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Since 2015 I've run this site on WordPress.com as an opportunity to blog my ideas and interests, and to showcase my writing. The time has come to shift from WordPress to Drupal, and here's why...

What's inducing such violent tantrums and angry protests against covid-related public safety measures? The world has become less accessible for everyone...

In 1987 the New Zealand Government established New Zealand as a nuclear free nation. I argue it's time to declare New Zealand free of civilian semi-automatic firearms...

Personal pronouns are complicated in Te Reo Māori (the indigenous language of Aotearoa/New Zealand). For example, the English word "us" can translate into Te Reo in at least three ways...

The story of when Salman Rushdie schooled me on the topic of authoritarian hate and intolerance...

A few days ago I saw an article which really threw me for a loop. It turns out that most New Zealand retirement savings schemes (“KiwiSaver” funds) have shareholdings in tobacco companies, and in companies that manufacture cluster bombs, land mines, or nuclear weapons...

Two months ago I took the first steps towards a new qualification by starting an online course. This was 'Concepts and Practice of Technical Communication', an 8 week long paper in the Simon Fraser University Technical Communication Certificate programme...

(this article was first posted at eSocSci.org.nz) On 31 October 2014, the world’s first commercial passenger space ship crashed, killing the co-pilot and seriously injuring the pilot. SpaceShipTwo (also known as ‘VSS Enterprise’) was undergoing tests after being reconfigured into what was intended to be the final state to take on passengers for suborbital joyrides to the edge of space...

This is my story of how I learned to be Dad to my kids, one of whom has a severe brain injury.