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2009-11-13T23:02:14Z

18:31 L:home for the weekend #TGIF - House full of kids, but they've just climbing Cannon Point - Skull Rock so hopefully less fulla beans #
22:12 @HuttNZ up the top of Valley View Road (Three Skulls Road) #

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2009-11-12T23:01:52Z

12:27 @GIALIAT less fun sleeping all day on my birthday to compensate. ;)

'twas a good 'mornings' work. #
13:24 @timbooth No worries, big sister and kids are coming, and mum is too?

Just waking up, rally need a couple hours more sleep - but 'net calls #
14:07 @revhardware Been looking at headsets (like the rest of NZ) Sound ID 400 caught my eye. Need 1 for work, esp if works w/@6Bang in dual #
15:21 There's a little bit of sun. Finished @Doctorow's latest: Makers++ Fantastic, satisfying read (even on Mesh|Pod) It covered a lot of ground #
15:25 @johubris for me, it's been a while since I learned where they go. I use them a fair bit for possesive usernames as @Twitter's parser likes #
17:54 Right, the house is filling with guests - so we're heading down to
L:shops to The Little Totara at tr.im/EILG - see you'll there :) #
21:33 The Little Totara++ Superb birthday dinner, well fed with lamb shanks, pork chops, fettuccine, nachos, good drink pricing. Epic darts comp. #

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2009-11-11T23:01:56Z

18:18 Must clear my SMS inbox. About 3 days behind & wife is missing, likely msg'd me.. L:home resting in prep for long night.

Birthday Tomorrow! #
18:19 @wellingtonista 'tis it the Wellington migrant population? Everyone going 'home' for the summer? #
18:25 @simon_w shush, it's a secret. ;). Had to smile: LJ reminded me of my own b'day
Quiet dinner out at 6pm. L:shops twitpic.com/p2xlj #
18:49 Jo's Birthday Dinner in Totara Park 'The Little Totara' Family Restaurant (just opened) is the plan. 6pm on 12th. .. htxt.it/l/ZPZRMZ #
19:23 Found @CabbetteNZ - she was down at B'day venue scoping out menu for tommorrow tr.im/EILG

@having delicious Butter Chicken for tea. #
19:29 @yomcat yeah, you can't escape from teh internets.

Good thing that 'identity' (in the iGovt sense) is separate from personal information.. #
19:37 It seems the whole household is following my lead and going to be there early so sis what are we having. Choc...
dial2do.com/1yd6u8o2 #
19:52 L:bed
T-3hrs till work time, but likely have the morning off tomorrow, which is #FTW!

Still daylight outside. No wonder @lilblip complains #
21:51 Got a few winks of sleep in, but got a call from media about @MovieFest winners, likely a bit vague on phone,thought it was work at first :| #
22:35 So far stay highway 2. I have passed 6 cop cars about 3 cop bins all headed towards (?). My gosh what is happ...
dial2do.com/1ycemmol #
05:19 Seems really strange to be driving home just as the sun is rising. Just leaving Wellington heading home. Slee...
dial2do.com/1ygdnt7r #

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2009-11-10T23:01:47Z

22:32 RT @UPnz: Promo clip for #W2WTech09 is now UP on the @GEWNewZealand video channel: tr.im/Ehp2 (via @vdub01) #
23:01 #UAS Clockwise My Book with MacHD, Startle, DataLink A,B & C, Cairo, TerraAlpha,TerraGamma, NuSlim & 'dump'
twitpic.com/ozbvf #
06:21 @dodos57 Power suckers those, noisy and low capacity. Need about 8TB - so may 2 x these tr.im/EGpZ attached to tr.im/EGq9 ;) ? #
07:44 I got a ride in this morning. I was just walking to my bus and one of my neighbors was heading onto Wellingto...
dial2do.com/1yj3gamd #

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2009-11-08T23:04:12Z

13:36 L:home after a fantastic #CFUH on 'Wealth' & @having a delightful scrambled eggs & spinach on toast at @June603's. Left @lilblip there... #
13:52 @jo_mangee and so they did - about 5am. twitpic.com/oovzh
I aspire to upload more than I download, but still 3:1 Is slow up :( #
14:54 @JBdominicanfans Health Care Reform - some American Political thing most likely #hcr. #
14:58 Started using the @lilblip & @CabbetteNZ outage to tidy the house but seem to have ended back on the computer. Hrm. Two books to read too :| #
06:50 And so begins another week. T-15m to #route92 bus, and it's rubbish day. @lilblip woke up on wrong side of bed and it's just started raining #

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2009-11-07T23:04:18Z

13:00 Smiling at Outage notification. "SharePoint will be offline ... for details on outage refer to SharePoint".

