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I'm a parent with two children in public schools in Christchurch, NZ. I'm also a software developer with an interest in education.

So, another community with which I have a long history as a paying member, this one with the mission of "preserving the free and open Internet" in my home country, has decided to adopt Slack as it'

Ten years after the fact, I decided it was time to write down my experience of the big quake that hit Christchurch city and the broader Canterbury region at 12:51 pm on 22 February 2011.

Over the past few years, it's gradually occurred to me that we're in the midst of a new Dark Age.

The following is a post I recently made on the SustainOSS Discourse forum.

Many modern "democracies", especially the US Federal Government (& to a large extent, state governments) are effectively run like a public (with public shareholding, and probably listed on an i

On a slightly different tack from most of the content on this site, I've had quite a few requests for my sourdough recipe

I'm not overly familiar with the Zero Carbon Bill, but I'm aware of its general purpose and what's at stake if it's done badly.

As I understand it, there was a time when many places were ruled by The Church. It held sway over all society, and it in turn was controlled by The Clergy.