Nic Wise
@fastchicken.co.nz
Software Engineer/Eng Manager in training.
SRE. AWS/Terraform/Typescript/React(Native).
Lover of great Coffee.
Mountain Bike and RPM Enthusiast. Island Dweller.
Photo is of Milo.
SRE. AWS/Terraform/Typescript/React(Native).
Lover of great Coffee.
Mountain Bike and RPM Enthusiast. Island Dweller.
Photo is of Milo.
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Welcome to all the foolish carryings on at the end of the year - here is a cartoon about [insert unpleasant spectacle here] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What to buy (and not buy) your ungrateful little darlings this festive season | First Dog on the Moon
Black Friday Christmas sale specials holiday vacation savings savings!
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Welcome to all the foolish carryings on at the end of the year - here is a cartoon about [insert unpleasant spectacle here] www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Apparently Sam knows a thing or two about standing over someone
With a chair leg wasn’t it?
With a chair leg wasn’t it?
Boards Chair here - before our BOT passed a motion affirming our commitment to Te Tiriti, I received emails from parents and teachers urging the board on.
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
The union never said a word.
Amazing that reaffirming a commitment to Te Tiriti is viewed as "anti-govt" (his words)
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Apparently Sam knows a thing or two about standing over someone
With a chair leg wasn’t it?
With a chair leg wasn’t it?
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Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Sesame Street - Mahna Mahna (1969)
YouTube video by Tiny Dancer
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?
Electric Bike Team continue to have the best, hands down, customer service in the business.
Can't recommend them highly enough.
Can't recommend them highly enough.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Electric Bike Team continue to have the best, hands down, customer service in the business.
Can't recommend them highly enough.
Can't recommend them highly enough.
I could really do with some AWS Graviton 5 rumours @quinnypig.com . Time to buy RI's ...
(might hit EC2 next week, if it exists, and RDS what, next year?)
(might hit EC2 next week, if it exists, and RDS what, next year?)
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I could really do with some AWS Graviton 5 rumours @quinnypig.com . Time to buy RI's ...
(might hit EC2 next week, if it exists, and RDS what, next year?)
(might hit EC2 next week, if it exists, and RDS what, next year?)
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November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Now available on iOS 😎
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Now available on iOS 😎
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
talk about missing the fucking point
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
(CGT is more about forcing investment into things we WANT to happen not the single thing with the most outsized return. It's not (just) about revenue generation)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
(CGT is more about forcing investment into things we WANT to happen not the single thing with the most outsized return. It's not (just) about revenue generation)
Capital Gains Tax wouldn't have raised much in recent years - Cotality
Labour has proposed a 28 percent capital gains tax on residential investment and commercial property. But how much would it have made in the past five years?
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
talk about missing the fucking point
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
(CGT is more about forcing investment into things we WANT to happen not the single thing with the most outsized return. It's not (just) about revenue generation)
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
(CGT is more about forcing investment into things we WANT to happen not the single thing with the most outsized return. It's not (just) about revenue generation)
I guess those new Shelly BT ultrasonic range finger things work. Also it’s wet outside.
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I guess those new Shelly BT ultrasonic range finger things work. Also it’s wet outside.
COPout
Penguin Revenge Climate Tribunal? Sign me up thanks! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now? | First Dog on the Moon
Wait … I’m hearing you have worked it out you’re just not doing it
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
COPout
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Nice wee ride. Stop at peaches because, well, you kinda have to.
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Nice wee ride. Stop at peaches because, well, you kinda have to.
Quaxing on the Quax memorial run path
Off the road from howick to the CBD (almost - little bit in pamnure / stonefields)
Off the road from howick to the CBD (almost - little bit in pamnure / stonefields)
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Quaxing on the Quax memorial run path
Off the road from howick to the CBD (almost - little bit in pamnure / stonefields)
Off the road from howick to the CBD (almost - little bit in pamnure / stonefields)
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WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
WeRateDogs turns 10 years old today! A very silly idea to numerically objectify dogs has become one of the kindest and most powerful online communities ever. Thank you for joining us over the last decade. I never knew what this could be until you all showed me. Here's to many more good dogs ❤️
Their eyebrows are most excellent
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Their eyebrows are most excellent
@bikeauckland.bsky.social are you doing bike valet at Rufus du Sol at western springs on the 29th?
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
@bikeauckland.bsky.social are you doing bike valet at Rufus du Sol at western springs on the 29th?
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So much fun at Pub Choir tonight, absolutely worth the earworm that will stay with my me for a long time. My face hurts from smiling and my throat knows it’s been singing loudly!
Wellington And Christchurch - there are still tickets left for shows this week - it’s a fab night out!
Wellington And Christchurch - there are still tickets left for shows this week - it’s a fab night out!
Australia and New Zealand Tour Dates and Tickets — Pub Choir
www.pubchoir.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
So much fun at Pub Choir tonight, absolutely worth the earworm that will stay with my me for a long time. My face hurts from smiling and my throat knows it’s been singing loudly!
Wellington And Christchurch - there are still tickets left for shows this week - it’s a fab night out!
Wellington And Christchurch - there are still tickets left for shows this week - it’s a fab night out!
We went down about 1030. Stunning. Possibly the most magical natural phenomenon after the Aurora.
Palm Beach, Waiheke. Right now
Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks
Nerd fact (I’m a marine biologist after all), when luciferin and luciferase (gotta love the biblical names) join together, they react with the oxygen in the air to make an oxidised complex. After that, luciferin emits a photon, and that is what you see when it breaks
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We went down about 1030. Stunning. Possibly the most magical natural phenomenon after the Aurora.
0. If you count my parents encyclopaedia.
GenX gonna GenX I guess.
GenX gonna GenX I guess.
(i got a zero lolz)
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
THE FABULOUS WEIRD CHECKLIST
Give yourself I point for each thing you've NEVER done.
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
0. If you count my parents encyclopaedia.
GenX gonna GenX I guess.
GenX gonna GenX I guess.
For all the database performance hacking and leather, i kinda forgot that Kyle can REALLY fucking write.
Worth a read. Really worth a read.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Worth a read. Really worth a read.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
For all the database performance hacking and leather, i kinda forgot that Kyle can REALLY fucking write.
Worth a read. Really worth a read.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Worth a read. Really worth a read.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...