L:home & heading to @MovieFest #
15:45 Here I am at the Tramway Kapiti Coast sitting next to the trams beautiful day out here and I'm just about to ...
dial2do.com/1yfcfctw #
17:53 Just taking a 10 tram out for a ride and I just want you all to know that the movie 2009 over all winner was ...
dial2do.com/1ybsz4ou #
19:32 Loss some of the things after the awards ceremony of movie fest and now if I stick around late night apparent...
dial2do.com/1y96olnx #
21:09 I'm just on the train way and I'm held up by some girls. Yeah.
dial2do.com/1yemqmla #
22:24 Well I had a fantastic evening here tonight at the train way. The a winner of a train ride and it got helped ...
dial2do.com/1ydkwoce #
22:33 I was just heading over the hill home and when I got to look there's a couple of fire engines backed up and l...
dial2do.com/1ya4ktlv #
23:10 So ended up with a fire truck in front of me a fire truck behind me a fire truck on the side and an actual f...
dial2do.com/1y92fvec #
01:06 Enjoyed the LongNight.co.nz/ out Kapiti Coast. Got hijacked, had 2 much coffee, almost caught fire & ended up MCing @MovieFest. Wow! #
01:12 Got L:home safely, despite Hill Rd fire en-route. headed to bed, hopefully the Tramway Coffee will wear off. ;)
Photos at tr.im/Eqvs #
01:23 @sarb It was! Went for a 2hr @MovieFest awards ceremony, and discovered a whole night laid on as part of the Kapiti Coast Arts trail. #FTW! #
01:26 Teh Internets will soon catch up to @JoMangee
twitpic.com/olro8 twitpic.com/olrl3 twitpic.com/olrkh (via @jo_mangee) #
08:11 Quick thinking with the IXUS captured this little video of the Long Night Bandits storming & hijacking the Tramway:
vimeo.com/7485370 #
09:39 Off to L:CFUH @lilblip (hopefully) catching a ride with me to @June603's
I'll head there after #CFUH for lunch. @CabbetteNZ has baby shower. #
09:41 RT: 6 Top Mac apps worth over $150, now available for a limited time, totally FREE! Grab ’em now at macheist.com (via @MacHeist) #
10:43 The #CFUH band is so rocking today. i get so inspired being here. So shouldn't miss it thru Lazimess so often. #

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2009-11-06T23:04:25Z

21:50 @1IdGirl the boy is picking up all sorts of little cultural learnings which is v. cool. I've been full on at work & sick/tired so not online #
21:51 @1IdGirl and the wife is settling into new life with a few more hours in the day to herself. Big change, but we're trying optimise our lives #

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2009-11-05T23:04:07Z

19:44 LOL Getting the @lilblip to bed L:home. Showering him first. I couldn't find the kid soap & real stuff is too slippery. He's dropped it 15x! #
19:46 @dodos57 Good to hear new job is going well. Dream job = Kids + Apple?
You're not on www.elimearlylearning.com/staff.html yet ;) #
19:48 Sounds like the family is planning to travel for dinner at (newly open) Little Totara next Thursday (my birthday).
Full house next weekend! #
20:33 Just found SNiP (Silver Nano iPod) in an old box, dead. Plugged in & found 2006 photos, cool musics... @CabbetteNZ has tears looking at pics #
21:31 @simon_w heh, haven't spent a lot of time with #lists ;)
Half heartedly started a Parachute 2010 list... twitter.com/JoMangee/P10 #
00:02 I'll regret the lack of sleep, but @Doctorow's Makers just ePub'd onto Mesh|Pod Tempted to read til battery flat twitpic.com/oci21 #

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2009-11-04T23:07:56Z

20:40 Made the train, heading L:home after an epic length @UPnz executive meeting. Lots planned so keep an eye on UP.org.nz #

