I received a fair amount of criticism at Sunday lunch from @mandamonium about my blogging style (or lack thereof).

With new found enthusiasm for the art of captioning and giving a bit of a shit about the content, here are some relevant snaps from @birdle's 29th birthday party at the Malt bar on Sunday.

I should have taken a picture of the fush n chups as they were seriously delicious.

@birdle and Ben – Shit, let’s just move to New Zealand and not tell anyone, Hi Mum!

Ever wistful and sunbursted, @darren and @mandamonium prepare for alien invasion in their own unique fashion

“This baby doesn’t have teeth at all, I do!” prooved @mandamonium, wistfully

obligatory non relevant mystery meat picture, this time of a sleeping lia, dreaming of what tommy calls “blueberries”.

Despite asking, i wasn't able to get this from the tech ed organisers and was fed up with the god awful ajax scrolling nonsense

Hopefully this will make your session planning a little easier.

Word Session List

Excel Agenda

 

 

1 month old!

 

We’ll never get our of here alive!

I’m going to eat you

Chuffed

TRAIN SETS!

I love the Meadowbank Toy Library

erm, i cannot be arsed writing a proper blog post so i thought i'd post up the tweet stream from the last month or so.

family pics to come.

1. mmm, if i got 300,000 signatures for "should john key stop hitting his children?" should that be allowed because we live in a 'democracy'?4 minutes ago from TweetDeck
2. this referendum is not democracy in action, it's stupidity in action.6 minutes ago from TweetDeck
3. unlike last week, i did not eat any friday pizza at work today, hooray! 2.1 kg down, 10.9 to go!about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck
4. this means, Sherlock, that the fm transmitter must be interfering with the iPhone in some way, no wonder it was on special on 1 day!about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck
5. how odd, the iPhone cradle works with gps and 3g when car is switched off only. even if iPhone is not attached!about 3 hours ago from TweetDeck
6. please let my daughter sleep tonight for bursts of longer than 20 minutes, my life depends upon it....1:45 AM Aug 20th from TweetDeck
7. http://bit.ly/KqWlR drug extends mice life by equivalent of 13 human years1:43 AM Aug 20th from TweetDeck
8. watched hunger at the weekend, movie about ira hunger striker bobby sands. despite turning him into jesus it was pretty mesmerising stuff1:08 AM Aug 20th from TweetDeck
9. love the new asb 'track my spending' feature, now i can see exactly how much money we waste on coffee and children's toys12:43 AM Aug 20th from TweetDeck
10. RT @nzben: Oh excellent. Kiwi Party leader wants the law to allow hitting kids with weapons http://tr.im/wHYL Cock.9:20 PM Aug 19th from TweetDeck
11. i wonder why the reserve bank doesn't just alter banks allowable reserves for lending as well as interest rates to control the market11:30 PM Aug 18th from TweetDeck
12. First Google Chrome 4 reveals the beginnings of cloud synchronization: By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews Downloa.. http://bit.ly/3LuYam4:47 PM Aug 18th from twitterfeed
13. Microsoft sets out new model for its 'Oslo' modeling language: By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews Since September.. http://bit.ly/PkkUD4:47 PM Aug 18th from twitterfeed
14. realised iphone holder http://is.gd/2lULG appears to nullify the gps, works fine with it in my lap even, so not tomtom's fault after all2:23 AM Aug 18th from TweetDeck
15. nice jquery pluging to truncate text sensibly with ellipsis, multiline support too! http://bit.ly/17pp226:56 PM Aug 17th from TweetDeck
16. http://bit.ly/XNzho mmm, where to get the iphone tomtom receiver in NZ!? Anyone else struggling with early adopter pain on this!?3:49 PM Aug 17th from TweetDeck
17. got the tomtom iphone app it feels great and the poi collection is strong, but 'poor gps reception' so big fail! need the receiver;(3:41 PM Aug 17th from TweetDeck
18. dennys has hologram kid's menus, genius! http://twitpic.com/e3di910:42 PM Aug 15th from TweetDeck
19. off to dennys for dinner because we can't be arsed cooking, awesome9:47 PM Aug 15th from TweetDeck
20. http://bit.ly/d6HWM remote control of mysky units, about time!8:22 PM Aug 15th from TweetDeck
21. RT @RealBillBailey: http://twitpic.com/e2mam - touring views #3 let's party. -- Ah, Ginsters Cornish Pasties, the memories!8:05 PM Aug 15th from TweetDeck
22. http://bit.ly/GeJ4K flickrsync allows you to sync local folders with flickr, even managing sets and tags, free too, nice!4:28 PM Aug 15th from TweetDeck
23. back into the running but boy it's harder with an extra 13kg and hills, only 3K but it's a start....2:09 AM Aug 15th from TweetDeck
24. loving orb live on iphone, streaming all media from windows home server remotely, nice! http://bit.ly/nNOyi12:36 AM Aug 15th from TweetDeck
