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  • Let’s CHANGE the world!

    I was inspired to write this post because of Sarah Wilson’s recent blog post which was the response from a company she had previously blogged about. You can read the post, or the original one they were referring to by clicking on the link, or here is a one-line summary “It is a reality of the world…

  • Politics…who are YOU voting for?

    This is not your typical political post. I will not be telling you who *I* am voting for, and I actually don’t particularly care who you are voting for (as long as you vote!), but it is an election year here in Aotearoa so of course voting is on some of the public’s mind. The…

  • Can’t unsee it

    A bit of a philosophical post today. If you’ve read any posts on here, you’ll know that i’m a loud and proud feminist! (yep, regardless of ALL the connotations that word has… I DON’T CARE) I have two sons and as a result, I rail against gender based marketing of toys and books and against gendered…

  • Patriarchy and Comedy

    TRIGGER WARNING: While there is no explicit content in this post, I do mention sex-based crimes. Just came back from a comedy show in town, and it was pretty damn funny. Must admit, there were bits where I laughed so hard I couldn’t really breathe. Good night all round. Then there were bits where I thought……

  • ARGH PAUL HENRY

    OK, I know I just blogged this morning, but I felt this was deserving of a post rather than just a tweet. (ATTN Non NZ readers, feel free to switch off right about now!) Thanks to some friends on twitter (Thanks @ColeyTangerina!! you rock as always!) I found this clip of the Paul Henry Show…

  • Microsoft Office

    So this latest more geek-related post started off simply enough. I just installed Office 2013 on an old laptop, signed in with my Microsoft Account and was amused to see all my “recent” documents appear as if I’d been using them on that laptop!