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2009-10-20T23:01:07Z

17:41 On the #route92 bus home, after a really good day. didn't finalise the code for Thursday but built some hardware. Day off for @lilblip tmrw #
20:52 Didst @having Handcrafted Pizza w/@lilblip for his B/day. His Nana 'dropped in' w/Rob on their way to Napier (from Palmy via Upper Hutt?!) #
20:56 Extra 6hrs work last night til 2am, so I'm a little sleep deficient. Haxxing w/@jo_mangee shall have to wait. L:Bed w/@6Bang on call for NZ #
21:34 /me notes he should be in bed, and that he can't be bothered cancelling @CabbetteNZ's photo upload just to set to private. #TNN Koha photos! #
22:05 It's a cold night out here. Only ab
out 8 degrees Celsius. Cold. Anyway didn't need a conditioning up. Just ly... dial2do.com/1yheg8lb #

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2009-10-18T23:00:05Z

22:40 I have my darling @CabbetteNZ back L:home, and the @lilblip is tucked up in L:bed after a good evening together. Yawning towards bed myself. #

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2009-10-17T23:00:09Z

00:28 Just spent over 1.5hrs on the phone w/@dodos57 chatting on life, the universe & everything. Good to catch up with my bro.
Should get sleep! #

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2009-10-16T23:00:06Z

17:18 Yay, Wellington trafficjams++ ran to #route92 2km extra. Heading to L:Cs 2 get @lilblip for w/end w/o @CabbetteNZ, who is at #CFUH retreat #
18:02 @jimwhitman CFUH.org.nz - part of the Captivate programme. My darling wife volunteered to cook for 15 women in the scenic Otaki Gorge #
22:13 Heh @reqon turned up in his native state, offered him more help with it. Unfortunately @lilblip is asleep, else i'd drive him home to Linda. #
22:34 Sweet! @reqon has some serious 1 of a kind in NZ graphics gear in his box & is planning a bus party! Tried 6 of his contacts & found a ride #
22:36 @MeanBot MOAR drugs? #
00:19 @yomcat I couldn't see anything obvious in the logs - what was happening / not happening with your email?

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2009-10-15T23:00:16Z

06:31 Was good to have an unexpected day off yesterday - fitted in w/@lilblip's school visit well!
Slept like a brick, 8hrs. Hard to wake up ;) #

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2009-10-14T23:00:11Z

17:24 Heading out of a drizzly Wellington on #route92. Food at L:Cs & straight to bed when I get home, ready for work again at 10pm #
04:55 As I leave Wellington the birds are starting to wake up. It's good to be going home.
dial2do.com/1yz7h5m2 #
05:42 Home safely. Not good staying here. They're still asleep and I'm not wake up in time to pick up kid to school...
dial2do.com/1yk5sxku #
10:13 Heading down to @lilblip's new school to tag along on his last full day visit before he starts there. Expect'n billions of kids running ;) #

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2009-10-13T23:00:06Z

07:04 NZBus-- have veto'd the annual #route92 runciman commuter bus party. No beer or wine, no moving feast or extra driver so ours can join in #

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2009-10-12T23:00:05Z

22:59 Settling down for the night L:bed. Thankful my @lilblip is safe in bed.

RIP #Aisling, maybe some closure, unhappy news though it may be..? #
06:55 It's so nice walk to work with the birds feeding on the bushes and chattering away or I'm supposed to say twi...
dial2do.com/1yj3e2r6 #

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2009-10-11T23:00:08Z

18:12 Spent afternoon at L:Willems for @lilblips cousins' birthday party. 4+yo's are quieter than 6yo's!
L:home now. Full from @having party food. #

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2009-10-10T23:00:13Z

13:58 At the tramway cinema getting a first look at @MovieFest 2009. @lilblip just saw 'The Making of Dead Girl' said "shoulda closed door" #
18:22 @yomcat Aye. Pippin appears a little down. #
18:30 Looks like that half the internet is broken. @LayeredTech's ltstatus.com is down! Mesh|net server is down, and so is upstream host :| #
18:50 @yomcat Share in the pain: bit.ly/49kKgN

#layeredtech #
19:05 @yomcat 'tis back up again :|
So who broke it? @layeredtech seems to be copping most the flack. "sub optimal routing" on ltstatus.com #
11:17 At L:CFUH and Matt is talking about Social Networks. Twitter, FaceBook... twitface. Relationships in life. #

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2009-10-09T23:00:10Z

08:11 Heading out to the Tramway trams.org.nz this morning for first watch & selections of @MovieFest entries. Wanna join me? From 11:30 ;) #
08:14 @kosso yes please! Following those threads is futile without it, should be able to go both ways.

