Tramping, Tales, Training and Travails
Date: 03/02/2018 – 04/02/2018 Party: Larry, Dave and Martin Night location/s: Matthews Stream (tenting) We climb the Whakanui Track at the south end of ironically named Sunny Grove Wainui at 11am. The party is bro Dave, his mate (and now mine) Martin and myself. It is a relatively steep climb from 140m to 540m, where we meet the... Continue Reading →
I have decided to write 'trip reports' for my tramping, for future reference and because I find those written by others very handy. This first one will be me figuring out how best to do it. A bit less 'travel writing' and more 'useful information concisely' perhaps, if I can convince myself! Date: 27/01/2018 - 28/01/2018... Continue Reading →
A teenager on a chair above me vomits with such volume and power I worry about errant splatters. I tuck myself deeper into the sleeping bag, willing myself out of existence for the four hour ferry crossing. Going hard-up against a chair stops me rocking with the ship and gains me two hours of precious... Continue Reading →
“The Heart of the Fish” – this is how our tramping/camping trip to Te Urewera and Lake Tarawera was described by Sarah’s colleague in Maori class. The area, an hour or so east of Rotorua and inland of Whakatane is a Maori hinterland. We were keen to explore. Piling a combination of tramping gear, camping... Continue Reading →
"You better run if you want to get your plane – but you can't take your pack". The start of this long-awaited tramp with my Dad was a real cock-up. Sarah pops over to give me a ride to the airport. We have hours before we have to leave, and we spend it leisurely. Too leisurely;... Continue Reading →
Aorangi Forest Park sits at the southern-most tip of the North Island. It's a steep area of forest, more popular with hunters than trampers. Given the weather this long weekend, it was suggested this might be the spot. The boffins got together, organised two groups of four and a route with a car swap, and we were... Continue Reading →
Soaked to the bone, off-plan and hitting the wall - tramping plans don't always work out. This three night mid-winter jaunt in the Ruahine range was one such rain soaked occasion, and my second ever tramp. The Ruahine Ranges stretch from the top of the Tararua's, splitting Hawkes Bay from the Manawatu. Sarah has her eyes... Continue Reading →
I have longed to explore the Tararua ranges since my early 20s, but through a lack of knowledge, company and the semi-regular deaths-of-the-ill-prepared, they have remained out of reach. Not anymore! This entry covers my first tramp - the Southern Crossing. Often snow-covered in winter, the Tararua Ranges are a seductive untamed wilderness so close... Continue Reading →
I've made a business website, for the Blair Learning Project. You can find it at http://blairlearning.com. I'll eventually migrate the ID blog over there and keep my business stuff there, leaving this site as a travel and hobby thing. Check it out, and get in touch if you want to talk eLearning!
I have been developing a screen with various videos on it. I would like learners to watch the videos again if they want to - but there is a bug in Storyline 2, where the 'media completes' trigger on the videos breaks the screens in some instances - the videos won't play again. It is... Continue Reading →
At the end of a Storyline module I'm making, I wanted to create an easily printable page that contained all the freetext field entries the learner had made during the course. I tried doing the basic old 'window.print()' - but since Storyline on desktop runs through flash, the print function was being a bit weird.... Continue Reading →
You're in a pickle with Captivate simulation sizes: You want to have as much room as possible so the simulation is as similar to the real system as possible. You don't want the size to scale up - being pictures, it gets fuzzy and looks bad once it's larger than 100%. You don't want the... Continue Reading →
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