Recent Posts Tagged With 'Culture'

• The young baby screamed

  Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 04:16 in Culture, society, writing, community, story, attitude

  The young baby screamed; his small face screwed up into a crinkled little ball.  The high-pitched protest bounced off the walls, echoing.  Between screeches, he took laboured breaths, his little body shuddering with the effort. Vibrations rattled t...

• Creativity

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 04:21 in art, family, Culture, music, entertainment, artist, observation, motivation, attitude

  I honestly can’t pin point the time when I knew I wanted to be a creative person. Looking back, I see trigger points. A unique solution to a problem, playing Dungeons & Dragons as a kid and spending more time working on the story line that...

• RE: Why You Can’t Find Better Employees

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 23:23 in Culture, money, business, society, motivation, community, employment, new zealand, productivity, attitude, self employed, jim rohn

  The following is from Seth Simonds’ Blog.  The article “Why You Can’t Find Better Employees” spoke volumes and demanded a comment. Here is the opening: Here’s a phrase you have probably used before: “It’s impossible to fin...

• Racist New Zealand

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 16:52 in education, Culture, society, motivation, community, new zealand, attitude, racism, maori, pita sharples

  “Reserved places for Maori have proven the ability of Maori students to rise to the challenge if they are given the opportunity.” - Dr. Pita Sharples Hogwash. Maori who have been given an automatic place have preformed 4% less than their ...

• Fiscal Attitude: Death versus Life

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 18:26 in politics, Culture, life, health, technology, money, community, medical research, military spending, medical collaboration

  How much does the world spend on “better” ways to kill people? Trillions of dollars every years. Yet people in Mumbai, or Wellington, or Madrid die every day for one simple reason. Lack of timely communication. Imagine an international, a...

• Bootstrapping and Start-Up Culture

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 01:30 in Culture, budget, technology, money, business, motivation, start up, new business, bootstrapping, cost saving

  I have worked with loads of starts ups over the years, and even had quite a few myself. Something that always astonishes me is the cash burn these companies have.  The money sack is literally being shovelled into the proverbial furnace at an amazing...

• Lauren Kaney - the epitome of stupidity or something else?

  Posted on Saturday March 28th, 2009 at 14:51 in Culture, motivation, community, Fraud, new zealand, attitude, benefits, law and order, criminals, social welfare, winz, lauren kaney

  UPDATE: This post is likely to change a lot in the next few days.  There are inconsistencies in the reporting used as a basis for this post, an apparent breach of protocol by WINZ and somewhere a personal betrayal.  Stay posted, this could get very...

• 5 on Monday

  Posted on Sunday March 15th, 2009 at 23:34 in Culture, technology, society, Wine, new zealand, holiday, drinking, c#, working, long hours, vb6, interop libraries

  Missed 5 on Monday last week - working a 30+ hour session does that to me I’m afraid. So, what was notable last week: sleep deprivation and driving don’t mix a weekend away does wonders for stress relief Interop between C# and VB6 is eno...

• Archbishop Jose Cardoso Sobrinho is a plonker

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 03:28 in religion, family, Culture, catholic, christianity, society, community, abortion, Islam, rape, judaism, attitude

  “The law of God is higher than any human laws,” he said. “When a human law — that is, a law enacted by human legislators — is against the law of God, that law has no value. The adults who approved, who carried out this abortion ...

• “Three Strikes” Law

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 14:47 in politics, Culture, new zealand, rape, attitude, violence, law and order, criminals, justince

  New Zealand is in the process of revamping part of our legal system, particularly around repeat offenders. The “Sentencing and Parole Reform Bill”, currently being introduced for consideration, includes the Act party’s “three ...

• The Three Tales of Abraham

  Posted on Tuesday February 17th, 2009 at 14:25 in religion, Culture, life, christian, christianity, society, observation, community, muslim, Faith, history, Islam

  I’m not a religious person. I have faith, but not in any spiritual or superior being. And that faith is based on my firm belief that we as individuals make our own destiny, our own choices.  Sometimes events or people have made choices that im...

• The Road Toll and Drink Driving

  Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 18:27 in Culture, health, society, motivation, community, new zealand, attitude, law and order, social responsibility, drink driving, legal limit, road toll

  The NZ Police are calling for a reduction in the legal alcohol limit. It’s currently 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.  They want it reduced to 50 milligrams.They insist this will reduce the road toll by 14 per year and sa...

• Self-Employed Vs Employed

  Posted on Tuesday January 20th, 2009 at 14:15 in Culture, money, business, society, motivation, employment, new zealand, productivity, attitude, self employed, jim rohn, job security

  I remember reading a piece by Jim Rohn many years ago about money, employment and the likes. Although I can’t find the article, it did have a life-changing affect on me. The bottom line, in Jim Rohn’s opinion is that everyone is self-empl...

• Snails and Slugs, and oh yes, Israel

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 18:25 in politics, Culture, new zealand, law and order

  NEW Zealand has long been a country that stands for fairness in all international relations. We put sanctions against countries that persecute people based on race or religion, we put sanctions against those regimes that attack democracy. We don̵...

• Is the music industry dead?

  Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 23:23 in art, Culture, internet, technology, entertainment, money, business

  I read some article ages ago (still trying to find it again, but that issue is  for another time) about the state of the music industry. They were, and are, in deep shit.  This is bad for the artists, and largely the executives of the various music...