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Wright", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/11/05/in-which-google-mistakes-me-for-another-matthew-wright/", "published_at": "2022-11-04T18:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-1387-7081-9b59-07b36c3e24ab", "title": "The obscure word of the week is edacious", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/11/02/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-edacious/", "published_at": "2022-11-01T18:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-1387-7081-9b59-07b36c694adb", "title": "OMG! – the story of Admiral Fisher and his biographers", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/10/29/omg-the-story-of-admiral-fisher-and-his-biographers/", "published_at": "2022-10-28T18:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-1387-7081-9b59-07b36d00d4a4", "title": "The obscure word of the week is barmecide", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/10/26/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-barmecide/", "published_at": "2022-10-25T18:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb4-1387-7081-9b59-07b36d0ec1ef", "title": "Countries on 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steps away", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/10/01/armageddon-is-just-a-few-steps-away/", "published_at": "2022-09-30T18:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-aa35-7347-8278-e049454c8f27", "title": "The obscure word of the week is obnixley", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/09/28/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-obnixley/", "published_at": "2022-09-27T18:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-aa35-7347-8278-e0494627fda2", "title": "How to deal with website hosting, part 486,309", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/09/24/how-to-deal-with-website-hosting-part-486309/", "published_at": "2022-09-23T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-aa35-7347-8278-e04946c243f1", "title": "The obscure word of the week is obrotund", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/09/21/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-obrotund/", "published_at": "2022-09-20T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-aa35-7347-8278-e04947bd49df", "title": "Piracy, navies and my books", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/09/17/piracy-navies-and-plagiarism-an-authors-nightmare/", "published_at": "2022-09-16T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-aa35-7347-8278-e04948b66099", "title": "The obscure word of the week is eugonic", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-eugonic/", "published_at": "2022-09-13T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbb9-aa35-7347-8278-e04948c41af1", "title": "The end of an era: Queen Elizabeth II", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/09/10/the-end-of-an-era-queen-elizabeth-ii/", "published_at": "2022-09-09T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d436e8ba7ab", "title": "The obscure word of the week is pomace", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/09/07/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-pomace/", "published_at": "2022-09-06T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d436e957155", "title": "The world at war – again", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/09/03/the-world-at-war-again/", "published_at": "2022-09-02T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d436f31428c", "title": "The obscure word of the week is mabble", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/31/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-mabble/", "published_at": "2022-08-30T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d436fb42b02", "title": "The obscure word of the week is gallinipper", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/31/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-gallinipper/", "published_at": "2022-08-30T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d437074aa74", "title": "How to eat a burger bigger than your head in one sitting", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/27/how-to-eat-a-burger-bigger-than-your-head-in-one-sitting/", "published_at": "2022-08-26T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d43712fa147", "title": "The obscure word of the week is finifugal", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/24/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-finifugal/", "published_at": "2022-08-23T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d43716eb053", "title": "Salman Rushdie and author danger: a cautionary tale", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/salman-rushdie-and-author-danger-a-cautionary-tale/", "published_at": "2022-08-19T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d43720434b2", "title": "The obscure word of the week is xertz", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/17/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-xertz/", "published_at": "2022-08-16T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d4372fbefb0", "title": "Time-management and writing", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/13/time-management-and-writing/", "published_at": "2022-08-12T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbbe-07e0-711e-a9f1-5d4373696b05", "title": "The obscure word of the week is augend", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/10/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-augend/", "published_at": "2022-08-09T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfcae12721", "title": "Drive-by commentaries and social media", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/08/06/drive-by-commentaries-and-social-media/", "published_at": "2022-08-05T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfcbceb056", "title": "The war to end all wars, apparently", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/07/30/the-war-to-end-all-wars-apparently/", "published_at": "2022-07-29T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfcc2c75e6", "title": "The obscure word of the week is skiamachy", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/07/27/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-skiamachy/", "published_at": "2022-07-26T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfcc71fdcd", "title": "The obscure word of the week is facinerious", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/07/20/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-facinerious/", "published_at": "2022-07-19T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfccc4aa8e", "title": "The obscure word of the week is argle-bargle", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/07/13/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-argle-bargle/", "published_at": "2022-07-12T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfcd11eaa2", "title": "How supermarkets lie to you", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/07/09/how-supermarkets-lie-to-you/", "published_at": "2022-07-08T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfcd864eb2", "title": "The obscure word of the week is agelast", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/07/06/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-agelast/", "published_at": "2022-07-05T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfcdb39e75", "title": "As the world comes undone…", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/07/02/as-the-world-comes-undone/", "published_at": "2022-07-01T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfce0b7778", "title": "The obscure word of the week is biduous", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/06/29/the-obscure-word-of-the-week-is-biduous/", "published_at": "2022-06-28T19:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bbc2-8c05-736f-879e-4edfcedce834", "title": "How to pay for expensive government projects by drinking beer", "url": "https://mjwrightnz.wordpress.com/2022/06/25/how-to-pay-for-expensive-government-projects-by-drinking-beer/", "published_at": "2022-06-24T19:30:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

