Archive for March, 2011
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Jolly Hockey Sticks
When Nigel gave me this topic I did what any self respecting media trollop does and Google imaged the hell out of it. I have to say I was a bit disappointed in the filth rating of the results, I had high hopes. Anyhow. I was fortunate to receive a traditional British education, with cold [...]
No Comments » - Posted in entercation,lost in translation by timezoneone
Monday, March 21st, 2011
our truck stop
This is a photo of our truck stop on Parkhouse Road, Sockburn. It is our new “local” and provides not only hot mince pies and hot fries, but also very tasty espresso coffee for the discerning trucker! I had a ham, cheese and tomatoe sandwich today and it was gooood! Dress code for agency folk [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Monday, March 21st, 2011
support for christchurch
Show your support for Christchurch and buy a T-Shirt To help raise funds for the people of Christchurch, we have created some designs for fundraising T Shirts. Buy yours here. All profits from the sale of these t shirts will be donated to the Red Cross Earthquake Appeal. Donations made to the Red Cross Earthquake [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Sunday, March 13th, 2011
Cool, Fun & Useless Gadgets
Star Wars GPS by Tom Tom For any Star Wars lovers out there, who wouldn’t want voices of Stars Wars giving you driving instructions! For $12 Darth Vader can tell you where to go! You can listen here Laser Tape Measure The Leica Distoâ„¢ A5 doesn’t take much explaining. Just point and measure. I am [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in entercation,Fresh,Technology by timezoneone
Thursday, March 10th, 2011
The Art of Dunking
dunk (dngk) v. dunked, dunk·ing, dunks 1. To plunge into liquid; immerse / submerge oneself briefly in water. 2. To dip (food) into a liquid food, such as a beverage or sauce, prior to eating. 3. Basketball To slam (a ball) through the basket from above. Dunking (not to be mistake with the ancient form of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
A brief history of the Jam
Nervously brushing off the dust and debris it’s time for me to climb out from under my desk and continue with the new TZ1 blogging format. Way back before ‘the big one’, David handed me the topic of basketball’s holy grail: the dunk. Being English the term ‘dunk’ instantly has me reaching for the hobnobs [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
christchurch photos
Andy and I were able to roam a bit around the edges of downtown Christchurch yesterday (inside the second cordon). We were trying to find out the status of a rental property (fallen down) and in so doing got a wider view for the scale of the damage. It is pretty rough. Andy took these [...]
No Comments » - Posted in New Zealand by timezoneone
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Hello from Christchurch, New Zealand
It is now 8 days since the earthquake smashed Christchurch. The damage is massive and will have a major impact on thousands of people for years to come; homes destroyed, lives lost, jobs in danger. Â TimeZoneOne would like to thank our friends for all the emails, calls and offers of help we have continued to [...]
