The circle of leaf

Via BuzzFeed.

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 | Posted in Boredom | No Comments »

Project “writer’s” block

So I’ve recently been trying to think of a good idea for a pet website project, and drawing a complete blank.

I’m looking for a simple concept that will be effective and clever, but hasn’t already been totally overdone. Preferably with a social aspect to it. I’ve been thinking about this for a good few weeks, and still haven’t come up with anything worthwhile. Ideas welcome.

Monday, October 12th, 2009 | Posted in Boredom, Code, Intarwebs | No Comments »

What I’m watching

Hurrah for a new TV season! Here’s what I’m watching at the moment:

• American Dad
• Curb Your Enthusiasm
• Dexter
• Dollhouse
• Entourage
• Family Guy
• Greek
• Heroes
• How I Met Your Mother
• Robot Chicken
• The Office

As well as catching up on some movies, and attempting to get up to speed on It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia. Where do I find the time…

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 | Posted in Boredom | 2 Comments »

Non-nerdy stuff

Well it seems that lately my blog has devolved into nerdy rants about programming and web design and other such things. I shall now attempt to write the wrong.

It is now nearing the end of the ski season, and (although I’m not 100% sure on the exact number) I believe I’m up to about 20 days on the mountain this season, which is not half bad as far as predominantly weekend trips go! My new board has survived relatively unscathed, with only a few superficial scratches. All in all I’m pretty happy with my purchase. It’s quite a big investment money-wise; if I put together all the money I’ve spent on getting my ass to the snow this year I could have purchased a half-decent car. I wish that was an exaggeration. Ahh well, it’s been a blast, I don’t regret it for a second! Unfortunately the snowmelt on Ruapehu is getting pretty extensive, it will only be any good for another week or two – unless there is a big cold snap – but I’m not holding my breath. The snow that is there isn’t particularly good, either; most days everything slushes up on-trail by about 11am, necessitating finding little patches of off-trail goodness.

Last week I went for some mid-week skiing Thursday/Friday, and stayed in one of the lodges on the mountain at Whakapapa – which was pretty damn awesome! Rolling out of bed, throwing on some clothing, and making the 3 minute walk up to the lifts is so bloody convenient. On Friday, a few places had some windblown pockets of fresh powder, so we decided to hike up above the lift-accessed areas a few times, and dropped into a couple of untouched bowls. There is nothing quite like fresh tracks in powder on a bluebird day. I can only describe it as epic. It’s runs like those that really make a season.

In other news, I’m listening to the new Muse album, and it’s bloody great. Get it. While I’m on the topic of music, I’ve recently jumped on the dubstep bandwagon. It’s quite a cool little upcoming genre, and it’s really grown on me in the last few months. I blame UP FM.

This post has zero flow; congratulations if you made it this far through all the waffle. My apologies. Did you catch the pun in the first paragraph? I thought it was quite clever. Yes I did.

Monday, September 21st, 2009 | Posted in Boredom, Life | No Comments »

Animals

Do you know what the scariest animal in the world is?

Us.

Because there are 6 billion of us, we are capable of anything, and we do as we are told.

I found this quote to be rather profound when I was a few years younger. It featured in an obscure DeathBoy mix someone gave me.

Thursday, September 10th, 2009 | Posted in Boredom | No Comments »