tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40994982024-02-11T18:31:33.920+13:00Dan’s Online DiaryThe blog of Dan Willis.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comBlogger473125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-29797104370640136312008-03-29T06:34:00.002+13:002008-03-29T06:36:39.299+13:00Hello all.I haven't posted since October.
But I read <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759">this</a> and had to share it. It's so easy.Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-7710967705985583952007-10-28T21:16:00.000+13:002007-10-28T21:20:36.408+13:00Smacking<p>Burglars can <a href="http://thetryingtimes.blogspot.com/2007/03/punks.html">break into your car while it's parked on the street</a> and the police don't want to know about it.</p>
<p>...but...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10472554">Smack your child's behind with the palm of your hand</a> in the privacy of your back yard and three cops show up on your doorstep.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-27141586637404786662007-09-26T08:15:00.000+12:002007-09-26T08:19:12.343+12:00Ruapehu erupts<p><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10465956">Mt Ruapehu erupted yesterday evening</a>. We'd been on the mountain just the day before; we left midday yesterday. Scary stuff.</p>
<p>Crazy mountain - just erupts without warning. Apparently it was a '2' on a scale of five; a moderate eruption.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-25276288647273428642007-09-22T15:20:00.000+12:002007-09-22T15:23:41.542+12:00I'm still alive.<p>Things are going well. I've been blogging a bit over at <a href="http://twoseven.co.nz" title="twoseven.co.nz">twoseven.co.nz</a>.</p>
<p>We're off to the snow tomorrow for a couple of days; the boys should really enjoy it.</p>
<p>Work is going well; I'm getting into some really fun stuff.</p>
<p>How have you all been?</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-58322403432171204732007-07-02T19:21:00.001+12:002007-07-02T19:39:36.481+12:00Apple iPhone in my hand<p>I played with an actual iPhone today. It is the most amazingest. I wrote about it; <a href="http://twoseven.co.nz/2007/07/02/the-apple-iphone-in-nz-in-my-hand/" title="twoseven: The Apple iPhone. In NZ. In my hand!">go check it out</a>.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-21558788557039812052007-07-01T08:00:00.000+12:002007-07-02T08:58:24.157+12:00This is unbelievable!!<p>I read <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10448919">this article</a> on the NZ Herald site this morning.</p>
<p>Okay - some words that should now have been used in this article:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>'row'</strong>; where is the row? Where is the point of contention? Both Mr Cunliffe and Family First NZ are in agreement.</li>
<li><strong>'accused'</strong>;</li> I quote "McCroskie said Family First NZ believed Cunliffe acted correctly.". Does this sound like an accusation? Hardly.</li>
</ul>
<p>This article has been deliberately written to twist the truth and to evoke a public response based on a false premise.</p><p>I challenge the NZ Herald to remove this article, or at least publish an accurate account of the facts, and I shall be contacting David Fisher to ask why he wrote the article in this fashion.</p>
<p>I hope Family First NZ will be posting something about this on <a href="http://www.familyfirst.org.nz">their website</a> soon.</p>
<p><strong>Update:</strong></p>
<p>For your information, here is the letter I emailed to Mr Fisher:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>RE: Article 'MP in smack row' - 01/07/07</p>
<p>Hi David,</p>
<p>I'd really love to know why you used the words 'row' and 'accused' in your article 'MP in smack row'.<br />
It is quite clear from the facts you present that there is no 'row'; Family First NZ (McCoskrie) and Mr Cunliffe do not appear to be in contention or at odds.</p>
<p>You use the word 'accused' twice, and yet the following statement - albeit tacked on at the very end - "McCroskie said Family First NZ believed Cunliffe acted correctly" is far from an accusation, and at face value seems to be supporting his actions.</p>
<p>Are there some facts that you've failed to report? Or are you trying to stir up trouble? It appears to me to be the latter, but I would love to be proven wrong.</p>
<p>Either way, as it stands, this is a shocking piece of reporting.</p>
<p>I look forward to your response.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Dan Willis.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>Update 02/07/07:</strong></p>
