{"id":267,"date":"2009-01-01T14:25:34","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T19:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craig.dubculture.co.nz\/blog\/?p=267"},"modified":"2009-01-01T14:25:34","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T19:25:34","slug":"welcome-to-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/craig.dubculture.co.nz\/blog\/2009\/01\/01\/welcome-to-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, everybody.<\/p>\n

\"New \"New<\/p>\n

2008 was a year full of adventures that felt like they required large amounts of writing to do them justice, and then further adventures that it seemed silly to document when I hadn't finished the first set, and so on and so forth.\u00a0 Our 10 days in New York became 8 days of blog posts and then writer's block.\u00a0 I wrote on Day 8<\/a> that the next band on my \"must see before I <\/span>they die\" list was Pink Floyd, and what do you know, there goes that idea<\/a>.\u00a0 I tried not to feel responsible!<\/p>\n

Behind finishing those two days, I've been on a number of trips (some with Fern, some for work), and seen a number of great bands (two nights of Crowded House<\/a>, Liam Finn<\/a>, R.E.M.<\/a>, James<\/a>, Nine Inch Nails<\/a>, Barenaked Ladies<\/a> and Oasis<\/a>).\u00a0 Many of those links lead to Flickr galleries with much better photos than I could ever hope to take at a gig, so these days I don't even bother taking my camera.\u00a0 Although you can't beat up-close-and-personal<\/a> like this.<\/p>\n

So, in the spirit of e-mail bankruptcy<\/a>, I'm starting fresh.\u00a0 This is 2009.\u00a0 I'll write about it as I see fit.\u00a0 Mum will be happy.\u00a0 Anyone who enjoys my little technical tidbits will be happy, as they will probably resume again.\u00a0 And I'll just write stuff down for the sake of it being written, rather than feeling beholden to the immense responsibility of summarizing every event.<\/p>\n

Which leads to my first Crowdsourced Question<\/a> of 2009: I currently use Gallery (1) for photos, and I'm starting to think someone like Picasa Web or Flickr would be a better choice.\u00a0 To anyone who has or had their own Gallery - what do you recommend?\u00a0 Facebook integration would be nice, as would being able to caption\/edit everything locally and then push them out to the 'web.<\/p>\n

And who authorized moving the Bit In The Middle party?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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