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Home grown liturgy – 11 years of trial and error
Home grown liturgy 11 Years of Trial and error September 2017 Angela and Dion Blundell Papakura, New Zealand Here is the liturgy that Angela and Dion have written over the years You may prefer a document, to reading the website. The PDF is here and the ODT is here . This is distributed under: Creative Commons : Read more about Home grown liturgy – 11 years of trial and error[…]
Rotorua Marathon 3:17
Well Rotorua Marathon went almost perfectly. We arrived nice and early, so that Ange, Kath and Steve could enter the half. I was bag boy. After waving bye at their 8:00am start, I went and check their jumpers and bags into the bag check. On the way out I had a brief chat to Geoff Read more about Rotorua Marathon 3:17[…]
Coatesville 2017 Half Marathon – Race Report
I looked at my time, it was 1:30:55, and the split was 45:39 for the first half, and 45:16 for the second half. So this told me I got it right. That was about the extent of my research into the day, it just felt good. So I wrote on Strava the following in response Read more about Coatesville 2017 Half Marathon – Race Report[…]
Hillary 2017
2017 was to be my year, the year when I gave it my all, and knocked the Hillary off once and for all and felt a sense of conclusion. Spoiler alert, I’m not done. My build up had been tremendous. I had pushed really hard, and balanced my speed work, hill work, long runs and Read more about Hillary 2017[…]
Updating OpenDNS from your Tomato Router
Here is a script that will update OpenDNS to have your Tomato Router (or similars) IP address, so that filtering works. I have it running as the WAN script, for when the WAN (Fibre connection) comes up. Before the the script will run, you need to login to https://dnsomatic.com with your username and password and Read more about Updating OpenDNS from your Tomato Router[…]
2016 Onehunga Half – Report
ONEHUNGA HALF MARATON – was my test run for the Auckland Marathon. And it went great. I was nervous heading into it. I’ve changed my diet, I had a cold and I was feeling slow. But God is good and everything came together. I finished in 1:31:58, which is a personal best for me, and Read more about 2016 Onehunga Half – Report[…]
Xterra – Waharau
On Sunday 21st August 2016 was the Xterra Trail Series. It was a Waharau Regional park in the Hunua Rangers. It is 21.1km, with 950m of revelation climbing, from sea level to 688m, Auckland’s highest peak/point. The course goes straight up to 688m, and then down. Of course there are a few undulations along the Read more about Xterra – Waharau[…]
Making searches safe
It’s possible to make YOUTUBE, GOOGLE and BING searches safe at the router if you are running Tomato. Important points to note: The CNAME(s) for DNSMASQ require a HOSTS entry, the address= (line) should would, but it doesn’t, hence having to add an INIT script. You can do it all via addresses, but that means Read more about Making searches safe[…]
Windows keyboard on a Mac – changing Command Key Assignment
Ever wondered how to make your Windows keyboard behave on a Mac? Or your Apple keyboard masquerade as a Windows one? On a Windows keyboard, the Command/Windows and the Alt/Option key are around the opposite way to that of a Apple Keyboard. You’d think that wouldn’t be an issue, but when you’re used to a key Read more about Windows keyboard on a Mac – changing Command Key Assignment[…]
Sabbath keeping
Sabbath keeping is the practice of taking time out to be refreshed. In the first Creation account the author says this: “God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.” (Genesis 2:3) It’s important to make sure we can give Read more about Sabbath keeping[…]