<p>Monday morning has <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10449047">an article on this incident</a> by Audrey Young. A few more facts and a little less supposition.</p><p>Audrey shows a little more restraint; 'controversy' is a little less controversial than 'row', and no accusations to be seen. Nonetheless, this is a non-issue based on little more than hearsay.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-59304131430787127892007-05-31T19:39:00.000+12:002007-05-31T19:35:31.752+12:00At World's End.<p>Saw <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449088/">Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End</a> last night. It was much better than I was expecting. I'd heard/read a lot of negative reviews, so my expectations were far from high.</p>
<p>I was pleasantly surprised. Captain Jack Sparrow just gets crazier; more ships get wrecked; more crosses are doubled and reality gets just that little bit further away. A great story, and not as plot-twisty and complicated as I had been lead to believe.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-58780230984314011672007-05-29T06:27:00.000+12:002007-05-29T09:31:27.037+12:00Stats and traffic and giving people what they want.<p><a href="http://www.google.com/analytics/" title="Google Analytics">Google Analytics</a> is a great tool. Firstly, it's free. Secondly, it is very usable. It produces lots of smooth, easy-to-understand charts and tables. It tells you everything you need to know. I'm using it to record stats for a number of sites; from sites that get 2-3 visitors a day, to one in particular that gets over 25,000 visits each day.</p>
<h3>The Casio fx-6500g Programmable Graphing Calculator</h3>
<p>So I was looking at the Google Analytics statistics for this site today, and noticed that I was receiving a fair amount of traffic from people searching for the Casio fx-6500g calculator. I referred to this calculator <a href="http://dansdiary.blogspot.com/2003/04/thank-you-ladydusk-for-your-link.html">a</a> <a href="http://dansdiary.blogspot.com/2003/04/someone-else-is-looking-for-info-on.html">few</a> <a href="http://dansdiary.blogspot.com/2003/10/hits-getting-lots-of-search-engine.html">times</a> back in 2003, mentioning that I could scan and render to PDF some pages of its manual if any readers so required. There are a couple of comments in this blog from people who have requested the manual, but alas they've not left their contact details.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure I still have the calculator somewhere, along with its manual. I'll have to investigate the exact details, but I'm sure it would be a breach of copyright for me to scan and publish the full manual. But if anyone wants any information from the manual, we may be able to come to some sort of arrangement. In fact, since this seems to be such a popular piece of vintage electronics, I probably should find out how much it is worth; perhaps someone might like to purchase it?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rskey.org/detail.asp?manufacturer=Casio&model=fx-6000G" title="Programmable Calculators: Casio fx-6000G">Here's a bit more about the Casio fx-6500g</a>. It was manufactured in 1986 and it does lots of cool stuff.</p>
<p>So, thank you Google Analytics; now perhaps I can give the people what they want.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-64263316536494358212007-04-26T09:03:00.000+12:002007-04-26T09:17:41.988+12:00Infuriating, just a bit.<p>So it transpires that the EB (Exclusive Brethren) have had perhaps just as much involvement with Labour as they have had with National; <a href="http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2007/04/labour_and_the_brethren.html" title="David Farrar's Kiwiblog: Labour and the Brethren">read David Farrar's post</a>.</p>
<p>Firstly, Labour's deceitful response to this 'revelation' is simply aiding the inflating hypocrisy that they're displaying. EB meeting minutes show planned and carefully minuted meetings with Labour caucus members. And yet our Prime Minister paints them as "stalkers" who accost her in public encounters where she must extricate herself at the earliest possible convenience (I read this somewhere, but am struggling to find the source).</p>
<p>Secondly, it appears as if the media have missed the Labour/EB connection entirely. Where is the equivalent lambasting and lengthy speculation that we saw after "revelations" of a National/EB relationship? I don't know much about unions, and how much of an influence they have in the media industry, but I'd say that the media must find it to be in their best interests - read, 'dollars at stake' - to keep quiet on this one.</p>
<p>Such petty, underhanded nastiness. Someone show me some real politics.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-31308801108886492582007-04-03T19:27:00.000+12:002007-04-03T19:29:36.197+12:00twoseven.co.nz<p>Hello all!</p>
