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Posted 4/16/2010 07:49:00 PM, Friday, 16 April 2010, by Faber Optimé.
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Dolphins and Whales

Dolphins and whales in the Hauraki Gulf.

As seen on the Explore NZ Auckland Whale & Dolphin Safari.

To watch the vid (rate! comment! favourite!) on YouTube, click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs83X-LXbMY

This film includes pictures of the Auckland Viaduct Basin, Waiheke Island, Rangitoto Volcano and Hauraki Gulf.

As well as many common dolphins, two Bryde's (pron. "brooda", sometimes misheard as "brutus") whales are shown - Tim Bond and friend. :-)

Growing up to about 25 tonnes, the species is named after the Norwegian consul to South Africa, Johan Bryde, who helped set up the first whaling station in Durban, South Africa in 1908.

For more information see:

http://www.explorenz.co.nz/Whale-Dolphin-Safari/index.html

Posted 11/29/2009 12:59:00 PM, Sunday, 29 November 2009, by Faber Optimé.
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July...

Well into the mid-year and here's to more, better, quicker and a quite literal bringing of people together...

Check out the recent postings about the Auckland Harbour Bridge, ping.fm and Whakatau's Army.

Posted 7/08/2009 10:21:00 PM, Wednesday, 8 July 2009, by Faber Optimé.
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Auckland Town Hall

Auckland Town Hall as never seen before!

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Mike Mizrahi transforms this building with a stunning display, celebrating the launch of the Telecom XT (3G) network in New Zealand.

Three large PIGI projectors (as used during the recent Olympic Games) were used to create the ten sets of imagery as follows.

- Curtains

The performance begins with the building draped in curtains that rise, also falling at the end of each cycle.

- Candy House

Hansel and Gretel eat your heart out!

- Sand Castle

- Futurisitic

- House

Keep an eye out for the wandering moggy.

- Lighthouse

- Waterfall

- London Underground

- Palace of Westminster

- Rocket Launch

The following messages also appear during the display: TAKE ANOTHER LOOK; OF NEW ZEALAND - FOR NEW ZEALAND; THE FUTURE IS HERE; DISCOVER. CREATE. EXPLORE; FROM CAPE REINGA TO THE BLUFF; A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES; TAKE A TEST DRIVE.

Posted 5/18/2009 01:56:00 AM, Monday, 18 May 2009, by Faber Optimé.
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Anonymous @ Tue May 19, 04:21:00 PM NZST, posted:: That was mind-blowingly cool! I loved the rocket blast-off!

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MySpace Profile 2.0

MySpacers may have noticed the rumbles in the jungle about Profile 2.0.

The Faber Optimé MySpace profile has now been upgraded - essentially providing enhanced presentation and a few new frills.

You can check it out, here:
http://www.myspace.com/faberoptime.

Posted 4/14/2009 05:44:00 PM, Tuesday, 14 April 2009, by Faber Optimé.
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Tito Dutta @ Fri Jan 22, 01:04:00 AM NZDT, posted:: You Are Going Really well.
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Square Eyes

YouTube was selected as the Faber Optimé preferred host for video on the 12^th of November, 2007.
The Faber Optimé YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/faberoptime) now attracts around 200 viewers each day.

It includes eight videos, comprising over 46 minutes of original material and has obtained over 19,000 views and more than 40 user comments, with an average rating of .

Nearly 13,000 people have watched the ten minute video "Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella", promoting nuclear disarmament; over 5,000 people enjoying videos promoting New Zealand.

