As regular readers will know by now, every now and again I decide to start a new blog or site on a whim.  Sometimes they turn out to be successful and sometimes they don’t.

I’ve kicked off another one, and given that it has three posts, it’s already more likely to succeed than those failures above.

Auckland 2011 is a blog focused on events  happening in Auckland next year.  Obviously the Rugby World Cup is the biggest of those, but there will be a bunch of other things going on during the year, and I intend to share information pertaining to the events, news and once they kickoff, photos and videos as they’re available.

Oh, and by the way, we’re not going to win the world cup.  I said as much in this video:

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I have no idea where these came from (I got them just like this in an email forward) but they sound like things these people would say, especially the mexted-isms.

‘Nobody in Rugby should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.’ – Jono Gibbs – Chiefs

‘I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.’ – Rodney So’ialo – Hurricanes – on University

‘You guys line up alphabetically by height.’ and ‘You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.’ – Colin Cooper – Hurricanes head coach

Chris Masoe (Hurricanes) on whether he had visited the Pyramids during his visit to Egypt : ‘I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.’

‘He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.’ – Colin Cooper on Paul Tito

Kevin Senio ( Auckland ), on Night Rugby vs Day Games ‘It’s basically the same, just darker.’

David Nosafora ( Auckland ) talking about Troy Flavell ‘I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?’ He said, ‘David, I don’t know and I don’t care.’

David Holwell (Hurricanes) when asked about the upcoming season: ‘I want to reach for 150 or 200 points this season, whichever comes first.’

‘Andy Ellis – the 21 year old, who turned 22 a few weeks ago’(Murray Mexted)

‘Colin has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator.’ (Ma Nonu)

‘He scored that try after only 22 seconds – totally against the run of play.’ ( Murray Mexted)

‘We actually got the winning try three minutes from the end but then they scored.’ (Phil Waugh Warratah)

‘I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.’ (Jerry Collins)

‘That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it which was identical.’ (Tony Brown)

‘I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.’ (Tana Umaga)

‘Sure there have been injuries and deaths in rugby – but none of them serious.’ (Doc Mayhew)

‘If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again.’(Anton Oliver)

‘I would not say he (Rico Gear) is the best left winger in the Super 14, but there are none better.’ ( Murray Mexted)

‘I never comment on referees and I’m not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.’ (Ewan McKenzie)

Murray Deaker: ‘Have you ever thought of writing your autobiography?’ Tana Umaga: ‘On what ?’

‘Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.’( Murray Mexted)

‘Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.’( Murray Mexted)

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I saw a google advertisement this morning on one of my favorite technology blogs for 100mb monthly data allowance on prepay for $10 from Vodafone. This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for.

For those of you with data capable phones, you’ll be aware that Vodafone put in a great offer on prepay for 10mb for $1 on a daily basis.

However what annoyed me was that most days I don’t need 10mb, I might just want to check my emails (maybe 0.5mb) and sync my outlook calendar (0.5mb) but I still have to pay the $1.  Over a month that adds up to $30 which is not reasonable for the amount I would be using it (based on that I would be using just 10% of my allowance).

So, you can understand why I am stoked to find Vodafone giving me 100mb (instead of 300mb) for $10 instead of $30. Hopefully this is just the start.

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It must be some sort of a roll, but I have another video for you.  Somewhat shorter this one features the video I took when we went to our two rugby world cup games in Edinburgh and Cardiff.

It’s taken a while to get to the point where I felt like I could make and publish this video.  Looking at my “diary entry” at the end I think “how melodramatic am I” until I think back and remember that this is a 100% reflection of how I felt.  I honestly felt like the world had ended.

Anyway, check it out here.

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