Its Plunket’s appeal week and this year they are doing a Superheroes campaign. They have a neat little microsite (disclaimer: produced by some of the great team at my place-of-work Shift) where you can do a range of superhero themed things – which culminate in a dress-up at work day tomorrow. I’m not really a [...]
Perhaps a little randomly, this week’s charity decision was made on the basis of a needle-stick plot line on local soap opera Shortland Street. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing institution that invests the world’s money to save lives. To date, it has committed US$ 19.3 billion in [...]
We saw Peter Singer speak as part of the Writers&Readers festival last week. I’ve been reading his philosophy since varsity but hadn’t seen him lecture till now. Though this was more of a lay-man’s interview than lecture which made for only average stimulation. Still, I got to see the man speak finally which was fulfilling. [...]
On the weekend I watched a nature documentary. Which is not something I normally do. Confessions first – I did so because Stephen Fry was the host and I’m a complete fan boy. In the series he was revisiting endangered animals which were were featured in Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine’s, Last Chance to radio/book [...]