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Today the government of New Zealand granted me indefinite residency. This affords me certain inalienable rights:
- to enter and leave New Zealand indefinitely
- to work for any employer or setup a business
- to walk anywhere in Wellington without shoes or socks
- to say “bro” and “choice” and other colorful words found in the vernacular
- to buy groceries at New World without wearing a shirt
- to use verbs and nouns, e.g. “have a feed”
- to eat sandwiches made from french fries and tomato sauce
- to sing the New Zealand national anthem without feeling phony
- to bicycle to work in Lycra
I’m sure there are other privileges, so feel free to add to my list.
And to my American friends, if you find America collapsing like a Jenga game from economic ruin, you can stay with me in New Zealand.
You’ll like it, I promise.
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Tags: jeffrey-ism · kiwi-ism · life · memory · patriotism
FullCodePress finished on Sunday morning. And the result? Victory for the Kiwis!
In first place we have the Kiwis’ website:
http://kiwi.fullcodepress.mbcomms.net.au/
And in second place we have the Koalas’ website:
http://aussie.fullcodepress.mbcomms.net.au/
I was awake for the duration of the competition and the awards ceremony (about 36 hours without sleep) and then crashed until the morning (about 18 hours sleeping). My brain is fried from coding so quickly.
I’m still recovering (hence the late blog post).
New Zealand won by a small margin, but more importantly our client has a new website for their charity. Hopefully it will help their cause and change someone’s life for the better.
Before the competition, I saw the Sydney Opera House, and the beach at Manly.1 Then the teams ate together along CockleBay.2 Sydney’s a beautiful city, and not what I expected.
My team members kicked ass, and the Australian team rocked as well. It was great to get together for good causes, even if it was under the guise of competition.
You can read the reactions of my team members too:
Or you can read the Xero blog entry. The competition was also plugged on National Radio (somewhere between two and three minutes).
The next FullCodePress is before Webstock in February and any country can participate.
1. I felt manly after leaving Manly.
2. Cockle Bay? Manly? Sydney seem to favor one gender over another.
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Tags: catcher · code · jeffrey-ism · kiwi-ism · patriotism
Today’s I leave for Sydney to compete against Australia in FullCodePress. FCP is a competition to “build a fully-operational website for a non-profit organisation in 24 hours.”
My team is awesome, and we’re going to win. The competition starts on Saturday. Here are some details:
Can I see the event online?
The two teams will be building their websites online, and you can watch the progress on the two websites in real time. The web addresses will be announced at 9.30am on Saturday at http://www.fullcodepress.com.
The New Zealand team
Photo and video action:
Blog action:
Who is running the event:
24 hours without sleep! I’m going to feel like a student. Wish us luck…
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Tags: american-ism · code · css · kiwi-ism · patriotism · patriotism
From my notes in November of 2003: “You paint with your left hand,” she said. “I thought you were right handed?”
“I am,” I said. “I just paint with my left hand.”
“How interesting. Which hand do you use to shoot a gun?”
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