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Can you pass the third grade? Do you know your North Dakota from your North Carolina? How well would you do naming all the states of the United States of America?

With this game, you have a few minutes to drag the names of the US states and drop them in the right places on the map. The TimeZoneOne team have clients all around the USA so I am sure we will all deliver big scores! 

Click on the link below to play the game but be warned, it is very addictive!

http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

Nigel Scores 40

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 NIGEL FOLEY

1. What are you wearing today?

Jeans and a cord jacket because I’m cool!

2. How many brothers/sister do you have and are you first born, middle, youngest or only child?

1 brother, I’m the oldest. 

3. Where were you born?

Jean Todd wing, Timaru Public Hospital

4. Tell us one thing not many people know about you?

I was dux of my school.

5. What are you like at parties?

I’m in between party animal and wallflower. What is that? A great mingler - can hold my own.

6. Tell us your favorite drink?

Margaritas!

7. Who is your ‘Go to’ person? 

Peter Davis

8. What was the last song you downloaded (or CD you bought)?

Amy Winehouse Back to Black

9. Tell us your pet hate?

Hate Passiveness…Hate whinging with no solution.

10. Vegemite or Maramite?

Vegemite

11. Best piece of advice your mother ever gave you?

Always have clean underwear and a clean handkerchief.

Plan your work and work your plan.

12. If you had a ’shin-dig’ at your house and could invite 4 famous people (dead or alive) who would they be?

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, Anika Moa, Hugh Jackman

13. What is your favorite place in the world and why?

Italy. Food, culture, vibe, attitude, style.

14. If you won a million dollars tomorrow, what would you do with the money?

Spend some of it…move to Melbourne…share some of it.

15. Do you have a nickname? (and if so what is it?)

No….but Tatt’s calls me ‘Foley Moley’…don’t know why!

16. And lastly who would you turn straight for?

Kate Bush….who would I stay gay for…Jake Gyllenhaal floats my boat.

 LYE 

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MATT HERIVEL  

1. What are you wearing today?

Black T-shirt, Jeans, ski socks (gotta keep warm!)

2. How many brothers/sister do you have and are you first born, middle, youngest or only child?

1 brother. I’m the oldest and the smallest.

3. Where were you born?

Alderney, Channel Islands.

4. Tell us one thing not many people know about you?

I can wobbly my eyes.

5. What are you like at parties?

All good until the Tequila comes out.

6. Tell us your favorite drink?

Guiness, Lager, Tequila (not together).

7. Who is your ‘Go to’ person? 

My wife, Danni.

8. What was the last song you downloaded (or CD you bought)?

It’s been a while…Tim Armstrong, I think.

9. Tell us your pet hate?

Opening car doors in the cycle lane,

I know I’m gonna eat it soon!

10. Vegemite or Maramite?

Maramite (the UK stuff!)

11. Best piece of advice your mother ever gave you?

Don’t eat yellow snow.

12. If you had a ’shin-dig’ at your house and could invite 4 famous people (dead or alive) who would they be?

Homer Simpson (drinking buddy), G-Love (for the tunes), Bill Hicks, Gordon Ramsey (For the F***in BBQ!)

13. What is your favorite place in the world and why?

Douglas Quay, Alderney. It’s beautiful….Danni and I were married there. (aaahh!)

14. If you won a million dollars tomorrow, what would you do with the money?

Take Danni surfing in Costa Rica…no, she’d love it!!

15. Do you have a nickname? (and if so what is it?)

At school it was ‘Plank’ due to the shoulders…kind of morphed into ‘Plankton’ - don’t know what that was all about….

16. And lastly who would you turn gay for?

Stay-Puff Marshmallow man. He works that sailor look!!

LYE 

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BRETT FOLKES  

1. What are you wearing today?

Lacoste black and white shirt, black pants and black shoes (I went the Gary Player look today).

2. How many brothers/sister do you have and are you first born, middle, youngest or only child?

I have one brother older.  I am the youngest.

3. Where were you born?

Sydney, Australia

4. Tell us one thing not many people know about you?

I can slam dunk a basketball – whatever, look at me…I can’t touch the bottom of the net.

5. What are you like at parties?

I like small talk, uncomfortable conversations, I prefer to sit in the corner and have a crappy time….

