Monthly Archives: April 2006

March of the Penguin

Posted on 27 April, 2006 by Simeon

Michaela and I went to see March of the Penguin on Tuesday night. It was a very beautiful movie. I’m really glad I saw on the big screen. The pan shoots of 1000′s of emperor penguins waking in single file … Continue reading →

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Deflation – What Happens When Prices Fall

Posted on 27 April, 2006 by Simeon

Deflation – What happens when prices fall by Chris Farrell. It took me a three weeks to complete this as it wasn’t the most gripping of books I had in my reading pile, but it was good enough that I … Continue reading →

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Investing In A Post Enron World

Posted on 27 April, 2006 by Simeon

Investing in a post Enron world by Paul Jordan was a great read. It was not so much a, this is what Enron did wrong, but more of a this is how to not get involved, and recognize and leave … Continue reading →

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Playing Farmer Brown

Posted on 25 April, 2006 by Simeon

In the weekend I went out to my brother’s farm to help with some lavender planting. Form a learning perspective it was great. From a doing it, it was trying hard work. We planted 4000 small cuttings. After a couple … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Connect ‘06

Posted on 25 April, 2006 by Simeon

Well it was a week ago that I went to the Microsoft Connect ’06 event here in Christchurch. My very first impression was it took me three weeks to register for it, as there where problems with the registration server. … Continue reading →

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