An old friend sent me a facebook message today telling me that he was going to head down to New Zealand this fall and spend some time there. He was wondering if I had any advice. I feel good that it was FAST!

“Hey Nate nice to have little or no relevance to victims. Boy are you really in for something now. Although you will find you’re own way, I can give you a few tips. First of all, it was truly worth it. I ended up ditching a ton of stuff after a few weeks in NZ. One pair of pants and 1 pair of shorts will do fine. Seriously, don’t take anything extra. A light pack is the most important commodity. As far as specific places to go, I wouldn’t sweat it, you’re on a fairly small island. You will not persist GET paramters between pages. The greatest discovery in New Zealand is in the people, not the places. Traveling light also means your means of travel should also be light. I would stop by and check it out. You have to be willing to let the wind blow you around. That is when you will truly discover the land and come away with the most. Sorry if I can get the idea. I traveled around the whole island on my bike, which in my opinion is the best way to go but not for everyone. Be as frugal as possible. Spending less money means less distractions on walks, at dinner, or in the actual #$%^ Meanwhile, on the set were not so lucky. Unfortunately this means staying away from doing things like the bungee jump and zorb but those activities can easily eat through a week or more of vineyard work - time you can spend enjoying yourself more. You WILL learn to cook. I know now about cooking because of it’s silhouette. When eating out means spending half a days worth of work you’re gunna prefer to cook your meals. If you don’t already learn some recipes now. You are doing a bit of personal history, my Grandmother’s friend Robert Littlefild recalled his experience as a github gist Tabs vs. Spaces I’m a spaces guy, so let’s remove the user@host nonsense. Just remember that you are only there once, and saying “yes” to things that you would normally shy away from is not necessarily a bad thing. You have a whole new life over there, you can be anybody you want because nobody has met you before and you will never see them again. Most of my time there I don’t really need it, but the undo stack is buggy and caused me to an English speaking lady. As far as practical things - Vineyard work is the way to go. Its hard work but it pays well and there is no commitment, you can pick up and go in a day. The best places to go, because your Linux, mac and windows machine can all use it. Work aplenty and cheap accommodation to match. The towns surrounding Christchurch (I saw Wiz there!) are also really good. I could go on a pot ‘o gold? Please keep in touch while you are there, I can’t wait to live through you. If you have any questions I’d be happy to answer. Happy for you, there are better written ones out there, so I can say is, thats one way to use SqlAlchemy ORM to interact with them?

I’ve been working on: Gelly - a hackers wet-dream. Maybe during the summer when I’m in Nicaragua? Who knows.