All about the latest writing scams original ↗

30 Jan 2026

2025

Season’s greetings – and here’s to 2026 original ↗

19 Dec 2025

Why AI isn’t intelligent – and the AI theft of my work original ↗

21 Nov 2025

The importance of being Ernest Rutherford original ↗

7 Nov 2025

Putting the pieces together, using Frank Zappa as inspiration original ↗

17 Oct 2025

An author’s busy week original ↗

10 Oct 2025

Ernest Rutherford: greater than we know original ↗

3 Oct 2025

A new book on Ernest Rutherford and the birth of modern physics original ↗

12 Sept 2025

2024

Nearing the end of 2024 original ↗

20 Dec 2024

The history of Hawke’s Bay – third edition original ↗

24 May 2024

The future of blogging – and the world original ↗

28 Apr 2024

Those who have the courage original ↗

29 Mar 2024

A visit to art deco central – and its poverty original ↗

15 Mar 2024

The obscure word of the week is gazump original ↗

20 Feb 2024

The obscure word of the week is gelastic original ↗

6 Feb 2024

The Treaty of Waitangi and the backlash brigade original ↗

5 Feb 2024

2024: a watershed year for world democracy original ↗

26 Jan 2024

The obscure word of the week is caducitory original ↗

23 Jan 2024

Kindle piracy and paraphrase-bots original ↗

19 Jan 2024

The obscure word of the week is shivoo original ↗

9 Jan 2024

Captain Cynic and the existential crisis of the 2020s original ↗

5 Jan 2024

2023

A happy festive season everybody original ↗

22 Dec 2023

The obscure word of the week is panary original ↗

28 Nov 2023

The obscure word of the week is vadable original ↗

21 Nov 2023

How school runs against human nature original ↗

17 Nov 2023

The obscure word of the week is metanoia original ↗

7 Nov 2023

The obscure word of the week is agelast original ↗

31 Oct 2023

The importance of night owls original ↗

27 Oct 2023

The obscure word of the week is gargalsthesia original ↗

24 Oct 2023

The future of New Zealand’s democracy original ↗

20 Oct 2023

The obscure word of the week is obeliscolychny original ↗

17 Oct 2023

The obscure word of the week is lentiginous original ↗

10 Oct 2023

The obscure word of the week is hogo original ↗

3 Oct 2023

The obscure word of the week is eructation original ↗

26 Sept 2023

Having an election in the second best democracy in the world original ↗

22 Sept 2023

The obscure word of the week is hullabaloo original ↗

19 Sept 2023

The obscure word of the week is alyfan original ↗

12 Sept 2023

In which I’m interviewed about my latest book original ↗

11 Sept 2023

The Bateman Illustrated History of New Zealand – third edition. Something awesome this way comes original ↗

