Category: life

  • Drinking Less, Enjoying More: Beer in 2025

    beer year in review

    Fewer beers, better choices. A look back at what I drank in 2025

  • Armageddon Expo 2025

    events

    Long weekend and Armageddon Expo with my son

  • Hairy Maclary's Greatest Hits

    events

    A weekend adventure to see Aotearoa's favourite mischievous dog, Hairy Maclary's greatest hits brought to live on stage

  • Dinosaur Discovery at Auckland Zoo

    events

    We travelled to the Auckland Zoo to discover a wonderful and mysterious world of dinosaurs

  • Dinosaur Discovery Returns

    events

    Back to Auckland Zoo for this year's Dinosaur Discovery Track, with a batch of new dinosaurs on the loose.

  • Mānawatia a Matariki

    Happy Māori New Year!

  • Hot Cross Buns

    God damn I love hot cross buns

  • Reflections 2024: Beer

    beer year in review

    my 2024 journey though beer, exploring West Coast IPAs, Bright IPAs, and New Zealand IPAs. Cheers to a year of hoppy adventures!

  • Monthly Recap: November 2024

    monthly recap now

    What's up, Internet? Novembers out, and December's in. What did I write, read, bookmark and get up to in November?

  • Nothing Exciting

    weblogpomo2024

    Nothing exciting tonight, plans for the next three days

  • No Post Today

    weblogpomo2024

    No new post today. I'm tired.

  • Monthly Recap: April 2024

    monthly recap now

    Monthly recap for April 2024

  • My Year In Beer 2023

    beer year in review

    I drank a lot of great beers this year, let's take a look.

  • Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live

    events family

    Monster trucks at Eden Park, lol

  • Gone Fishin’

    Success! It works!

  • Orakei Korako Cave & Geothermal Park

    travel family

    The first day of our summer road trip, stopping at Orakei Korako on the way south.

  • Working Remotely From Martinborough

    family travel

    A week of working remotely from Martinborough

  • New Year’s Eve in the Marlborough Sounds

    family travel

    Spending New Year’s in the Marlborough Sounds.

  • No More Open Homes

    personal

    We finally bought a house. It needs a full rebuild, but at least the open home era is over.

  • Insanity

    personal travel

    The night before a gig, a 5am gym session, and a flight to Sydney — what am I thinking?

  • Golfing Weekend

    personal golf

    Friends, golf, and beer

  • Open Homes

    personal

    Keeping up on the property treadmill

  • Waiheke Weekend

    personal travel family

    A family weekend on Waiheke

  • Living Local

    personal

    The joys and convenience of living locally.

  • Hitting Up The Gym Again

    personal health

    How much do you bench, bro? Working out for mental health. Working out for getting out of the damn house.

  • Golf Shot

    personal golf

    Got myself some golf clubs.

  • Golf Lessons

    personal golf

    I'm getting back into golf after not picking up a club in a while.

  • The Magic Of Writing It Down

    personal events

    The Magic of Writing It Down: A Journaling Workshop With Dan Keane

  • Kelly Tarlton's

    personal family

    A rainy afternoon at the aquarium with the kids

  • Reflections 2024: Parenthood

    personal family

    This year has been a whirlwind of parenting challenges and unexpected moments of pure joy. With two energetic kids under four, life is a constant dance of chaos and love.

  • Wellington Brick Show 2024

    personal events

    Keeping the family entertained by checking out more Lego displays

  • RELICS: A New World Rises

    personal events

    While up in Auckland last weekend the family and I checked out a sweet Lego exhibition at the Auckland Museum.

  • Millennial Energy

    personal

    Born in the eighties, growing up in the ninetess, losing and finding myself in the two thousands.

  • Summer Days On The Beach

    personal travel family

    Exploring the evolution of our family's summer holidays.

  • Hear me out: The Whopper is the best type of burger

    food personal

    Whopper odyssey unleashed and a new project underway.

  • Bushwalks

    personal outdoors

    Intentionally leaving the house during the day and surrounding myself in nature does wonders for the soul.

  • Beervana 2023

    beer events personal

    Beervana is Aotearoa's greatest beer festival held every year in August.

  • Whakapapa Ski Trip

    personal family travel

    We could not have asked for better conditions for a day of skiing at Whakapapa ski field on Mt Ruapehu last weekend.

  • My InternetNZ Hat

    personal

    Check out my sweet new hat from the Internet. InternetNZ that is.

  • Fathers Day & Sitting Down

    personal family beer

    Fathers Day 2022

  • Ahead of the Curve

    personal covid-19

    Where I'm sick of having a COVID diary for a blog.

