Kiwi Out There http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php Kiwi Out There. the blog of a traveling kiwi. en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Kiwiot Goes Under The Knife http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php/2007/04/18/kiwiot_goes_under_the_knife Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:52:28 +0000 kiwiot Code & Stuff 48@http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/ I've been meaning to do this for a while and had a spare couple of hours this morning so I decided to give kiwiot.com a face lift. What the old site looked like CSS is such a powerful styling system. I Still have my photo albums to style, but that'll have to wait for another day I've been meaning to do this for a while and had a spare couple of hours this morning so I decided to give kiwiot.com a face lift.

What the old site looked like

Old Kiwiot

CSS is such a powerful styling system.

I Still have my photo albums to style, but that'll have to wait for another day

]]> http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php?p=48&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Climbing A.K Style http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php/2007/04/16/climbing_a_k_style Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:27:52 +0000 kiwiot Life In Korea Kiwiot Photos 47@http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/ Yet another weekend has flown by far too quickly, but at least it was one with plenty of good memories to make it thru the Mon-Fri grind. Finally after a year of not attending Seokjin's Adventure Korea trips Tom and I decided it was time to grace him with our presence once again, accompanied by the regular crew of Tim, Chris and Dave. On the weekends agenda was a little rock climbing, a wee bit of hiking, and a lot of socializing till the early hours of the morning. Good times great people For more pictures of the Mt. Songnisan adventure school & Joryungsan in Chungcheongbuk-do area check out the latest additions in my online photo album and if you're a facebook user go here Yet another weekend has flown by far too quickly, but at least it was one with plenty of good memories to make it thru the Mon-Fri grind.

Finally after a year of not attending Seokjin's Adventure Korea trips Tom and I decided it was time to grace him with our presence once again, accompanied by the regular crew of Tim, Chris and Dave.

On the weekends agenda was a little rock climbing, a wee bit of hiking, and a lot of socializing till the early hours of the morning.

Good times great people

For more pictures of the Mt. Songnisan adventure school & Joryungsan in Chungcheongbuk-do area check out the latest additions in my online photo album and if you're a facebook user go here

]]> http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php?p=47&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Man Bites Policeman http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php/2007/04/04/man_bites_policeman Tue, 03 Apr 2007 19:54:41 +0000 kiwiot Online Funnies 46@http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/ I guess he's little confused about what the role of a dog owner actually is. Two policemen stopped the dog owner for walking the animal without a leash and a muzzle in Cova da Moura – a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Lisbon. The man threatened the officers with his dog, but the animal bolted leaving the 35-year-old to to grapple with both policemen. The owner bit one of the policemen on the wrist while the other suffered a broken finger in the scuffles, the newspaper reported. The owner is under house arrest while police are still looking for the pit bull, according to the daily. Portuguese authorities are cracking down on what they call "dangerous" dogs after four rottweilers mauled a 60-year-old woman to death last month. While not necessarily dangerous, pit bulls are sometimes used by gang members to intimidate and in dog fights. View the article at stuff.co.nz I guess he's little confused about what the role of a dog owner actually is.

Two policemen stopped the dog owner for walking the animal without a leash and a muzzle in Cova da Moura – a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Lisbon.

The man threatened the officers with his dog, but the animal bolted leaving the 35-year-old to to grapple with both policemen. The owner bit one of the policemen on the wrist while the other suffered a broken finger in the scuffles, the newspaper reported.

The owner is under house arrest while police are still looking for the pit bull, according to the daily.

Portuguese authorities are cracking down on what they call "dangerous" dogs after four rottweilers mauled a 60-year-old woman to death last month.

While not necessarily dangerous, pit bulls are sometimes used by gang members to intimidate and in dog fights.

View the article at stuff.co.nz

]]> http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php?p=46&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Time for a wallpaper change http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php/2007/04/03/time_for_a_wallpaper_change Tue, 03 Apr 2007 08:16:19 +0000 kiwiot Code & Stuff Kiwiot Photos 45@http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/ I was sitting here tonight looking at my plain windows colored desktop when I had a flash back to the days when I actually cared about looking at a nice background. I remembered a site that I used to visit (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com), a catchy website name that has spent over 8 years in my subconscious only to rear its head today. So I thought I'd check to see if it was still around, and sure enough the owner of the site "Ryan Bliss" is still cranking out the most amazing computer generated pictures. Needless to say I now have a very funky looking desktop again. If you're ever in the mood for a change check out is free gallery and newest work Digital Blasphemy is definitely a site worth looking through, even if only once. I was sitting here tonight looking at my plain windows colored desktop when I had a flash back to the days when I actually cared about looking at a nice background.

I remembered a site that I used to visit (http://www.digitalblasphemy.com), a catchy website name that has spent over 8 years in my subconscious only to rear its head today. So I thought I'd check to see if it was still around, and sure enough the owner of the site "Ryan Bliss" is still cranking out the most amazing computer generated pictures. Needless to say I now have a very funky looking desktop again.

Small Artica

If you're ever in the mood for a change check out is free gallery and newest work

Digital Blasphemy is definitely a site worth looking through, even if only once.

]]> http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php?p=45&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments Mask Anyone? http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/index.php/2007/04/01/mask_anyone Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:46:31 +0000 kiwiot Life In Korea 44@http://www.kiwiot.com/1.0/blog/ You know somethings not right when you come home after an overnight trip to the mountains in Korea to find everyone who's out an about wearing masks. That's right boys and girls it's yellow dust time and apparantly today, April 1st of all days is one of the worst. Weather warning issued as year's heaviest yellow dust hits S.Korea SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's weather officials issued a yellow dust alarm for most of the nation Sunday as the worst-of-the-year yellow dust hits South Korea. The yellow dust warning has been issued for most of the nation except for southern regions such as North and South Jeolla provinces and the southern island of Jeju, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). In those less-affected areas, the KMA issued a dust advisory. Yonhap News I guess its another weekend indoors. You know somethings not right when you come home after an overnight trip to the mountains in Korea to find everyone who's out an about wearing masks.

That's right boys and girls it's yellow dust time and apparantly today, April 1st of all days is one of the worst.

Weather warning issued as year's heaviest yellow dust hits S.Korea

SEOUL, April 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's weather officials issued a yellow dust alarm for most of the nation Sunday as the worst-of-the-year yellow dust hits South Korea.

The yellow dust warning has been issued for most of the nation except for southern regions such as North and South Jeolla provinces and the southern island of Jeju, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). In those less-affected areas, the KMA issued a dust advisory.

Yonhap News
I guess its another weekend indoors.

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