Somehow we’ve embarked on the biggest project in history even though it has no articulable purpose, offers no benefits, and will cost taxpayers more than a good-sized war.
Also, it could destroy and infected any Martian life.
Somehow we’ve embarked on the biggest project in history even though it has no articulable purpose, offers no benefits, and will cost taxpayers more than a good-sized war.
Also, it could destroy and infected any Martian life.
The “satellite” maps of Google and Apple Maps, and the Apple 3D model of Wellington, are at the very least, 6 years old. I understand COVID has delayed things like flying a plane over a small city. But it’s getting to the point of frustrating inaccuracy.
We call it sea bass to differentiate it from fresh water bass, which doesn’t exist.
If you’re physically able, and you’re not riding a bike to work, and your work is less than 10 km from your house, you should really, really try it. It’s so much fun.
I absolutely love my iPhone 12 mini. The size is incredible. It’s light. It’s sleek. But the battery life after a couple of years is just intolerable. It’s going to be a long wait until October when I’ll replace it with the smallest new iPhone they release.
I woke up lmao at a stupid animation I dreamed of. It’s two frames and about 5 words of dialogue. And yeah, I’m going to have to make it.
House hunting, especially with a budget way under a million dollars, is pretty grim in Wellington. There just aren’t enough houses around to drive prices down to the level they should be at. They should just bulldoze Mt Victoria and replace is all with townhouses.
People call the bus the Loser Cruiser. But a better name is Victory Vehicle.
Oh no. I’ve come to the conclusion I may need to buy a new backpack. And this will begin months of research and searching 🎒
The weather in the last few days has been a bit rubbish for summer. But on the up side, whanau, we’re going well with our national electricity production from renewables.
An interesting article on the delays to the ITER project. But what struck me was here is humans, scratching bits of the Earth up, and arranging them just-so, to make an artificial star. Humans can be amazing.
International nuclear fusion project may be delayed by years
LOL. Twitter is down again (at least in New Zealand).
RIP my brand new keyboard 2023-01-03 – 2023-01-05 Cause of death: drinking coffee at my desk.
Do you squint at super bright “light mode” screens? Do you default to dark mode because otherwise you’re just straining all day? I switched to light mode today as a test. And it’s fine. The difference? I recently got glasses. Maybe you need them too?
WFH today, but neglected to buy a mouse for my Windows laptop. I was ready for a 2 hour battle and 3rd party drivers to figure out how to get my Magic Trackpad 2 to work on Windows (last time I tried was ~9 years ago with an original MT). Read a guide, and it said “plug it in”.
An unequivocal and unrestrained “fuck you” to 2022. An absolutely garbage year that ended up OK but was probably, on average, the worst year of my life. Hoping for an incredible 2023 (how is it that far in the future!?) for me and all of you too! 🎉🫡😘
The Magic Trackpad, despite its silly name, is a brilliant input device. Most Windows laptops (like the one I use for work), have similarly OK trackpads too. So why does there appear to be zero market for Windows external trackpads?
Welcome to the hall of shame, Twitter, my PiHole blacklist. I can still skip out to 4G to check now and then, but it’s no longer accessible from wifi.
Meri Kirihimete to everyone out there 🎄
This holiday season, clean your iPhone’s bum. There’s probably a lot of fluff in there.
When I was young, maybe 6(?), on Christmas Eve, some legend went around the neighbourhood yelling “Ho! Ho! Ho!” at around 7:30. I remember my sister and I literally running to bed so Santa wouldn’t miss our house. To that legend, whoever you are, wherever you are, I remember.
A few years ago I decided to write a short story for nanowrimo. I got half way through with major themes, the characters and the setting. But couldn’t really tie it all together. I just explained the story to ChatGPT and said “help me tie this together”, and… it did! Holy crap!
I’m loving my M2 MacBook Air. Although I’ll need to get a screen to plug in to for productivity reasons. I could buy an almost retina 27” 4K screen for ~NZ$650, or I could buy the 5K 27” studio display for THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. It’d be an amazing screen, but not that amazing.
Everything is going fine over at Twitter. They just don’t like *checks notes* any other social media. Wait, what!?
Fellow tech nerds. I’m looking for the modern version of an Apple TimeCapsule. A few TB. Low power. Wifi NAS. Doesn’t have to have RAID. Don’t want to hook up a raspberry pi to a harddrive.