Video	Title	Added	Length	Views	Rating	Comments
	Northland Secrets	07:42 AM, 2^nd of March, 2009	5:05	203	Not Yet Rated	0
	Orakei Korako - "The Hidden Valley"	11:09 PM, 7^th of February, 2009	4:24	306		0
	Goat and Fish	05:23 PM, 27^th of January, 2009	5:20	332		0
	Merry Christmas 2008	01:29 AM, 24^th of December, 2008	1:00	1,391		0
	Auckland Zoo Tiki Tour	03:35 AM, 16^th of July, 2008	9:27	1,093		0
	Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella	07:24 PM, 7^th of June, 2008	10:00	12,881		40
	What to do when bored of life - Auckland Sky Tower Jump!	02:11 AM, 13^th of April, 2008	8:40	3,003		1
	Partner In Crime	11:01 PM, 10^th of April, 2008	2:14	96	Not Yet Rated	1

Three YouTube Playlists have also been created to expedite responses to public requests for specific themed materials.
Video Optimé includes all the major Faber Optimé films; Some New Zealand Highlights comprises just those films with New Zealand thematic content and C'est Moi, has just the films featuring personal Faber Optimé appearances.

Posted 3/04/2009 11:38:00 PM, Wednesday, 4 March 2009, by Faber Optimé.
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A Look at MySpace

To promote awareness of global issues, some effort has been given to establishing a credible MySpace presence, with considerable success.

Since mid-June last year, over 31,000 MySpacers have visited www.myspace.com/faberoptime (the map below was implemented later), availing more than 28,000 MySpace friends and eliciting over 2000 feedback comments.

Over 45,000 comments have been posted to friends' profiles, serving to both promote positive dialogue and involvement with Faber Optimé and improve awareness of nuclear disarmament as a contemporary issue.

Faber Optimé now attracts about 125 new friends from around the world each day on MySpace, that's around 900 a week.

Posted 3/04/2009 11:27:00 PM, , by Faber Optimé.
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(Geo)Caching In!

Actively participating since the 29^th of December, 2007, here's a few statistics about Faber Optimé geocaching activities.
Click here if you don't know about geocaching!

As at today (the stats shown opposite may be more up to date), 130 geocaches have been found, with the 100^th find on the 23^rd of January, 2009. A full list of Faber Optimé geocache finds can be found here.

Six geocaches have been hidden in New Zealand, attracting 128 separate visits (109 finds, 19 did not find), with the Northland God of the Forest cache proving to be the most popular. Auckland's Cutter Dog cache was found the easiest; Northland's Look Out Waipoua! cache the hardest.

Overseas visitors have included people from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, America, the Czech Republic, British Columbia, Nepal and Canada.

Geocache	Last Found	# of Visits	Found	DNF
Look Out Waipoua! (Northland)	20/10/2008	15	5	10
Te Matua Ngahere - Father of the Forest (N'land)	22/02/2009	21	21	0
God of the Forest (Northland)	22/02/2009	27	24	3
Point of No Return (FAR North)	19/02/2009	22	21	1
Cutter Dog (Auckland)	27/01/2009	23	23	0
Inaugural (Auckland)	3/01/2009	20	15	5

Faber Optimé also has 14 active trackable items in circulation - 13 Travel Bugs (TB) and one Geocoin (GC).

Altogether these have visited eleven different countries over four continents, travelling approximately 121,187km (or 75,302 miles) around the world.

The Holy TB, promoting awareness about global warming, was the most well travelled; the Sol TB (an innovative sundial design) was the most popular with finders.

Name	Last Logged	# of Logs	Travelled
Faber Optimé - Holy	26/02/2009	16	47,653 km
Faber Optimé - Sol	2/03/2009	40	22,503 km
Faber Optimé - Stella	24/02/2009	27	19,385 km
Faber Optimé - Count On Me	2/03/2009	14	19,060 km
Faber Optimé - Gettin Sexy!	6/11/2008	21	3,523 km
Faber Optimé - Divine Earth	3/01/2009	18	3,111 km
Faber Optimé - Saturday's Child	27/08/2008	11	2,300 km
Chip Off The Old Block	26/12/2008	11	2,294 km
Faber Optimé - Quadrum	23/01/2009	18	655 km
Faber Optimé - Vireo	29/12/2008	9	324 km
Faber Optimé - Crusta Niveum	1/03/2009	14	321 km
Faber Optimé - Triangulum	26/04/2008	6	45 km
Faber Optimé - Mon Chat	7/12/2008	7	13 km
Faber Optimé - Hajj	13/07/2008	2	0 km