Child of the Planet

Wellington city in New Zealand has two main 'entertainment' strips. Courtney place which is 'main stream' and lined with movie megaplex, strip joints, and bars full of suits. Running perpendicular is Cuba street which has more alternative leanings. The Mighty Mighty bar sits atop of a long flight of stairs that materialize in the wall next to the Mr Bun cafe, once the day crow ds have faded from the Cuba Mall pedestrian precinct. Decor reminded me of the Valhalla in Sydney. Old wood floors, red velvet curtains, bit of a saloon vibe. Friendly staff including a bouncer that smiled and said 'hi' when we entered (which weirded me out cause bouncers don't smile in Sydney unless your 'posse' includes Beyoncé). The eclectic crowd was chilled out (apart from the group of Ygen Spice Girl wannabes that parked themselves next to us). Toilets 'plural' were marked. Their gender orientation less so, and I was forced to lurk about and follow two

Currently I'm traveling and I need to access maps to find my way around foreign cities. Google now allows the Android user the option to define and download an area within the Maps App (beware of downloading too large a section of map). Great I thought when I read the announcement! Travelling somewhere where your cell service doesn't provide coverage means the user can't access many of Androids functions without an active data link (such as on a plane or even if a tunnel breaks the data umbilical cord). [Update] Yesterday I used the 'directions' feature while Online to plot out a path in maps, then switched over to Off-line. Unfortunately the 'path' wasn't retained when I re-opened the Maps App. Unfortunately the only added functionality in this update is the ability to track your position on a downloaded map. It would have been nice to have search and path finding included in the downloaded data... Open the App and select your predefined 

Website | Subscribe Expeditions Events Download a Guide Donate Contact us  Latest news The Daintree's Hidden Coastline: exclusive behind the scenes video The very first team for our new Daintree expedition fielded at end of May and we were lucky enough to receive some amazing video footage to show just how unique and special this expedition was for the volunteers involved. Watch the video If you missed out on the first team, another team is set to run Oct 22-31. Enquire about the next October team Australian school gives more than just hard work on their expedition. On the first Australian school team, Geelong Grammar School gave more than just hard work and enthusiasm during their time on their chosen expedition, Mammal Conservation in South Africa. The team of 15 students and 2 teachers managed to pack an astonishing 80kg of much needed school supplies in their luggage to give to a local school in Polokwane.

Continuing the series... Aviary vs Instagram vs Vignette : Review Aviary vs Instagram vs Vignette : Review : Part Two New version of Aviary adds a few new bits. Main feature being 'tilt adjustment' Grab that little ball that's sitting on the bottom edge of the image... ... and drag it side to side to adjust the angle. A grid appears to help with the alignment. What's in this version 2.1.7 : ✧ You can now straighten (level) your photos inside the Orientation tool! ✧ Rotate crop presets in crop tool (just tap selected option to rotate) ✧ Added some much-requested options for your EXIF data: change the naming convention for edited photos & choose whether to use the original photo's date taken or the date edited ✧ Choose the destination folder for your edited photos ✧ Added option to turn off the vibration in certain tools ✧ Fixed a bug with deleting characters in the Text/Meme tools