Ari Sargent
Just like a chocolate milkshake only crunchy.
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surprisingly civil start to the day :) #fb http://yfrog.com/jb7w4mj24 hours ago from Tweetie
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breakfast for the masses. http://yfrog.com/3d60723789j http://yfrog.com/0xr3wj24 hours ago from Tweetie
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RT @DocRaccoon: hey everyone, check out @BipolarBearApp ! it's clever and funny. #aleague [classic]35 hours ago from Tweetie
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sascha made her first ever tweet - follow her @filiokusNZ - she needs some company :)35 hours ago from Tweetie
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at Thorndon pool for Maranui SLC little nippers function. and happily avoiding the mayhem at home just quietly ;) #fb37 hours ago from Tweetie
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well at least we have 5 mins peace! http://yfrog.com/188kuj39 hours ago from Tweetie
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kids fallen asleep in the back of the car on a drive to the wops (Karori).46 hours ago from Tweetie
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we are having 9 ten year old girls for a sleepover tonight. it is going to take all day to psych myself up for this. #fb2 days ago from Tweetie
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RT @mojooldbank: Another abs amazing photo of the Wellington storm this afternoon. http://twitpic.com/1824u9 (via @mmoorejones) [awesome]2 days ago from Tweetie
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@MrReasonable it's really good for collaboration on content.2 days ago from Tweetie
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@MrReasonable yeah, we used it for the development of our public site.2 days ago from Tweetie
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@MrReasonable have you ever tried http://jumpchart.com/ it is bloody fantastic.2 days ago from Tweetie
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@michaelgregg rather you than me. just quietly.2 days ago from Tweetie
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@mojooldbank that is a mighty fine tradition. remember to tip the poor pizza guy - it's nights like this they are worth their weight in gold2 days ago from Tweetie
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@vavroom unless you are Miss 6, and any random number will do :)3 days ago from Tweetie
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how. many. fucking. feet. on. six. ducks? #homeworksux3 days ago from Tweetie
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slipped out to the school swimming sports for an hour or so. http://yfrog.com/2dgispj4 days ago from Tweetie
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if I enter my DOB into the form, why do you need to also ask if I am over 15 years of age?5 days ago from Tweetie
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completing the "Census Dress Rehearsal" online for the 5 of us - some people have all the fun.5 days ago from Tweetie
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RT @juhasaarinen: Oh dear. Liberals and atheists appear to be more intelligent than the rest: http://bit.ly/9POCMn [stating the obvious]5 days ago from Tweetie
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January 24, 02:30 PM
Project Sikuli
Scripting tool
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January 07, 05:24 AM
Hello World!
Sargent’s log stardate 1 January 2010.001: time to get my online presence sorted! This is not a New Year’s resolution, rather a good period of downtime to get a bit organised. I have recently realised that I exist in both the virtual and real worlds, but other than through closed communities (such as Facebook) there is very little connecting the two. Hence this blog, an open online space where I can share myself, my family, and occasionally (ie. when I get my shit together) my opinion/views on issues.
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January 07, 05:06 AM
About Ari
I am Ari Sargent, born 1968 in Christchurch, New Zealand. These days I am a proud Wellingtonian, living in Mt Victoria with my partner, Sascha Német and our three children – Saffron (10), Tallulah (6) and Tintin (3).

I have been a closet geek since I was about 10 (or perhaps earlier), and cut my teeth programming assembler for the 6502 processor on an Apple II computer, and then Z80 machine code on a ZX81 and a Sord computer.I have tinkered with web technologies as a hobby for a number of years – these days I have settled on cutting the odd bit of PHP code to create various utilities for my own use (such as a Wellington City Library website scraper to monitor all of the kids overdue library books and fines, or my Amazon EC2 hosted digital photo library and a bunch of other stuff – none of it pretty, but all functional to a greater or lesser extent). I would love to learn Ruby/Rails, but realistically with 3 kids I struggle to get in even a tiny bit of app development, let alone learning a new language/platform. I think I’ll just try and learn MVC using Cake PHP in the vain hope that someday I might get time to learn Ruby.
I trained as an electrical engineer, completing an honours degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering in 1989. Since then I have worked in the electricity industry in NZ.
By day I head up Powershop – a job I really cherish. It is a rare opportunity to combine my professional experience in the electricity industry with my personal passion for technology and inner geekiness.
So, it is now 2010 and I really need to get my online presence sorted. I can currently be found everywhere on the web, and nowhere in particular at the same time. Here is the plan to tidy this up:
Personal:- tumblr.deepthought.co.nz – random and sporadic outbursts.
- Facebook – where I will interact with my “real world” friends online.
- Twitter (@d33pthought) – where I will have conversations and a bit of fun with all and sundry – I will happily follow (and be followed by) people whom I have never met.
Professional:
- powershop.co.nz – where it all happens!
- Twitter (@powershop) – discussion with customers and friends of Powershop.
- Powershop Blog – discussion on Powershop and stuff related to the electricity industry.