  • Alert Level 3 Day 1 in Review

    personal covid-19

    Where we go crazy for KFC.

  • Last Day of Alert Level 4

    personal covid-19

    Where I look forward to not cooking every meal again.

  • Hide the Cookware in the Kitchen Cabinet

    personal covid-19

    Where I anticipate eating take aways again

  • Lockdown Extended

    personal covid-19

    Where I remain in lockdown for another week.

  • George Bondo

    personal covid-19 music video

    Where I boom boom boom boom BOOM.

  • Remember the Words You Told Me

    personal covid-19 music video

    Where I get through the day in five seconds.

  • I got big dawg status, it ain’t no secret

    personal covid-19 music video

    Where I laugh while watching stupid videos on the Internet.

  • Peak Week

    personal covid-19

    Where I complete my supermarket shopping goals.

  • Went to the Supermarket

    personal covid-19

    Where I ventured outside to pick up groceries.

  • Chill Easter Sunday During Covid-19

    covid-19 personal

    Alert level 4, locakdown day 17.

  • It's Wild Out There

    personal covid-19 family

    Where I reflect on how routine is interrupted by lockdown.

  • Covid-19 Mid Lockdown Retrospective

    personal covid-19

    How am I feeling two weeks into lockdown?

  • A Little Bit of Wind

    personal covid-19 family

    Where I worry about being couped up inside with poodles with cabin fever.

  • What's Next?

    personal covid-19

    Where I try to understand what's going to happen next.

  • Bad Boys For Life

    personal covid-19 movies

    Where the weekends are still over in the blink of an eye.

  • Eternal

    personal covid-19 music video

    This post inspired by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Eternal

  • Please Pick A Side Or Run From Your Boy

    personal covid-19 music video

    Where I am inspired by new music.

  • Covid 19 Lockdown Day 7

    personal covid-19

    Where I realise there's no more comics...

  • Covid 19 Lockdown Day 6

    personal covid-19

    Where I struggle to not start working at the crack of dawn.

  • Covid 19 Lockdown Day 5

    personal covid-19

    Where I wake up early to avoid the crowd.

  • Covid 19 Lockdown Day 4

    personal covid-19

    Where the entire neighbourhood comes out for a dog walk.

  • Covid 19 Lockdown Day 3

    personal covid-19

    Where I stay inside to avoid the rain.

  • Covid 19 Lockdown Day 2

    personal covid-19

    Where I get into the swing of living in lock down.

  • Covid 19 Lockdown Begins

    personal covid-19

    Where Aotearoa enters Alert Level 4.

  • Covid 19 Lockdown, It's Happening

    personal covid-19

    Covid-19: State Of Emergency declared in Aotearoa

  • Covid-19 Lockdown Setup

    personal covid-19

    What does working from home during lockdown look like?

  • Covid-19 Anticipating the Lockdown

    personal covid-19

    Aotearoa heads into Alert Level 3 and expected to shift to Alert Level 4 within 48 hours followed by a nationwide lockdown.

  • Calm Before the Storm

    personal podcasts

    Where we have a relatively normal weekend.

  • Bout to put rims on my skateboard wheels, yeah

    personal music video

    What list awesome skate board tricks.

  • Godzilla fire spitter monster

    personal music video

    Where I can't make the bed.

  • Poodles In the Garden

    personal family

    Where my dogs lie on top of the garden

  • A Thought On Littering

    Pick up your rubbish and put it in a bin!

  • Ain't Enough To Go 'Round In This World

    personal site updates now

    What I’ve been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web.

  • Yeah, I Wish A Brother Would

    personal now site updates

    Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing.

  • She Likes Listening To Punk Rock

    personal now site updates

    Monthly roundup of life updates, books, music, games, new links from across the web, site updates and anything else worth sharing.

  • Sicker Than The Remix

    personal now site updates

    Monthly recap for August, family life in Auckland, Bandcamp Friday purchases, trips back home, Beervana, golf, books, and website updates.

  • Monthly Recap: July 2025

    personal now site updates

    Settling into our new life routines, open homes, new pages on the website and my favourite posts from around the web.

  • Monthly Recap: June 2025

    personal now site updates

    Moving city, reading books, new records, new website hosting, and stuff across the web!

  • Monthly Recap: May 2025

    personal now site updates

    What's going on, Internet? Easter road trips, moving cross country, new vinyls, and physical magazines about the Internet, in 2025? Sign me up!

