no rabies. That’s right, we can live without the paralyzing fear of contracting the paralyzing and deadly virus that is rabies.
FYI: Rabies (Latin: rabies, “madness, rage, fury” also “hydrophobia“) is a […]

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