+1 #
08:22 RT @dahowlett: bit.ly/3smi0P - wondering if the ears are open at Twitter Towers?

BreakingPoint offers to help load test @Twitter. #

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2009-10-08T23:00:07Z

21:42 TOO. MUCH. SUGAR. #
06:20 @corynz the power of @LinkedIn might prevail to find @nick365. bit.ly/P3fSn #
06:46 ROFLOL, @lilblip's cousin slept over & they're up early playing with physical toys. Cousin says: 'One sec, just pause game for me, I'll BRB' #

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2009-10-07T23:00:08Z

17:40 Heading to Grow Wellington boardroom for @UPnz executive meeting - will be talking about #UPnz #RFP shortlist, as well as exciting plans.... #
21:21 Heading L:home. Wife picked of up after @UPNZ exec meeting! Looking to fill a couple of new exec positions.. Yell out if keen! #
21:29 We just past a house traveling down state highway. It was doing at least 60 case. It was very well polished. ...
dial2do.com/1yaxtgss #

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2009-10-06T23:00:13Z

18:31 Judging by the level of the acceleration as @CabbetteNZ left to find dinner, I think she's pissed at me. So did Dishes, Vacuuming, Rubbish. #
18:37 @NadineIsler Heh :) I'm really #whipped. Totally forgot we have #TNN girls over tonight, so was a little vague when she asked the first time #
18:58 @br3nda Totally! I was on the #route92 bus L:home today and thought, Friday, yay! But quickly realised it just *felt* like I've worked a wk. #
19:05 RT: So far I've got 6 votes for 3 News and 1 for ONE News. Which one's your favourite? (via @nanisnap) #
19:12 @waynemcdougall @elpie I spent an hour or so today looking at #Javascript. One of the languages I like 4 play'n ;) Some '95 code still goes! #
20:09 @NadineIsler TheNappyNetwork.org.nz = #TNN, I'm the husband of a Modern Cloth Nappy (MCN) designer & the ladies are visiting to craft #
20:24 @elpie It writes an IFRAME - see bit.ly/jQaSU (or just add in contents of pastebin.com/m47794c95 ) #
20:25 @NadineIsler I shall, though mai
nly in it for the home baking they bring & to make good coffee to sustain them ;)
Escaping to watch a movie. #
20:28 @smiffy @bobearth - have you tried @dial2do?

They do voice transcription from phone -> email #
20:30 Just realised I've spent the evening using the Bluetooth keyboard (old Apple Wireless one identical to USB one). Must go find real keyboard #
20:38 @bobearth they had a New Zealand number from early on too (I'm over the ditch). All good, especially for voice tweets ;) #
20:58 @1IdGirl I really enjoyed the time with them too!
I'm having a good night. All the girls here went awww when I read ur tweet to @CabbetteNZ #
22:15 Hitting the bed. It's been good chatting with the girls but I'm yeah it's bedtime well past bedtime and my ph...
dial2do.com/1yd3w3fd #
06:18 @jo_mangee thanks,still need extra cash for iPhone but gotta do it sooner rather than later. Good sleep: twitpic.com/khvv1 #
07:04 early for #route92 bus after good sleep. Concentrated too much on getting here, forgot Snapper & ID. Oh well. Tailgate into #NZP? #
07:08 The #route92 driver is easy, he knows I pay monthly Snapper pass. Just beep & say 'Don't forget to tag off' #NZP will be harder ;) #
07:27 I'm just sitting on the bus on State Highway 2 watching the waves lashing the shore and I'm thinking
about mo...
dial2do.com/1ydfoos7 #
07:51 Perfect, a near legendary combination of tail-gating doors, privilege escalation & use of trust relationships => me L:comms w/access! No ID. #
08:40 Seems @KidsAreHeroes will send one of twitpic.com/iox5p to random person who retweets this msg today! #wristbandtuesday
-
Get RT'ing! #