6. Tell us your favorite drink?

VB

7. Who is your ‘Go to’ person? 

My brother and his wife.

8. What was the last song you downloaded (or CD you bought)?

Bernard Fanning (old lead singer of Powderfinger).

9. Tell us your pet hate?

People using public toilets and pissing on the seats.

10. Vegemite or Maramite?

Clearly vegemite, eat it at least once a day.

11. What are 3 things you could not live without? (excluding people)

TV, golf clubs, my bed.

12. Best piece of advice your mother ever gave you?

Always treat people like you would like to be treated.

13. If you had a ’shin-dig’ at your house and could invite 4 famous people (dead or alive) who would they be?

Greg Norman, John McEnroe, Sean Connery, Nelson Mandela.

14. What is your favorite place in the world and why?

St Andrews, Scotland – golf courses.

15. If you won a million dollars tomorrow, what would you do with the money?

Buy my parents a cool getaway.

16. Do you have a nickname? (and if so what is it?)

Foxy or Folksey.

17. And lastly who would you turn gay for?

Jack Black

 LYE 

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ELIZABETH DAVIDSON  

1. What are you wearing today?

Mainly porridge.

2. How many brothers/sister do you have and are you first born, middle, youngest or only child?

I was meant to be an only child, but sadly my sex crazed parents ruined that for me.

3. Where were you born?

In the Falkland Islands, a small barren wind-swept archipelago off the toe of South America. Good training for lots of things.

4. Tell us one thing not many people know about you?

I can milk goats

5. What are you like at parties?

Usually, asleep in the corner, very occasionally, awake and interactive. 

Whiskey helps…I’m not allowed whiskey right now, so am asleep.

6. Tell us your favorite drink?

Ooh, that’d be whiskey…

7. Who is your ‘Go to’ person? 

Dr Whiskey.

8. What was the last song you downloaded (or CD you bought)?

Dudley Benson, The Awakening…it’s choice bro, oh and Martha Wainwright’s latest, which I’m still deciding whether I really like not

9. Tell us your pet hate?

The New Zealand Media…. busily taking lazy journalism to a new low. gahhh let me at them!

10. Vegemite or Maramite?

 It’s got to be Vegemite for the taste, even though I hate buying anything from Kraft

11. What are 3 things you could not live without? (excluding people)

An unending supply of books. Good food and drink, I’m a terrible glutton. A beautiful place to look out on every day.

12. Best piece of advice your mother ever gave you?

It’s ok not to be liked by everyone

13. If you had a ’shin-dig’ at your house and could invite 4 famous people (dead or alive) who would they be?

I’m cheating here because I can’t narrow it down to only four. Here’s a few of my top picks. 

Mary Queen of Scots, Dylan Thomas, Marilyn Monroe, Oscar Wilde, Lilith, King Arthur, Fanny Craddock and Aleister Crowley.

14. What is your favorite place in the world and why?

Right now it’s Lyttelton because I live there and it’s beautiful and I’m very happy

15. If you won a million dollars tomorrow, what would you do with the money?

Buy a house in Lyttelton and take time off to write a novel.

16. Do you have a nickname? (and if so what is it?)

Wiz, because my little brother couldn’t say Elizabeth and had to shout something after me as I ran away from him, and also because of my terrible speed habit.

17. And lastly who would you turn gay for?

I see it as my civic duty not to limit my sexuality to one gender, it seems so unfair, after all, so many hotties, so little time…so theoretically  I’d make out lezebelle style with anyone I fancied, so long as my darling partner was comfortable with that

LYE 

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This week is the 4th of July and for the New Zealanders among us who might not know much about this American holiday I have gathered a little information from the great Wikipedia (below). As for all you Americans ‘Happy Independence Day’ from all of us here in New Zealand.

4th of July:
In the United States, Independence Day (commonly known as the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, baseball games, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States, but is often also viewed as simply a summer festival, apart from its patriotic overtones.

And to get you in the spirit here is one of the better 4th of July fireworks displays:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeFi3SDi_n8

Alaina

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The day seems to have flown by, so here is a link to keep you entertained until tomorrow. It showcases talents in graphic design, web, illustration and packaging.
http://www.graphic-exchange.com/

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I’m one for a bit of history, so here goes some entercation on the origins of branding. 6000BC to be exact.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/23/scibrand123.xml

… and for something a little different, this image made me smile.

