With so much internet activity in the last two years, it is easy to fall behind on new trends with regards to social networking and new online exchanges.
I remember going through some of the hype when I was at school when hotmail started to gain popularity. It wasn’t long before instant messaging – icq, msn, yahoo chat rooms – started taking up all the free time of highschool students, not to mention mobile phones and text messaging.
I was in the loop from the beginning but somewhere along the tack I fell out of the loop and now as an adult I have to discover the new fads on my own.
I think that the emergence of facebook has been a real turning point in the way we create meaningful networks on the internet. Continue reading
Estofado is a basic beef stew cooked with various vegetables at a moderately high temperature (heat varies depending on cook). It is one of my favourite dishes so today I share a recipe and a possible presentation. 
Begging is a normal site for all big cities. Years pass by, economies rise and fall, traffic lanes change direction, streets get renamed, the faces aren’t the same but begging remains a part of the city’s landscape.
The winter streets of Auckland, by night.