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2009-10-05T23:00:13Z

16:45 OMG, I'm living (or slowly dying) proof that Coffee cannot trump headache due to #SBS. Going to find fresh air not L:comms
Some good dev wrk #
19:29 Just spent 78 percent of my daily intake on of saturated fat on something probably the only thing I get from ...
dial2do.com/1yctmc22 #
22:14 Heading L:home finally. train -> Upper Hutt, then car home. #SBS #headache is an awesome thing. Must look up OSH definition of serious harm. #
22:34 Feeling much better after run to the apart to the Wellington railway station. It seems my train is replaced b...
dial2do.com/1ydwxhwh #
23:07 I have a feeling this bus ride is not going to help my #whiplash. I know it is essential track maintenance, but there must be better buses! #
23:24 An example of the rickety state of this bus is the seatback. 4 of 10 screws holding it, the rest fell out. At L:Waterloo, Lower Hutt,NZ: ... #
00:24 Safely L:home. Caught train from Waterloo. Thawed out a little & snoozed. Feeling less grumpy from bad air #headache. L:bed now! Reading RFP #
00:29 @jethrocarr have you seen the LOLcat bible? GIYF #
07:23 Wellington wind is savagely assualting the #route92 bus down SH2. DesignLine should test here! wind > air powered doors = door opening! #

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2009-10-04T23:00:11Z

12:11 Just heading home. By the post box for a movie fest. Gotta check that mail. They only sort it seven days a we...
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12:15 I was totally distracted during that last tweet. A thing I do was carrying along a young guardian the (?). As...
dial2do.com/1y95dmka #
12:39 @dodos57 I works perfectly in a quiet space with slow speech. Isn't working as well with on the go stuff some of it actual PEOPLE transcribe #
13:19 Heading down to L:Willems to get some #craft items & coffee, then off to @June603's for her birthday afternoon tea.
Drizzly, cool afternoon. #
16:40 At @June603's installing Skype - downloaded (installer) on dial-up & it launches & starts real download. @dealadaynz: She needs a headset ;) #
23:47 Watched 'The Burrowers' (2008) not to be confused w/The Borrowers (1997) Former is a horror western.
Heading to L:bed More dev at work. yay. #
23:47 Re #skype for @june603 left it downloading over dialup - I expect I'll be back eventually to set it up ;)

jo-mangee on skype is me when on. #
00:05 @jo_mangee It's about time you hung up the boots on the extra Twitter accounts. Is it 15+ at the moment? ;)

twitpic.com/k85nf #
00:41 Earlier @CabbetteNZ & @lilblip went & got DVDs (from a real store!) 4yo (w/mums approval) got out Justice League. M-rated! 'tis on kids TV?! #
00:46 I always think many of the kids cartoons are too violent. M rating is 16+ yet they show JLA along with the rest of kids programming. Hrm. :/ #
00:49 @jethrocarr We're big @fatsoDVD addicts here, but paused it to save $$ for #garage & #FreeView 6 is helping wean the addiction for @lilblip. #
00:51 @amiemccarron Thanks for the RT - must ask them if they
decided to run it after all - else I've got to plan a day in Auckland before EoYr ;) #
00:53 Mid evening I had a snooze (too many kids movies), but woke with sore throat, headache, & bloodshot eyes?! @having hot drink + meds. L:bed! #
01:14 It's stupid to be awake this time of night. I so should have been in bed. It is a work day well already a wor...
dial2do.com/1y8o6stg #
07:06 On the #route92 bus. Spied more free delivered @dompost's on California Dr, Totara Park & bus ppl talking about it: 'none in w/end..' #
07:47 Preparing to knuckle down for a (?) work to get something finished by close of business. Just waiting for the...
dial2do.com/1yagegvo #
07:48 I'm so onto it, that in the time it took @dial2do to transcribe that tweet, I've made breakfast, @having Weetbix & Coffee - already into it! #
09:12 @3business cheers, it has been a fun ride & enjoyed having a vibrant #nz news community to look after

I'll stick with @UPnz for meantime ;) #

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