Recent Posts Tagged With 'observation'

• 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...

• Dealing With Mr. Big

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 06:07 in politics, life, business, war, observation, motivation, attitude, battle, conflict

  Masters. They are everywhere. We work our lives through a series of encounters with them. Regardless of whether you are a person in power, sometimes your life will collide with a master, and how you deal with that encounter determines the rest of you...

• Marketing -101 (what not to do)

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 02:10 in technology, business, Marketing, Security, media, observation, Management, scanning

  “Excellent! We are starting to get some nice feedback from our users” This was a nice start on a blog entry over at a security software firm based out of Auckland, New Zealand. Due to external constraints, I can’t really mention th...

• ‘I’m forever damaged’

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 22:28 in education, life, society, observation, community, alcohol, attitude, victim, responsibility, drink driving

  I truly do feel for 29 year old Matt Manion of Foxton Beach. A lapse of judgement left him paralysed from the waist down. His job as a mechanic most likely over, and his time spent running and jumping with his 5 year old son a distant memory. Of cour...

• Road deaths have dropped by 52%

  Posted on Monday May 25th, 2009 at 02:44 in society, observation, community, new zealand, attitude, transport, law and order, road toll, fatal accidents, vehicle crashes

  “Since 1990 the number of vehicles on the road has increased by 51% while Police reported injuries have dropped by 8%, road deaths have dropped by 52% and the number of days spent in hospital as a result of road crashes has dropped by 48%.̶...

• David and Goliath - I Won.

  Posted on Thursday February 19th, 2009 at 05:06 in money, business, observation, new zealand, tax, IRS, law and order, ird

  I fought tooth and nail for tax justice back in 2004 (IRD ; The War Continues, Finally!, IRD - The Saga Continues, The Big Guns) I recently posted Moving To Spain Update I have some great news.  I got what was originally agreed to. Right up until 20...

• 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...

• 5 On Monday

  Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 22:00 in spain, family, life, society, observation, australia, community, new zealand, drinking, time, justice, attitude

  Welcome to this week’s 5 on Monday. Another week has flown by, and the year is already 10% done. So, what was notable last week: family is precious, especially in the wake of events in Australia deadlines make me work more effectively I think I dr...

• 5 On Monday

  Posted on Sunday January 25th, 2009 at 22:00 in life, observation

  This week’s 5 on Monday (note: must remember to schedule on right date, 2010 is a long time away!) I.R.D. continue to perplex me with rules for them, and rules for the rest of us attitude My addiction to Twitter has settled down, now I see it...

• Observing the Observer

  Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 18:03 in art, life, artist, observation, people, cafe, sketch, kebab

  I’ll be the first to admit that I am an introvert. I dislike crowds, noisy place and find it very difficult to be comfortable around new people I have only recently met. But despite that, I like watching people, actually, it’s closer to a...

• 5 On Monday

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 22:00 in life, Israel, wordpress, observation, oscommerce, twitter

  Welcome to my first 5 on Monday. What’s 5 on Monday? Five things from the previous week that I did, found interesting, or events that affected me. Simple eh! So, here goes. I found out some cool ways to optimized WordPress by tinkering under t...

• Australians unimpressed with NZ TV

  Posted on Sunday January 18th, 2009 at 04:01 in art, entertainment, business, movies, TV, Rant, observation, television, new zealand, screenplay, directors

  NEW Zealand is a pretty small country, in fact, Sydney has about the same population as the whole of New Zealand. But we have produced directors the likes of Peter Jackson, Roger Donaldson, Geoff Murphy, Vincent Ward, Bruce Morrison, Jane Campion, Le...

• Deadly flu virus samples

  Posted on Wednesday January 14th, 2009 at 15:26 in observation

  The stupidity of intelligence. 1957 - Four million people die from a lethal strain of influenza. 1968 - Influenza strain eliminated except in labs 2005 - Proficiency kits containing the lethal strain sent to 5000 labs around the world Absolute stupid...