25. scrabble on iphone is crap, cpu is too easy and you can't play people online except on local wifi, $6 too, avoid!8:07 PM Aug 14th from web
26. Bing vs. Google rematch: Who's getting better, quicker?: By Scott M. Fulton, III, Betanews Two months ago, Micro.. http://bit.ly/11XSbw6:47 PM Aug 14th from twitterfeed
27. Qik: Yet another brilliant service crippled on iPhone: By Tim Conneally, Betanews Mobile video streaming site Qi.. http://bit.ly/9oAgi6:47 PM Aug 14th from twitterfeed
28. http://bit.ly/DoFu5 monotouch iphone hello world, cool stuff. anyone in the beta program yet? #cantbearsedtolearnobjectivec2:25 AM Aug 14th from TweetDeck
29. http://bit.ly/fehLG team at work enthralled by initial win7 boot sequence1:10 AM Aug 14th from TweetDeck
30. google maps with compass rocks!11:23 PM Aug 13th from TweetDeck
31. i will be crowning off the week by picking up a curry from www.satya.co.nz this evening, YUM9:57 PM Aug 13th from TweetDeck
32. Microsoft's Mac unit replacing Entourage with Outlook for Mac: Microsoft's Mac Business Unit this morning said i.. http://bit.ly/g5eJu1:43 PM Aug 13th from twitterfeed
33. grappling with wrigley's electro chewing gum, why do i feel like i'm eating condoms, that packaging is wierd7:32 PM Aug 11th from TweetDeck
34. very much enjoying dual screen RDP from win 7 to win 7!7:00 PM Aug 11th from TweetDeck
35. Twittered off: Time to grow up: By Carmi Levy, Betanews Last week's monumentally scaled denial-of-service attack.. http://bit.ly/fzLtz12:42 AM Aug 11th from twitterfeed
36. sysprepping win 7 developer vm, went pretty well in the end3:18 AM Aug 10th from TweetDeck
37. finally got my head around the video apis for www.justin.tv3:12 AM Aug 10th from TweetDeck
38. love that kid made $100 4 telethon by playing playstation 4 15 hours! and then win a mobile from sponsors..1:25 PM Aug 9th from TweetDeck
39. warriors getting stuffed,not up 4 it, 10 lil orbits donuts numbing the pain8:00 PM Aug 8th from TweetDeck
40. off to the warriors today, hopefully kevin locke at full back will cheer me up3:23 PM Aug 8th from TweetDeck
41. awesome, i need to slipstream the sql 2008 sp1 myself!3:22 PM Aug 8th from TweetDeck
42. ah, win 7 only accepts sql 2008 with SP1 only accepted, you can't install them separately, pain3:11 PM Aug 8th from TweetDeck
43. ran the sql 2008 standard installer, says "known compatibility issues" on win7, then a set up failure. not having a good time now.3:08 PM Aug 8th from TweetDeck
44. bummer, you can't run xp mode in a win 7 vm, not so great for developers then, thanks MS ;( http://bit.ly/17OWZV3:01 PM Aug 8th from TweetDeck
45. can't run xp mode in a win 7 vm? "there is no hardware assisted virtualisation support in this system". bios on host is configured fine, mmm4:24 AM Aug 8th from TweetDeck
46. putting finishing touches to our new win 7 powered work vm complete with the win xp mode for quick IE6 testing;)4:07 AM Aug 8th from TweetDeck
47. Support I'm running Windows 7, add a #twibbon to your avatar now! - http://bit.ly/CAcgK4:05 AM Aug 8th from Twibbon
48. ms partner program site, trying to get VLK for win 7 "an unforseen error has occurred", great3:06 PM Aug 7th from TweetDeck
49. satya on great north road, best curry in ages last night @guidetoauckland #53:02 PM Aug 7th from TweetDeck
50. installing win 7....3:01 PM Aug 7th from TweetDeck
51. Pressure-sensitive keyboard, new Microsoft Hardware prototype: Microsoft's hardware group this morning unveiled .. http://bit.ly/BtgXY1:34 PM Aug 7th from twitterfeed
52. win7 akamai download not working? http://bit.ly/qJSxX an error has occurred reference id: 49E58B729:10 PM Aug 6th from TweetDeck
53. Future of open Web video may change with Google acquisition of On2: By Tim Conneally, Betanews Google announced .. http://bit.ly/1ImcMX1:50 AM Aug 6th from twitterfeed
54. super mum http://twitpic.com/cyiz41:10 AM Aug 6th from TweetDeck
55. "look out honey cuz i'm using technology" - iggy pop10:39 PM Aug 5th from TweetDeck
56. http://bit.ly/vv4Wc great visualisation of music sales since 1978 via @darren via NYT10:15 PM Aug 5th from TweetDeck
57. http://www.ie6nomore.com/ for a ready to go callout for users to upgrade their browser10:09 PM Aug 5th from TweetDeck
58. what you get for voting nats.. RT @mandamonium: ..help this campaign for night class funding! http://www.stopnightclasscu...6:45 PM Aug 5th from TweetDeck
59. office for iPhone? http://bit.ly/LNSfk3:16 AM Aug 5th from TweetDeck
60. http://bit.ly/ga4WV monotouch for iPhone coming next month, all u c# devs wanting to deploy apps 4 iPhone get ready:)2:53 AM Aug 5th from TweetDeck
61. Digeo introduces new components, software for Moxi HD DVRs: By Tim Conneally, Betanews Digeo today unveiled a ne.. http://bit.ly/Ytzlp2:46 AM Aug 5th from twitterfeed
62. estimation spreadsheets rock2:21 AM Aug 5th from TweetDeck