<p>Don’t forget that I'm also blogging <a href="http://twoseven.co.nz" title="twoseven.co.nz">over here</a>.</p>
<p>And don’t forget to <a href="http://thetryingtimes.blogspot.com" title="The Trying Times">vote over here</a>.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-15130066917626203232007-03-16T12:09:00.000+13:002007-03-16T12:23:25.814+13:00Ha ha!<p><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10429071" title="NZ Herald: Romance in the air for love-starved rural bachelors">Check this out</a>! It’s kinda funny since we know a few <a href="http://owakasfinest.blogspot.com/" title="Owaka's finest">people</a> from that neck of the woods.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-18676129946676609942007-03-16T06:09:00.000+13:002007-03-16T06:12:04.147+13:00Sportsthought<p>A colleague and friend of mine has just started <a href="http://sportsthought.com" title="sportsthought.com">a blog on New Zealand sports</a>.</p>
<p>He writes about cricket, league, rugby and other stuff.</p>
<p>Go check it out.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-38807724988956641642007-03-15T08:47:00.000+13:002007-03-15T08:57:46.258+13:00Debate stalls Section 59 repeal progress<p>As much as I don’t like pimping the Herald, I read <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10428892" title="NZ Herald: Slanging match in House delays bill to stop smacking">this article</a> that tells that debate has stalled the progress of ‘<a href="http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/bills/crimes_abolition_of_force_justification" title="Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Bill">the Bill</a>’ through the house.</p>
<p>I’m really not sure why we need this bill when - <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501165&objectid=10428887" title="NZ Herald: Bill will hurt families, says mother who used horsewhip">after reading this</a> - it seems to me that CYFS just do what they want anyway. CYFS are worse, and far more dangerous, than the courts or the police.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-42730295843804137202007-03-15T06:02:00.000+13:002007-03-15T08:58:46.587+13:00NCEA getting better?<p>The NZ Herald <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10428893" title="NZ Herald: NCEA pass rates get better at all levels">has an article</a> regarding NCEA pass rates; they’re “getting better”.</p>
<p>I would say that although the pass rates are higher, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re better.</p>
<p>It could mean they’re easier, which means people could be as dumb or dumber than previous years, but passing instead of failing. That’s not a better outcome for students.</p>
<p>There are too many variables. And I guess I shouldn’t be too cynical.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-65789200748456523802007-02-19T06:07:00.000+13:002007-02-19T09:25:19.878+13:00I'm nearly old.<p>So on Tuesday, the 20<sup><small>th</small></sup> of February - that’s tomorrow - I turn thirty.</p>
<p>Thirty is a pretty significant age.<br />Once you’re thirty, it’s not so acceptable to fall back on the excuse of inexperience.<br />Once you’re thirty, you really are an adult, despite the fact you’ve being claiming that title since the age of eighteen.</p>
<p>On Saturday, my family and friends threw me a surprise birthday party - it was the best party, but it was over all too quickly. Thanks so much to those who came along, and thanks for the gifts!</p>
<p>In other news, I’ve started up a new site/blog. <a href="http://twoseven.co.nz" title="twoseven.co.nz - web design, development and more!!">twoseven.co.nz</a> launched a few days ago. It’s where I talk about things related to web design and development, and other such things. You’ll currently see the default <a href="http://www.wordpress.org" title="Wordpress">Wordpress</a> template, but that will morph into something else, slowly, and incrementally.</p>
<p>I'll keep posting here, so don’t go away!</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1170177359135222792007-01-31T05:53:00.000+13:002007-01-31T06:15:59.296+13:00Hippo Gnu Deer<p>This post only just makes it into January. Scary stuff.</p>
<p>The new year is up and running - work is working and other routines are being established.</p>
<p>Michelle and I celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary this last Monday. I surprised her by hiring a VW Kombi camper from <a href="http://www.kiwikombis.com" title="Kiwi Kombi : New Zealand Classic VW Kombi Camper Van Hire Specialists">kiwikombis.com</a>. <a href="http://www.kiwikombis.com/newgallery/gallery.asp?folder=Van%209%20-%20VW%20Splittie%20Campervan%20(aka%20The%20Red%20Sled)" title="Kiwi Combi : Van 9 - VW Splittie Campervan (aka The Red Sled) NZ VW Kombi Hire Gallery">This one</a>, to be specific. A tidy old ‘66 split window with chrome Empi 5s. Went up north for the weekend and stayed at a lovely campground at Whangateau.<br />
