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Seriously cool green light  



This is really neat!
It's a gravity driven light.
So you basically flip it over like an egg-timer, and the weighted LEDs sink to the bottom, driving a propeller which energizes the LEDs.
The equivalent of a 40watt bulb for about 4 hours!
... that's pretty green!

Posted by the denizen @  2/25/2008 10:09:00 pm {0 comments }
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"Developers" are evil.  


Not content with planning to permanently deface Ocean Beach with a sub-division, it seems that there is no respect of dissent from baybuzz either!
It seems that having been thwarted in his plans for self-profit when indulging in the charade of a "charette", the true colours come out and a new plan for an even worse insult to the landscape is reveled. I wonder how different this is from the original plans.
Oh, and the whole thing is being sanitised with green-wash of an unspecified conservation zone at the north end of the beach.

Posted by the denizen @  2/19/2008 10:20:00 pm {0 comments }
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Te Papa's Birthday  

Yesterday was the Te Papa 10th Birthday celebrations, so we went along to join in.

The NZSO playing Gareth Farr's Te Papa" was a definite emotional high-point, quite moving.


TePapa10th
This shot seemed to capture a lot of symbols for the occasion.

tepapa10th_10pm.jpg
But boy was it crowded. This is the exodus at 10:00pm to watch the fireworks.

Posted by the denizen @  2/17/2008 03:13:00 pm {0 comments }
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Monarchs  

Monarch caterpillar

We have been fascinated by some action on the swan plants in the garden.

Posted by The Denizen @  2/10/2008 10:10:00 am {0 comments }
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Rimutaka Incline  


Ladle Bend Creek Bridge
Ladle Bend Creek Bridge.

Summit tunnel, eastern entrance
The eastern entrance to the Summit Tunnel (576m), the top of the incline proper.

Posted by The Denizen @  2/10/2008 12:07:00 am {0 comments }
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Name that sound  

I've been wondering about that really annoying sound that electronic audio equipment can make when it picks up a signal emitted from a GSM cellphone which is "talking" to the GSM cellular network.
There must be an appropriate name for it eh?
My last desktop PC used to announce that the cellphone was just about to receive a call ... which was handy I suppose.

Posted by The Denizen @  2/10/2008 12:00:00 am {0 comments }
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Trial Video  


I was up Hawkins Hill(495m) in December, & it was quite windy ...
but I had a go at doing a pan of the Wellington landscape.

Posted by The Denizen @  2/09/2008 12:32:00 pm {0 comments }
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Playing with the photo  

Hawkins Hill
The Hawkins Hill air traffic control "thingy" has alway been fascinating ... I guess the sphere is so striking up there on the skyline.

Posted by The Denizen @  2/09/2008 10:02:00 am {0 comments }
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