  • Monthly Recap: March 2025

    personal now site updates

    Moving city, writing workshops, playing golf, and winning at Warcraft...

  • Monthly Recap: February 2025

    personal now site updates

    What's up, Internet? Books, new records, getting back into Warcraft and enjoying being offline and celebrating weddings.

  • Monthly Recap: January 2025

    personal now site updates

    What's up, Internet? What have I been up to during January?

  • There And Back Again

    personal site updates now

    What I've been up to over autumn and into winter.

  • Happy Easter 2026

    personal site updates now

    Reading ebooks, collecting vinyl, Linkding and dumb movies.

  • I'll Name This Post Later

    personal site updates now

    What I've been up to this month. Reading, watching, listening, collecting, and exploring interesting links across the web.

  • The Summer Took Hold

    personal site updates now

    A December and January catch up. Summer road trip, records, bookmarks, and tinkering with the site.

  • Monthly Recap: October 2024

    personal now site updates

    What's up, Internet? Blogging, dark romance novels, new vinyl for the collection, a stack of bookmarks, the Cafe's haloween event, and HTML for People? Check out how October went for me.

  • Monthly Recap: September 2024

    personal now site updates

    What's going on, Internet? Blogging, bookmarking, gaming, website workshops and a social web!

  • Monthly Recap: August 2024

    personal now site updates

    What's up, Internet? Blogging, code jamming, lots of books read, new records, a stack of bookmarks, and IndieWeb discourse? Whaaat? Check out how August went for me.

  • Monthly Recap: July 2024

    personal now site updates

    What's up, Internet? A couple of blog posts, heaps of bookmarks and a few updates from these corners of the web.

  • Monthly Recap: June 2024

    personal now site updates

    What's up, Internet? June was code jams, blocking bots, posts, books, music, bookmarks and small improvements to the website. - monthly recap - now

  • Monthly Recap: May 2024

    personal now site updates

    What's up, Internet? Time to recap the posts I wrote, books I read, links I shared and updates I made to the website during May. This month includes a recap of WebLogPoMo2024.

  • Monthly Recap: March 2024

    personal now site updates

    Monthly recap for March 2024

  • Monthly Recap: February 2024

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, welcome to Feburary's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: January 2024

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, welcome to January's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: December 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, Happy New Year and welcome to December's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: November 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to November's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: October 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to October's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: September 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to September's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: August 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to August's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: July 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to July's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: June 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to Junes's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: May 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to May's recap.

  • Monthly Recap: April 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to April's recap. This month I focused on automating more of Flamed Fury.

  • Monthly Recap: March 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to March's recap. This month I started writing blog posts again.

  • Monthly Recap: February 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers, and welcome to February's recap. This month I spent time updating existing pages and added some new pages.

  • Monthly Recap: January 2023

    personal now site updates

    Hello web surfers and welcome to January's recap. It's been an exciting month refreshing existing content and adding new content.

  • Still Knocking Around

    personal site updates

    Quick update that I'm still here

  • Always On My Mind

    vinyl reading site updates

    Website updates etc

  • I Can't Wait for the Weekend to Begin

    personal covid-19 site updates

    Where I think about all the projects I could be working on.

  • Tired of Running

    personal covid-19 site updates

    Where I work on my website.

  • To Clear Things Up

    Insane ramblings from my SPAM folder.

  • Is There Hope For Us Yet?

    wasted youth personal

    Where I never built that car...

  • Gimmie the Loot

    wasted youth personal

    Living for the weekend

  • Existence

    wasted youth personal

    Polytech and job interviews

  • Im trying to pull the trigger but it's stuck, FUCK!

    wasted youth gigs

    How much longer can I live this way?

  • Get on your knees and prey!

    wasted youth personal travel

    That moment when you realise you're going off the rails...

  • You must be some kind of superstar

    wasted youth gigs personal

    How do you even go out on a Thursday night and not get home until Sunday?

  • Amys Dad.....

    wasted youth personal

    Wonder what ever happened to that guy?

  • get back inside

    wasted youth personal

    That Tequila night was definitely something wasn't it?

  • Its because, I'm the lead singer of my band!

    wasted youth personal

    Little did we know what a wild night this would be

  • Im a little areoplane yah yah

    study, smudy

  • Fevah Rocked

    wasted youth gigs

    Killer weekends partying

  • Godskitchen

    wasted youth personal

    Polytech and website work

  • Hear the colours of trance

    wasted youth site updates

    Big website plans

  • Feel the power of acid

    wasted youth site updates

    Guess who's back? Back again?

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