It’s funny, my boss said to me yesterday "You’ve been married seven years and you’ve only got two kids?". Children are great!</p>
<p>Anyway, I’d actually sat down here to look at a) upgrading this blog to the new Blogger, and b) giving the old blog a bit of a makeover. I’ve not progressed with either, although the message I got when I logged in leads me to believe that a) will occur soon whether I like it or not. I just a little concerned that upgrading might foul up some of the other blogs I administer that haven’t been upgraded yet. We’ll see what happens.</p>
<p>Well, to you who are still reading this, thanks for sticking around. This blog is now four years old. I can’t say it’s still going strong, but it is still going.</p>
<p>Best be off - take care and all that jazz!</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1166718921899398412006-12-22T05:28:00.000+13:002006-12-22T05:35:21.916+13:00Tee Vee Three<p>Not wanting to feel left out, <a href="http://www.tv3.co.nz">tv3</a> have redesigned their website.</p>
<p>My initial assessment is that it is too cluttered, and not cohesive. It is hard to find stuff that turns out to be sitting right in front of you.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1166155121654963142006-12-15T16:53:00.000+13:002006-12-15T16:58:41.673+13:00New Stuff and NZ Herald websites<p>Yeah, the new <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz">stuff.co.nz</a> format is more better than the <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz">Royal New Zealand Herald</a>.</p>
<p>Stuff is owned by Fairfax, who also own the <a href="http://www.smh.com.au">Sydney Morning Herald</a> and so it's no surprise that their layouts are similar (eg: they both happen to be 992px wide, and both have the silly (yet quite effective) little ad banner in the top right). There are fairly significant differences in the mark-up/CSS, however.</p>
<p>I've put them all head-to-head and thrown in <a href="http://www.tvnz.co.nz">tvnz.co.nz</a> (cos it's similar) just for kicks.</p>
<p><strong>Homepage analysis</strong></p>
<p><em>Sydney Morning Herald</em>:<br />
Homepage weight (bytes/server requests): 238447 / 60 <br />
Markup errors: 237<br />
CSS errors: unable to test properly due to page errors</p>
<p><em>stuff.co.nz</em>:<br />
Homepage weight (bytes/server requests): 156893 / 35<br />
Mark-up errors: 127<br />
CSS Errors: unable to test properly due to page errors, but estimate 29</p>
<p><em>NZ Herald</em>:<br />
Homepage weight (bytes/server requests): 285952(fat-ass) / 51<br />
Mark-up errors: 200<br />
CSS Errors: 8 (2 actual, 6 proprietry attributes)</p>
<p><em>tvnz.co.nz</em>:<br />
Homepage weight (bytes/server requests): 292697(obese) / 54<br />
Mark-up errors: 271<br />
CSS Errors: unable to test properly due to page errors</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1165511209841399942006-12-08T05:37:00.000+13:002006-12-08T06:09:14.293+13:00I'm such a slacker...<h3>U2</h3>
<p>While it is post-concert, I think perhaps I should have posted again sooner.</p>
<p>U2 were(are) excellent; big, flash-but-simple set, excellent pick of songs, great crowd. A good (healthy?) dose of politics+religion, using the catchword 'Coexist' with the 'C' as the crescent of Islam, the 'x' as the Star of David, and the 't' as the cross of Christ.</p>
<h3>Wordie</h3>
<p>In other news, <a href="http://wordie.org" title="Wordie - like Flickr, but without the photos">wordie</a> is a fun, interesting and potentially educational website; it's like <a href="http://flickr.com" title="Flickr - almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world.">Flickr</a>, but without the photos. You can <a href="http://wordie.org/people/d_b" title="Wordie - d_b's Words">check out my collection of words</a>. Remember, kids - words are fun!</p>
<h3>Laughing in the face of danger</h3>
<p>In yet more news, I was browsing the <a href="http://nzherald.co.nz" title="The New Zealand Herald newspaper - website homepage">NZ Herald website</a> and read across (yes, 'read across') this serious <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10414404" title="NZ Herald - Call for body armour after screwdriver stabbing">article about a police officer who was stabbed with a screwdriver</a>. The article is calling for stab-resistant body armour for frontline police, but relates a particular incident from yesterday. While this is a serious article, somthing made me chuckle; here is a quote from a witness:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Dion Takimoana, who was a passenger in the truck, said he saw the incident unfold over two or three minutes and it was quite a blur "because the adrenaline was just pumping so much", he said.</p>
