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🏏 Although to be fair, the Blackcaps are through to the semi finals now (unless a miracle happens in the Bangladesh v Pakistan game). We’ll get trounced by Australia, but at least we farted our way into the top four. We have so much work to do on our batting…

🏏 Just woke up to look at the score. Good lord. Pack your bags boys and come home. That was disgraceful.

🏏 May my beloved Black Caps crush the English like they dis at the last world cup.

Dry July is ridiculous. If you want to reduce the amount you drink, do so as a matter of course. If you’re concerned you drink too much, drink less. Limit yourself to 1 drink, 3 days a week, but don’t think going cold turkey for just one month a year is going to help long term.

Hey microbloggers! Are there any other homebrewers (microbrewers?) or brew curious people out there? We could share tips and details of our latest brews 🌡💦🌾🧪🥬⏳🍺

Bottled my latest yesterday. A Belgian blonde I got terrible efficiency on (Robobrew and impatience sparging).

Upset about the plastic crisis? Stop trying so hard. Basically, if you’re worried about the plastic crisis, stop buying plastic.

🏏 That Blackcaps v Australia game seemed like the Blackcaps v Australia game in the pool matches in 2015 (when we wasted them), but ended like the Blackcaps v Australia game in the 2015 final (when they wasted us). Our batting is just not up to scratch.

Had a mid winter Christmas dinner last night. That may seeem like a redundant term to you in the Northern Hemisphere, but it’s the middle of winter here in June. Eating roasts and glazed ham in December when it’s 28°C is an embarrassing traditionalist colonial stupidity.

But how will I be kept abreast of Caeser’s conquests in the Barbarian hinterland?

Finnish radio drops Latin news after 30 years.

Oh no. This was always going to be a tough game for the Black Caps, but holy crap, fellas.

Nothing beats a fire on a cold winters day. It feels offensively luxurious.

Speaking of 10 litre batches, I’ve been researching fermenters. There’s small carboys that’d do the job, but holy hell what a hassle they look to clean (boo ecosystem poisoning chemicals!). I’m contemplating making a small fermenter from a 12 litre stainless steel stock pot.

I am getting more determined to start brewing smaller batches of beer. My equipment, and general homebrewing, defaults to pumping out 21 litre batches. And that’s just too much beer. My new batch sizes will be 10 litres 🍻

🏏 The Black Caps didn’t deserve that one. Well played Pakistan.

Amazon delivery date estimates to Aotearoa are as hilarious as Microsoft copying time from the 90s. They’re either a week early or a month late.

It’s Micro Monday in Aotearoa and if you’re into cricket 🏏 and want to have casual chats about the ongoing World Cup, follow @pratik!

(or me, let’s talk cricket! 🏏)

This 2014 iPad Air 2 is in desperate need of a new battery. 5 years of almost constant daily use seems like a reasonable amount of time. And a replacement costs a really reasonable NZ$170. Must less than the NZ$1,700–2,000 I’m saving for my upgrade to an iPad Pro next year.

That moment of relief and triumph when someone outbids you on a trading site just after you’ve found someone selling the exact same item for a lot less than your last bid.

🏏 Another win for the Black Caps, but holy Cthulhu that was a close one. Classic New Zealand tactic of relaxing when it looks like the game is in the bag.

“Millennials” by XKCD.

I may be in the market for a new TV in a couple of years. Doing research there’s about a thousand threads asking “Is there a non-smart OLED TV out there?” And the answer to those thousands of people asking is almost always “No, no one cares, that’s not an addressable market”

🏏 Solid win by my beloved Black Caps. Top of the table again, but with England and Australia yet to play.

Observing the Zodiacal Light is on my bucket list. It’s sunlight, reflecting on the interplanetary dust in the solar system. A ghostly illumination of the plane of the solar system.

You know what’s fun and doesn’t cost eighty dollars? Super Mario Run on iOS. Make more iOS games, Nintendo.