Listening to: Talk Talk - Talk Talk

Listening to: Lovin U (Bonus Track) - Alicia Keys

For the first week I was here I was lucky enough to have the moral support of three groups of Kiwis. The first were the Ponoko team that joined me at TC40, the second was Flight of the Conchords (*) and the third was Tim Norton. Tim has presented his work at DEMOfall and is getting much deserved love. Nice work Tim and the rest of the PlanHQ team.

(*) No, Jemaine and Brett weren’t there holding my hand, but I am amazed at how much of a presence they to have amongst the crowd I was mixing with. I bumped into the CEO of a company here - he opened his jacket and his t-shirt had “That’s why they call them business socks” written on it. That sort of thing has happened a couple of times. Initially, it felt odd, but as a friend highlighted - it’s better than being known for Hobbits.

Listening to: Bones - Editors

This is a great engineering video.

Listening to: “The White Room” Version - The KLF

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Originally uploaded by flash5.

I wasn’t there for photos.

Listening to: No More Tears - The KLF

That’s right, post a Ponoko product on my blog!

Check out Phil Torrones review of Ponoko.

Listening to: An Afternoon On The Moon (Jet Jaguar Remix) - Rhian Sheehan

Me and Lewis made a b-line for the Apple store as soon as we got our ducks in a row. He’s now the owner of of an iPod Touch (beautiful)… and I’m the owner of a US plug for my power brick. Depending on how the next week goes I might treat myself to an iPod Touch.

Experiencing the Apple store was transformational. The place was heaving with people and they must’ve had about 30 staff on the floor. This is in the space of a large McDonalds. That’s the way technology should be sold! The variety in staff (gender, age, race) and customers was mind blowing.

Most importantly I found REAL espresso: