Black hole is such a dumb name. They should be called black stars. Or in French, les étoiles noires.
Black hole is such a dumb name. They should be called black stars. Or in French, les étoiles noires.
Steamed Hams but There’s a Different Animator Every 13 Seconds
🏏 It’s a cricket kinda day. First up, the Wellington Firebirds play Auckland Aces at the Basin Reserve in round 3 of the Plunkett Shield. Then, at 2-1 up, my beloved Black Caps continue the Summer of Revenge against England in the fourth T20 match in Nelson.
I can’t decide if using swipe typing is faster than tap typing on my phone. It feels slower, but I haven’t done any timing with it. I may just need more practice.
Ardern says New Zealand on ‘right side of history’ as MPs pass zero-carbon bill.
Look at this madness. Selling oats in plain cardboard without an internal plastic bag. Like things don’t need to be wrapped in plastic! (This is how I’ll be buying my oats from the supermarket now)
The calendar for the Human Era year of 12,020 is now out at Kurzgesagt. And you should definitely buy one to help support Kurzgesagt (because they’re amazing). Watch the video arguing that the year should be 12,020.
Everyone, everywhere should just permanently switch to summer time. The sun being at its highest at noon is completely irrelevant to almost everyone.
Dance like no one’s watching. But realise everyone is.
Why are oil and vinegar in completely different parts of the supermark… oh.
🏏 A decisive victory for the Black Caps. The Summer of Revenge continues! Black Caps completed their innings with 176/8. In reply, England all out for 155 with a ball to spare.
🏏 NZ openers doing well in Wellington. 30/1 after 4.
🏏 The Blackcaps face England in the second T20 in my beloved Wellington, starting in about 30 minutes. Game two of the 5 games T20 series. And game two of the hash tag Summer of Revenge.
This shot of Saturn just as the Moon is about to pass in front of it is from Ian Griffin on Twitter
Some of the keyboard shortcuts (text replacement) I use in iOS:
And of course:
:cric → 🏏
Anyone else having an issue sharing Shortcuts in iOS 13.2? Seems like it’s 100% broken.
They won! The All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup! (third place game)
So far, Disenchantment has been disappointing.
Unlike Guy Fawkes, Halloween makes sense in NZ in the late Spring. It’s light until 8pm, it’s warming up and kids are safer and happier roaming the neighbourhoods issuing hallow threats to innocent residents.
If you do a Spotlight search for “itunes" in macOS 10.15 Catalina and just press enter, it’ll open the new Music app.
As Google seems to want to buy Fitbit, now may be the time to delete your Fitbit data and close your account. If Google having your biometric data is something that concerns you.
Tickets have been purchased for a late morning showing the next day, so I can tick this off for the year.
Wow that’s expensive!
I use Duolingo to augment my night class French lessons. I occasionally click on other users’ profiles. So many of them are learning English and no matter how hard any component of the French language is, I can’t comprehend how bananas crazy trying to learn English must be.
Traditional owners relieved as Uluru closed off to climbers. This should be happening around the world with other culturally significant sites. The rising wave of decolonisation is long overdue.