Yorrike

HUGE upgrade (series zero → series 7)

It’s brewing day. And today I’m brewing my renowned Citra Sunburn IPA - but I’m adding a healthy dose fo Sitiva hops too (which a friend gave me, thanks D!). Probably as a replacement for the Galaxy hops I normally throw in.

Here’s a secret: iMessage is one of the world’s largest social networks. Messaging, groups, VIPs, able to send photos, videos, audio, Memoji, text. It’s such a great feature. All my family social networking is there. Such a killer app.

Top tip: check your traps daily to avoid things getting truly horrific.

Rats 0:3 Me Mice 0:1 Me

It’s unknowable, but I’d love to be able to know how close I ever came to catching COVID. Was I ever in close proximity to someone who had it, but we were both wearing masks? Was I never within 20 km of a person who could spread it? Would be fascinating.

There’s a quote from Samurai Jack season 5 which has stuck with me. Something Jack’s father says to him, which is one of this perfect quotes.

“The decisions you make and the actions that follow are a reflection of who you are. You cannot hide from yourself.”

For eBiking, the Pōneke waterfront is 👨🏻‍🍳💋🤏🏼

Rode passed some primary school kids the other day on my mid-tail cargo bike and they yelled “pop a wheelie!” And you know, I would if I could, but with the wheel so far back and the bike weighing 25 kg, I’d have to be the Hulk to pull that off.

Interesting. Double dip La Nina forecast for Pacific summer.

Creamed honey is the correct honey, and that runny garbage is just syrup.

My last two power bills were huge, so I checked the meter. Turns out they’d overcharged me by a couple of megawatts somehow. Now instead of several hundred dollars to pay I’m a few beers in credit. Combined with my reversed parking ticket, everything’s coming up Yorrike!

Turns out the Montreal Protocol was incredibly important and has helped us fight climate change. We could have been heading towards 900 ppm of CO₂ by 2100.

The nightmare future humanity avoided

Though my love of Aotearoa’s wildlife means I’m more than happy to be trapping rats and mice, cleaning up after trapping is one of my least favourite things in the world. Yuck.

(caught a rat last night)

I was very surprised to see this California quail in the trees at my place. I didn’t know they were a bird here, but turns out they were introduced to NZ over 150 years ago. I can’t ever recall seeing one before.

If you have Apple TV+, you should watch the 10 minute animated movie Blush. But make sure you have some tissues ready. It’s quite a ride.

That’s pretty much my dream. Getting a meteorite crashing through my roof (I did my masters on meteorite geochemistry).

Meteorite crashes through roof of Canada woman’s home and on to bed

Just watched Free Guy. It was a fun movie, dumb movie. Just glad it was free on Disney+, because it probably wouldn’t be worth going to the cinema to watch.

Is it just me or have Raspberry Pis gotten really expensive?

It always blows my mind that there are more people who own cellphones than there are people with access to a toilet/modern sewerage system.

My FitBit Aria scale has decided to stop functioning software-wise, after a few years and FU, no fallback to just outputting a weight. So I’ve bought a cheap set of bathroom scales which will probably last longer and, most importantly, doesn’t connect to the damn internet.

In the Foundation TV series they have holodecks. Why not just set a bunch of them down on any planet you want to inhabit and not worry about the outside world? Except for food I suppose…

Hey homebrewers. I’m having trouble finding a replacement valve for this 1/2” ball valve lock, because I don’t think I’m describing it correctly to Google. It’s just under 16mm wide, maybe nylon or hard plastic? Both the OK and warped one are pictured. Help?

Checks out

For those of you who also like schema and numbers which are the same forwards, backwards, mirrored and mirrored backwards as well as all those things while being upside down, I present my odometer from a few days ago, which read 88088.

Final Space went from a funny sci-fi cartoon to a deeply weird and emotionally draining lovecraftian nightmare. I don’t know if that was the plan all along, but I’m on this ride and I’m not getting off.