63. some of the designers at work are getting really excited today http://bit.ly/4Cu1Nl10:10 PM Aug 4th from TweetDeck
64. rediscovering eno's oblique strategies http://bit.ly/sB5wy9:53 PM Aug 4th from TweetDeck
65. thai plum, ham and edam sandwiches are great9:46 PM Aug 4th from TweetDeck
66. zz top? awesome! taste is a bourgoise conceipt @darren8:29 PM Aug 4th from TweetDeck
67. boston's more than a feeling is better than any weezer song, any problems with that?8:27 PM Aug 4th from TweetDeck
68. RT @gnat: Can't get into beating up on Bill English for housing allowances. Unemployment, GDP, Cullen Fund, ... fair cop. Expenses? FFS, NZ.6:42 PM Aug 4th from TweetDeck
69. beautiful sunny Auckland day demands burger fuel lunch7:07 PM Aug 3rd from TweetDeck
70. curried steak pie from at helier bakery with rum ball for afters, yum8:06 PM Aug 1st from TweetDeck
71. nice to have some friends round today to see Lia, cheesecake and benidorm time3:45 AM Aug 1st from TweetDeck
72. RT @nzben: Serious question for #voteno-ers: what would you do if a random adult hit your kid for being 'naughty'? What makes it different?7:31 AM Jul 31st from TweetDeck
73. windows home server back online after primary hard disk failure and replacement, brilliant!7:29 AM Jul 31st from TweetDeck
74. i emailed green party mps, they put me on their mailing list without asking and have sent me more after i unsubscribed, boo4:22 AM Jul 31st from TweetDeck
75. found my windhows home server discs, now about to test re-install on new primary hard drive, if this works i'll be very happy4:19 AM Jul 31st from TweetDeck
76. RT @darren: "I'd rather eat my own shit than duet with James Blunt" - Paul Weller1:12 AM Jul 31st from TweetDeck
77. awesome, windows home server primary hard drive failure and lost the original disk! can i get a replacement, not sure?4:33 AM Jul 30th from TweetDeck
78. RT @swadeshine: Scientists Claim New State of Matter Created • http://bit.ly/DHi7V1:30 PM Jul 29th from TweetDeck
79. http://bit.ly/Ms0kJ 'experimental' .net 4 beta 1 release, why does this feel kinda odd. Why not just call it beta 2?2:18 AM Jul 29th from TweetDeck
80. anyone know how to get remember the milk synced with outlook tasks reliably?10:09 PM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
81. back home safe and sound http://twitpic.com/bzkuj waiting for Tommy to wake up so he can meet his little sister for first time!9:02 PM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
82. RT @shanselman: Bing! to replace Yahoo Search - RT @TallyDigitalBiz: CNN http://bit.ly/n7qhv8:56 PM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
83. 2 months off obstetrics cover on health plan, should have delayed the shagging!7:23 PM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
84. picking wife and daughter up from hospital, home time!7:20 PM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
85. Blog Share: Welcome Lia Rose http://bit.ly/PrPeI4:20 AM Jul 28th from twitterfeed
86. released my last tweet didn't make any sense whatsoever, ho hum, time for an early night3:56 AM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
87. wondering if the google chrome os should be forced to have a ballot screen for the operating system?3:51 AM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
88. http://bit.ly/oHmLh FFS, so now MS can't even include IE logo because someone might choose that over Opera and that would be unfair??3:49 AM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
89. xero i love you, but could you find all my receipts and file them nicely away in a folder as well?2:10 AM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
90. RT @themorgan: is it just me or is Paula Bennet a complete and utter bloody idiot? shouldn't we have, you know, SMART people in parliament?12:57 AM Jul 28th from TweetDeck
91. http://twitpic.com/bwfb4 little Lia rose sleeping9:52 PM Jul 27th from TweetDeck

It used to be that i would announce things via a blog post. Haven’t now traversed into the world of twitter i found that tweeting everything with twitpic links was a much more instant way of getting the good news across. If you find this blog in any way interesting i suggest you follow me on twitter at www.twitter.com/kpatton

Anyway, welcome Lia Rose you are truly a beautiful precious thing to us. Lia was born at 10.22am by c-section on July 22nd weighing 3090g (6lb 10oz). Mother and baby are doing very well.

Just found out today that Lia Rose will be with us on the morning of Wednesday 22nd July, New Zealand time.

This reminded me that i needed to rush out and get domains, so my children could do their own thing when they need to….

www.thomas-patton.com (the main one was taken!)

www.liapatton.com (the advantage of having a slightly rarer first name)

Some pics of our lovely weekend in Taupo and Whakapapa.