Alaina

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The night started off with a hustle, bustle and flurry of getting a free drink from the bar and then rushing to get a good seat. This zoner by-passed the beer queue, a sacrifice that was rewarded with a seat with a view and the ability to drive home.

The first Christchurch Pecha Kucha Night was a hit bringing together a range of artists from many disciplines (fine artists, designers, architects, sound artists, photographers and chiefs). Each artist/designer showed 20 slides of their work, each of which was shown for 20 seconds — giving a total presentation time of 6 minutes 40 seconds. The speed-racer pace forced the artist to summarize his/her work in what often resulted in comic styling.

Pecha Kucha started in Tokyo, Japan in 2003 and has since spread to more than 120 cities, including London, San Francisco, Seattle, Rotterdam, Shanghai and Berlin.

This zoner’s highlight would have to be news of a fabulous new sport about to sweep our nation and the world - Chess-Boxing , the exhausting physical and mental sport was a knock out with the audience.

Chess Boxing merges two contradicting sports of opposite disciplines, pushing their athletes to the limit, mentally as well as physically. Six lightning rounds of speed chess alternate with five rounds of boxing. In a maximum of eleven rounds, the decision will come either through K.O. or check mate. Although we did not get to see a round in progress the slides shown demanded instant awe and respect (along with side splitting laughter) for these crazy athletes.

The next Christchurch Pecha Kucha Night is planned for late July, with this zoner planning to be a regular Pecha Kucha attendee (perhaps having taken up a new sport).

And the award we have all been waiting for….this weeks zoner of the week award is a tie going to our own maybe baby ‘Mini Murray’ who having decided to brave the Christchurch frost 2 weeks early, considerately put their grand entrance on hold so Murray could come in to work and do spectacular Crocs and Jibbitz artwork, meeting his deadline and making the design world a better place.

Mini Murray we appreciate your timing and are all looking forward to your arrival.

The second winner, Tim who seeing an opportunity to ‘make it better’ reconstructed our presentation page format so that Timezoneone designs in the future will be presented bigger and better.

Maria

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Once upon a time T-shirts were just unadorned undergarments. But with the evolution of screen printing and the birth of merchandising , T-shirts became so much more. Now every brand, band, movie, tv show, icon, with an ounce of savvy knows the importance of T-shirts not only as a lucrative sideline but also as a means of self-promotion and a way for people to show their allegiance, express their personality, or just wear stuff they like.

These days T-shirts are a visual history of perennial fashion statements and a beautifully illustrated archive for hipsters, fashionistas, serious collectors, and fans of all genres, that come complete with images of the most important, influential, iconic, and ironic moments in time. (reading that back to myself that sounds like a complete load of rubbish, but I’m going to leave it).

So with all that in mind choosing the right t-shirt is a long process for the serious collector. This Zoners collection currently runs to around 50 t-shirts, so when my luggage was recently lost in the USA (eventually found) I was facing the horrible realisation that I may never get some of them back.

Obviously this isn’ t the end of the world, there are people suffering greater injustices all around the world, but for someone who lives in t-shirts and jeans it is important to find the right shirt. So to lose 7 of your favorites, carefully selected for your USA visit, can be quite traumatic. Even more traumatic was the lack of good t-shirts in Boulder. Maybe I was looking in the wrong places, but all I could find were shirts with cowboys riding bulls on them. I finally relented and bought one and even though it won’t be in high rotation, it will always come with a good story of why I got it. A story I can bore people with for the rest of life. So even the most rubbish t-shirt can be good, and that’s what makes them an essential part of life.

Below are some images of shirts (not essential to any collection but I like them)….

And if you are ever feeling artistic and want to design your own shirt you can submit here and maybe they will become the next fashion must have (be warned prepare yourself for open forum rejection and harsh criticism of anybody with an opinion)…

http://www.threadless.com/

Good Luck!

Blog.Tim

Bizarre Fact #17:
Did you know…
A sheep, a duck, and a rooster were the first passengers in a hot air balloon.

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