<p>"At first we thought it was quite funny until he pulled the screwdriver out and then I just thought, 'Far out, wicked, this isn't good'."</p>
<p>While running away, the driver lunged at the two officers and also tried to get into other cars that were on the road.</p>
<p>"But this big Island guy had the massivest stick and just went up to the guy and whacked him," Mr Takimoana said.</p>
<p>The blow did not stop the offender, who just brushed it off and kept running, Mr Takimoana said.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>So you see, sometimes even the massivest stick won't help you.</p>
<h3>Cross-purposes</h3>
<p>Well, it's junk-mail-and-jingles season once again. Try not to forget what Christmas is all about. Don't feel obliged to buy people a better present than you bought them last year (eg: myself an iPod). Don't feel guilty if you don't have a Christmas tree up. But do remember to serve one another in love.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1164301728119292032006-11-24T05:46:00.000+13:002006-11-24T06:08:48.140+13:00You too?<p>All things going to plan, this evening shall find me at Mt Smart Stadium.</p>
<p>U2 are finally here, and with immeasurable thanks to a top chap, the sweet sounds of Bono and the boys shall be made sweeter still by the prospect of free tickets.</p>
<p>I'll report back post-concert.</p>
<p>In other news, Ariston appliances are the man, replacing the faulty SPST momentary rocker doorswitch in our dishwasher for a paltry $0.00. Prompt and polite, their service was excellent, as was the advice of their local service agent, GK Appliances of Manurewa.</p>
<p>In other <em>other</em> news, my current object of tech-lust is the <a href="http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001&template=pp1_1_1&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10391" title="Sony Ericsson W950i">Sony Ericsson W950i</a>. I've had the Sony Ericsson M600i for a few days and it was a joy to use, with its scroll-wheel, touch-screen and intuitive user interface. The W950i has the same physical format as the M600i, but with a standard-layout keypad instead of the M600i's qwerty keypad. But the W950i has 4GB of storage, and a hot hot music player (it's in the Walkman series of phones).</p>
<p>Anyway, have a good weekend, and perhaps I'll talk to you all again soon!</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1162496920762970822006-11-03T08:47:00.000+13:002006-11-03T08:48:40.780+13:00Something new<p>I need/want to start something new.</p>
<p>So many ideas, so little resource.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1161143699166152072006-10-18T16:52:00.000+13:002006-10-18T16:54:59.183+13:00Crazy Insane!<p>Now I don't expect you to all get excited and jump up and down as I did, but at least take a moment to <a href="http://www.jackslocum.com/yui/2006/10/09/my-wordpress-comments-system-built-with-yahoo-ui-and-yahooext/" title="Jack Slocum's Blog">check this out</a>.</p>
<p>This is JavaScript at its finest - absolutely stunning work. And he did it in one day.</p>
<p>This man deserves a pizza trophy. Nine times.</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1160798360776845492006-10-14T16:58:00.000+13:002006-10-14T16:59:20.793+13:00Blogging is bad!<p>...at least according to <a href="http://www.thercg.org/youth/articles/0403-bagy.html" title="Blogs ? and God's Youth">this article</a>.</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1160538403508214512006-10-11T16:46:00.000+13:002006-10-11T16:46:43.526+13:00Click here<p><a href="http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?d_b">Here, that is.</a></p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099498.post-1157050960999407182006-09-01T06:49:00.000+12:002006-09-02T18:34:06.410+12:00Wow!<p>I hadn't realised how long it had been since my last post!!</p>
<p>In the meantime, a number of singularly monumental occurances have... umm... occured.</p>
<p>Last Friday, having contracted there for about six weeks, I became a full-time webmaster of a large mobile communications company; one that isn't Telecom.</p>
<p>Secondly and more importantly, my degree of dadness has increased, due to a doubling in the number of sons I have. Noah Hans Willis was born on the 21st August, weighing 3680gms (that's 8lb2, for you old-skool weighers). Praise the Lord!</p>
<p>Check out his babiness...</p>
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<p>Anyway - that's what I've been up to - how about you guys?</p>Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10396622914879784003noreply@blogger.com