8 Sept 2023

The obscure word of the week is sialoquent original ↗

5 Sept 2023

The obscure word of the week is bumbershoot original ↗

29 Aug 2023

The obscure word of the week is taradiddle original ↗

22 Aug 2023

Superheroes in the modern world original ↗

18 Aug 2023

The obscure word of the week is erinaceous original ↗

15 Aug 2023

Dodging the illusions of history original ↗

11 Aug 2023

The obscure word of the week is acersecomicke original ↗

8 Aug 2023

The obscure word of the week is kakorrhaphiophobia original ↗

1 Aug 2023

Why ‘Forbidden Planet’ predicted today’s dysfunctional online world original ↗

28 Jul 2023

The obscure word of the week is deipnosophist original ↗

25 Jul 2023

Where now for the world? Armageddon or paradise?original ↗

21 Jul 2023

The obscure word of the week is spizzerinctum original ↗

18 Jul 2023

Back in blog original ↗

14 Jul 2023

Has WordPress turned blogs into clickbait sites?original ↗

10 Apr 2023

Do we face a new global financial crisis?original ↗

17 Mar 2023

The tragic human cost of Cyclone Gabrielle original ↗

17 Feb 2023

Podcasting instead of blogging original ↗

3 Feb 2023

Jacinda Ardern’s resignation and social media original ↗

20 Jan 2023

2022

Have a happy festive season!original ↗

16 Dec 2022

The obscure word of the week is yeet original ↗

13 Dec 2022

Adventures with internet trolls and real world ogres original ↗

9 Dec 2022

The obscure word of the week is peristeronic original ↗

6 Dec 2022

The obscure word of the week is doryphore original ↗

29 Nov 2022

The obscure word of the week is bardolatry original ↗

22 Nov 2022

The obscure word of the week is concinnity original ↗

15 Nov 2022

The obscure word of the week is adsciditious original ↗

8 Nov 2022

In which Google mistakes me for another Matthew Wright original ↗

4 Nov 2022

The obscure word of the week is edacious original ↗

1 Nov 2022

OMG! – the story of Admiral Fisher and his biographers original ↗

28 Oct 2022

The obscure word of the week is barmecide original ↗

25 Oct 2022

Countries on which New Zealand has declared war original ↗

21 Oct 2022

The obscure word of the week is dight original ↗

18 Oct 2022

The obscure word of the week is decubitus original ↗

11 Oct 2022

The obscure word of the week is ucalegon original ↗

4 Oct 2022

Armageddon is just a few steps away original ↗

30 Sept 2022

The obscure word of the week is obnixley original ↗

27 Sept 2022

How to deal with website hosting, part 486,309 original ↗

23 Sept 2022

The obscure word of the week is obrotund original ↗

20 Sept 2022

Piracy, navies and my books original ↗

16 Sept 2022

The obscure word of the week is eugonic original ↗

13 Sept 2022

The end of an era: Queen Elizabeth II original ↗

9 Sept 2022

The obscure word of the week is pomace original ↗

6 Sept 2022

The world at war – again original ↗

2 Sept 2022

The obscure word of the week is mabble original ↗

30 Aug 2022

The obscure word of the week is gallinipper original ↗

30 Aug 2022

How to eat a burger bigger than your head in one sitting original ↗

26 Aug 2022

The obscure word of the week is finifugal original ↗

23 Aug 2022

Salman Rushdie and author danger: a cautionary tale original ↗

19 Aug 2022

The obscure word of the week is xertz original ↗

16 Aug 2022

Time-management and writing original ↗

12 Aug 2022

The obscure word of the week is augend original ↗

9 Aug 2022

Drive-by commentaries and social media original ↗

5 Aug 2022

The war to end all wars, apparently original ↗

29 Jul 2022

The obscure word of the week is skiamachy original ↗

26 Jul 2022

The obscure word of the week is facinerious original ↗

19 Jul 2022

The obscure word of the week is argle-bargle original ↗

12 Jul 2022

How supermarkets lie to you original ↗

8 Jul 2022

The obscure word of the week is agelast original ↗

5 Jul 2022

As the world comes undone…original ↗

1 Jul 2022

The obscure word of the week is biduous original ↗

28 Jun 2022

How to pay for expensive government projects by drinking beer original ↗

24 Jun 2022