Connecting the Clouds - The Internet in New Zealand in PDF
The other day I was pointed to the <a href="http://www.nethistory.co.nz/index.php/Main_Page>>wiki version of Keith Newmans book "The Internet in New Zealand" and but found it hard to read, so I decided to convert the content into PDF for a m
Comments (3) . Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Book Meme
It's meme time:
Grab the nearest book.
Open it to page 56.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual
Comments (4) . Friday, 14 November 2008
Infected - Scott Sigler
Scott Sigler pimps the new book:
Buying this book might not save Perry's balls, and it might make you loose sleep for a week, but you'll never regret it.
books, video, youtube
Comments (1) . Sunday, 9 March 2008
Fantastic Pasts - Imaginary Adventures in New Zealand History
Whilst I was out-and-about this afternoon I picked up the a short story collection by Matthew Wright called Fantastic Pasts - Imaginary Adventures in New Zealand History. The book takes several significant events in New Zealand history and either mo
Comments (0) . Sunday, 1 July 2007
The Raw Shark Texts
Earlier today I finished reading The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall - a surreal romp of an adventure that sits somewhere between the bizarre oddities of Clive Barker or China Meiville (sans the grotesque creatures, although the Ludovician shark comes
Comments (0) . Saturday, 9 June 2007
The Bible as Manga?
A post in todays NZ Herald mentioned a new manga based Bible:
A growing craze in Britain for manga, a Japanese style of comic packed with big-eyed, wild-haired characters, has inspired publishers to produce manga versions of William Shakespeare play
Comments (0) . Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Holiday Escapes...
For the first time in what seems like years I'm taking next week for a holiday - nothing overtly fancy, just tripping around three cities in New Zealand (Hamilton, Palmerston North, and Napier (home town)) - main difference with this trip will be the
Comments (0) . Saturday, 14 October 2006
Steven Lawhead - Hood
Amazon just told me Steven Lawhead has a new novel coming out soon in a few months. It's been awhile since I've read something by him, I'll be looking forward to this...
Comments (0) . Monday, 26 June 2006
Moleskine'ing
For the last few years that ever so slightly odd coworker Cas has had a fetish for Moleskines (well, she's probably been harboring said fetish since early childhood - favoring the blackened round corners over Barbies anontomically incorrect bust, but
Comments (1) . Monday, 19 June 2006
There was literary a murder outside my door...
A few months back I was talking to "sales clerk #3" at Whitcouls over in Bottany Downs and she'd mentioned a new book coming out soon written by one of their staff - it was a thriller/murder mystery with a supernatural twist which sounded pretty darn
Comments (1) . Sunday, 21 August 2005