Russell Michell's Blog: TheRuss Relocated

Webstock 09

If I took anything away from Webstock 09, it was above all ...

Webstock Aight?

I'm at Webstock all week, go away. This week at The Sto...

Renovations on YouTube

I've been meaning to do this for ages. Sure, I'm no TV presenter, but if you want to find out how...

Who is Lee Harris? UPDATE #2

I have been told a fair amount of information about this guy now to build a picture in my mind as to...

S'OK - I'm here man...

You're really a bunch of bloody whiners – honestly... OK, I'll update the blog. Good grief ...

Lament Our Trees

We headed over to the section last week to check on the trees. They've been eaten. All 100 of t...

Architect's #2

We went to see our second architect last week, in the gorgeous surrounds of Truby King House, in Wel...

Of Trees and Architects

The weather was perfect on Sunday when we finally got around to planting our 100 Casuarina trees alo...

Ask and Ye Shall Receive

We went up to Shannon the weekend before last to the Matatoa...

Planning..

Ourselves and Tasia's folks, Denise and John went up to the section today to talk house orientation ...

Done. It's Ours!

As of about 10am on the 27th day in the year of our lord, A.D. 2008; Tasia and I became the joint ow...

The Blog Revived

Long time no write, sorry about that! As I have nothing else on my mind nowadays other than finis...

Swiss Cheese

The brain and the mind are two of a kind, despite what everyone else thinks. As long as you use...

No time...gotta fly

I've got no time at the moment. It's crazy, I've never been like this before! Here's a bunch of stuf...

Underwater Driving

I couldn't tell you if this is a good, a bad or just a ridiculous thing but - here's the world's fir...

'Nuff Said

I fired up my XP machine this evening, and as I've got a less than reliable copy of it from way back...

Bring the Noise...

Yeah I used to listen to UK Hardcore back in ...

Dexter

This is the name Tasia and I decided to give to our new black and white kitten on the way home from ...

How to Build a Retaining Wall

What's a retaining wall? Well, it's a wall that retains stuff innit. In this case, this "stuff&...

Rachel's Song?

I was listening to Digitially Imported (Vocal Trance Internet Radio ...

My Materialistic Existentialism

I wasn't the most rebellious of teenagers. About all I did was stay out till midnight, smoke a 10-pa...

Sustainable Hotel? My Arse

I do believe that people are getting it all wrong. I mean, they'll come round eventually, they'll ha...

Winna's!

The New Zealand Computer World Magazine ICT Awards wer...

Homes For Myself and Other People

I'm sitting in a large chalet–style house in the town of Ohakune, centre of the known world if...

The Facebook Issue.

As I believe I mentioned a few weeks back, I have now had the misfortune of being a part of the &quo...

The Rant Issue

So after I could deal with their precarious and very obvious presence no longer - all piled in my in...

Future Underclass? No. Not I.

Like anywhere I imagine, but especially here in NZ at the moment, there seems to be an ever increasi...

G8+5?

Hi this is simply a modified version of the standard email sent out by Avaaz.org (The Online "P...

Who Is Lee Harris - UPDATE

A month or so ago, I posted a blog en...

What Have I Done For Me Lately?

A shitload of stuff now that you ask. As you may or may not have been aware, I have been in the p...

Eco-Journalism is a Hard Thing

George Monbiot is luckier than most as he is a journalist working for an 'almost free' med...

Who Is Lee Harris?

UPDATE Feb 09: See latest blog entry ...

A Joint What? Oh Dear..

As I rush, headlong into my thirties and contemplate my body growing absurdly longer nasal hair, yet...

Powerdown. We'll Enjoy It

Take some time away from Coronation Street, Eastenders, the newspaper or having a kip. You shoul...

You moved here why?

I'm getting right back into this blog – writing malarky I can tell you. Well – for ...

It's all here, everything...

Sitting in a pub, a pint of Speights in hand and my laptop in front of me is somewhat empowering. Su...

24hr Movie Marathon

In November the 24 Hour Movie Marathon comes to town. Basically the idea is somewhat like what is sa...

How!!!??

I've given up skateboarding as many times as I've re-started. And I find myself wanting to do so onc...

Steorn Over Unity Technology - a Randi Rebuttal

A short time ago a company called Steorn, based in Dublin, Ireland, laid claim to their conception o...

Life During The Oil Crash?

Wellington is currently playing host to the New Zealand Film Festiv...

Depression, It's not that bad!

It's been sometime now since I returned from the UK and I feel altogether better for it. Before, I w...

It's Dublin, Ireland Issit...

Dublin, Ireland I'm here with, well just me actually for a week of technology, fellow I.T. geeks ...

Not Sad or Happy? What's Going On?

It has occurred to me recently and more than once, that some of my recent blog entries have been les...

So I'm Thinking Too Much...

I get told with alarming regularity by friends and colleagues that I "think too much" or t...

Oh dear - I've done it again...

OK, I'll come clean. And I wasn't going to either. Not until it was over with anyway, but the true h...

You're Online, I Can See You....

I love technology. I always have. If it has wire-like protrusions and the potential for electric sho...

Section Me Now...

There are several ways in which to skin a cat, as the saying famously goes. That's it, I just wan...

Dragon Boating is Cool

I got a call at work on Monday: "Hey Russ, we're a man short on our Dragon Boat, do you fancy j...

Quote of the (last) Century..

Ok, this would have been better stated at the height of the UK Rave scene back in '92 but you get th...

Kiwi Blokes

I am constantly under fire from myself for subscribing to this notion that I'm in some way inferior ...

Are you guys still there?

I haven't been in touch via the blog for sometime. Some may think this is because I have met somebod...

And Santa Was Born in Bethlehem..

Christmas!? What? Nah - you're having me on right? Unless you often watch TV or listen to the rad...

I'm dreaming of a stinking hot Christmas...

I love to liken what journalistic skill I might have with those of Bill Bryson, my favourite travel ...

Got that call

OK so I've been applying for work left, right and centre for about two months now and to say that hi...

Oh no, not that beer stuff again...

Shhhh. There's something out there, out there in the back - over there in the trees. ...what is ...

Too Much Information...

I'm so tired at the moment - as if I ever hibernate my conscious mind at the quietest of times. Wor...

Moving Themes

The Peak Oil/Energy issue is really bugg...

Peak What?

Peak Oil. Have you heard of it? No? Have you been living in a cave!? No really, have you? At the...

It's been a while..

I've been away from my blog for quite a while haven't I? Naughty naughty. Not keeping the folks back...

Days in the life of mine own

Every day I go a similar route to work from Ponsonby where I live into the Victoria Park area of the...

Obligatory "First week in NZ"

Obligatory according to some of the folks at www.uk2nz.co.uk that one composes a "First week in...

NZ - I've actually done it..

"Bloody hell", I quitely said to myself in the baggage collection hall at Auckland airport...

Immigration Sorted

It's been nearly three months since my reccy to NZ and my last post in March. Man, so much has happe...

wilcum to new zulund

Eftpos, Flat Whites, Dick Smith's, Watties, custom cars and taxis with luggage trailers. Yup. I'm...