Wolfram Alpha & useless information

A few days ago a new internet search engine was launched: Wolfram Alpha. Interesting. It’s very much in the development stage and should go from strength to strength, if the search engine’s own blurb is to be believed. At this stage some of its results are laughable, as explained by a Slate magazine article titled [...]

Wild weather and a failed photo-op

We’ve had a wild weekend weather-wise with 140kph southerly gales and 14 metre swells in Cook Strait. Yesterday we drove down to Palliser Bay on the south coast, and were suitably impressed. Even close to shore the swells were huge and the surface of the sea was white – foamy brine as far as the [...]

First look at our new kitten

Yesterday we had a first look at the litter of burmese kittens we’ll be choosing one from. They were born on 24 April and we’ll be able to take one away on 10 July. We’ll go back in a few weeks’ time and choose our one. They’re all much the same at the moment, with [...]

Evernote enters my life

Every so often I come across a new computer application that gets me quite exercised and wanting to tell everyone about it. I have a new one to rave about: Evernote. I think it may turn out to be very significant, but at this stage I admit that when I describe it to many people, [...]

All clear for a new family member

The small cat we called Felix, which took us over in Martinborough, is gone. Felix’s family, which he was obviously not fond of, has decamped from its home near the back of our property. We did love little Felix, but he was going to be a problem in early July, when we’re due to get [...]