studiowhiz ramblings

It’s 2008, what are you going to do this year? What possibilities await you? 2007 saw some fantastic things happen in my life, not the least being the arrival of a little bundle of joy.

2008 will no doubt see career challenges, updates to my vehicles, changes to the landscape around the house. I wonder if we’ll get to finish the kitchen (we stripped the wallpaper already). I know that tomorrow I should be taking my truck 4×4ing with my bro & 5 other trucks.

I guess my one new years resolution would be to more positive in my attitude.

I wish you all the very best for 2008, dream big & live life to it’s fullest.

Merry Christmas one and all. I hope all your dreams come true, that your day is full of fun, laughter and great food.

Here is a little treat for you, the pic above is from Vladstudio a studio run by a great designer called Vlad. He has a collection of wallpapers amongst which there are some great christmas wallpapers.

Daddy (me) decided that Mummy needed a break from bub, so he bundled bub into the buggy and headed off for a 20min walk around the block.

After completing the first 2 roads, Daddy decided he might veer right instead of left and swing past the supermarket. Feeling mighty proud of himself for getting the bread & OJ he thought “I think Mummy could do with a decent break from bub” and so he proceeded to walk the long way back to the road connecting their block.

Bub and Dad arrived at the intersection leading back up to the block the house is on. Dad looked at the time and decided Mummy needed more time, after all only 30 mins had passed. He carried on instead of heading home, down to the lovely track that follows the stream (just over there he points knowing you can’t see that).

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Muks posted a story yesterday about an ‘incident’ with their boiler deciding to spit water everywhere. To her rescue came ‘Magic Denty’ the superhero, who fixed the boiler with his magic hands and devices.

So I thought to myself - every superhero needs a shield, something they can adorn to their cape. I had a spare 20mins at work this morning, so whipped into photoshop to create the official “Denty Shield”.

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“Mamma always said you’ll never learn nuthin’ from TV”, well mum was wrong. Deadliest Catch is a show on Discovery Channel following the crab fishermen of the Bering Sea, a show that has taught me at least 5 things about life, work and humor.

1. My job is a walk in the park compared to these guys
2. I don’t like crab
3. When ice forms around you, break it off
4. If you thought being a fisherman was hard, try being a camera man
5. Life might be tough, but you can still laugh

Right now I’m watching the behind the scenes, showing us what the camera crew have to do to shot the show. These guys are just plain insane, but I have a new respect for the entire crew.

Biggest lesson?
No matter what shit your life throws at you, remember to take time to have some fun and laugh.

I decided we needed to try some different seats at work. Our office furniture is a mix match of typical looking blue chairs. Some with arms, so looking decidedly scary.

So I organise to test the NZ$1,500 Aeron chair for a week. The office chair arrived, so too did it’s little brother the Mirra (a cheap $700).

Being the unselfish guy that I am, I immediately gave the Mirra to a work mate and allowed him to try that. I took the Aeron. Well I must admit, the Aeron chair is like nothing else. It feels like sitting on a cloud, no really it does. Sure it takes a degree in chair setting, to set it up, but once it’s there….wow.

After a day or two I moved back to my normal chair and it dawned on me as to why the Aeron (and Mirra) is so good. It’s hinged at the back of the seat. The normal office chair puts you on top of a shaft, the Aeron allows you to float softly supporting you from the back.

So before we gave the chairs back I thought I better try the Mirra. Well to this day I can’t figure out the huge price gap between these 2 chairs, infact most people actually preferred the Mirra.

Needless to say, we aren’t getting either.