Review: How Infrastructure Works: Transforming our shared systems for a changing world, by Deb Chachra
15 Nov 2024
An optimistic look at the role of technology (and specifically infrastructure) in the changes that will be needed in our society in the coming years.
Trip report: Rotorua, October 11-14 2024
12 Nov 2024
Appended to the Flagstaff trip, a visit to Rotorua for the NZ Judo Nationals.
Trip report: Flagstaff, October 5-9 2024
9 Nov 2024
A whirlwind trip from Wellington, NZ to Flagstaff, AZ, USA, to present a paper.
October: photos post
2 Nov 2024
Didn’t process nearly as many photos as in previous months, but got a few more sets in near the end of the month after travel was done.
Review: Takahē: Bird of Dreams by Alison Ballance
15 Oct 2024
Stories about takahē: re-discovery, conservation, and their habits.
September: final versions of papers, course prep, Auckland, and Japan
5 Oct 2024
Mostly in Wellington except for a weekend in Auckland and a week in Tokyo (the start of a busy travel month). Finalizing papers, reviewing course notes.
September: photos post
2 Oct 2024
About the same number of photos processed in September as in August, but that includes a doozy of a set from the Petrel Station.
Submission to NZ Crown Minerals Amendment Bill reopening gas and oil exploration
26 Sep 2024
Get with the program! The NZ Coalition of Chaos wants to reverse the oil and gas exploration ban. It is 2024, not 1984.
Comparing the Old Ghost Road and Paparoa tracks and their books
20 Sep 2024
The Old Ghost Road and the Paparoa Great Walk cross similar terrain on the West Coast in New Zealand. But the Old Ghost Road was led by a nonprofit, while the Paparoa was the product of the Department of Conservation. Let’s compare them.
Review: Sunshine Nails by Mai Nguyen
19 Sep 2024
More Vietnamese refugee content, this time a novel.
