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Well, I suppose drawing with a 10-man team is better than losing to one... Or, indeed, losing to an 11-man team...
November 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well, I suppose drawing with a 10-man team is better than losing to one... Or, indeed, losing to an 11-man team...
Too nice a day to be in the office...
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Too nice a day to be in the office...
Turned up in my YouTube feed!
When I first arrived in the UK in 1978, I was astonished to learn it had only moved to decimal currency in 1971 - I thought it had happened shortly after the end of World War II, along with ending conscription and rationing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dip8...
When I first arrived in the UK in 1978, I was astonished to learn it had only moved to decimal currency in 1971 - I thought it had happened shortly after the end of World War II, along with ending conscription and rationing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dip8...
Predecimal Currency: The Nightmare in Your Pocket
YouTube video by BritMonkey
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Turned up in my YouTube feed!
When I first arrived in the UK in 1978, I was astonished to learn it had only moved to decimal currency in 1971 - I thought it had happened shortly after the end of World War II, along with ending conscription and rationing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dip8...
When I first arrived in the UK in 1978, I was astonished to learn it had only moved to decimal currency in 1971 - I thought it had happened shortly after the end of World War II, along with ending conscription and rationing!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dip8...
New guilty pleasure is watching YouTube football reaction videos. I am amused to note there is a Korean Spurs streamer who displays her heart rate on screen!
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
New guilty pleasure is watching YouTube football reaction videos. I am amused to note there is a Korean Spurs streamer who displays her heart rate on screen!
The Stars Are Nearly Come Right! At Odlins Plaza at the IKEA pop-up shop with @aeshna.bsky.social. We have our free blue bags! Shed 22 appears to be joining in the fun too.
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Stars Are Nearly Come Right! At Odlins Plaza at the IKEA pop-up shop with @aeshna.bsky.social. We have our free blue bags! Shed 22 appears to be joining in the fun too.
At Khandallah Scout Hall for Watch The Stars, a megagame which appears to be based on the Mass Effect setting which is, of course, on my games backlog... I seem to have been appointed Human leader so I am decked out in my UN gear. Even brought my UNIT beret!
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
At Khandallah Scout Hall for Watch The Stars, a megagame which appears to be based on the Mass Effect setting which is, of course, on my games backlog... I seem to have been appointed Human leader so I am decked out in my UN gear. Even brought my UNIT beret!
Respect to Steam for the '* admittedly loose use of the term "holiday"' part!
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Respect to Steam for the '* admittedly loose use of the term "holiday"' part!
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power has turned up on TVNZ+ So, if I understand correctly, elves are posh English, dwarves are Scottish, hobbits are Irish and orcs are non-posh English. Did I get that right?
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power has turned up on TVNZ+ So, if I understand correctly, elves are posh English, dwarves are Scottish, hobbits are Irish and orcs are non-posh English. Did I get that right?
Big achievement for Everton tonight.
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Big achievement for Everton tonight.
YouTube has been serving me German language ads. Warum?
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
YouTube has been serving me German language ads. Warum?
At Randwick Archery Club for a Geocaching meetup with actual archery. Definitely a lot easier in VR!
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 AM
At Randwick Archery Club for a Geocaching meetup with actual archery. Definitely a lot easier in VR!
The Stars are coming right...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Two IKEA pop-ups give fans a glimpse of the goods before first NZ store opens
The Swedish furniture giant is is opening two pop-up stores ahead of its first New Zealand store, but they'll just be for window shoppers.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The Stars are coming right...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Slight detour to Titahi Bay beach. @aeshna.bsky.social has made the observation that we do forget there are places like this a mere 15 minutes drive from home. We can see South Island from here!
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Slight detour to Titahi Bay beach. @aeshna.bsky.social has made the observation that we do forget there are places like this a mere 15 minutes drive from home. We can see South Island from here!
You'd never guess we were in an Asian supermarket, would you? ;-)
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 AM
You'd never guess we were in an Asian supermarket, would you? ;-)
Unfortunate typo. Or is it?
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Unfortunate typo. Or is it?
Huh. Just had an AliExpress ad on FB for a Josef Goebbels 1/6 action figure! An absolute bargain at only NZ$904.28...
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Huh. Just had an AliExpress ad on FB for a Josef Goebbels 1/6 action figure! An absolute bargain at only NZ$904.28...
In Grab car in heavy traffic a mere 1.1km from hotel. I have questions.
November 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
In Grab car in heavy traffic a mere 1.1km from hotel. I have questions.
Urgh. Looking at a 3am wakeup for a 6am flight tomorrow...
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Urgh. Looking at a 3am wakeup for a 6am flight tomorrow...
Brother, get the flamer...
November 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Brother, get the flamer...
At Reading Cinema Porirua to see Springsteen: Deliver Us From Nowhere.
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
At Reading Cinema Porirua to see Springsteen: Deliver Us From Nowhere.
At the Opera House with @aeshna.bsky.social to see Sir Dave Dobbyn.
October 31, 2025 at 6:11 AM
At the Opera House with @aeshna.bsky.social to see Sir Dave Dobbyn.
So, AWS outage followed by Azure. So, GCP next week and Alibaba Cloud the week after?
October 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
So, AWS outage followed by Azure. So, GCP next week and Alibaba Cloud the week after?
There is a certain inevitability that the actual public holiday part of the Long weekend is the wet, grey, miserable one. @aeshna.bsky.social says that's what you get for still having a Union Jack on your flag...
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
There is a certain inevitability that the actual public holiday part of the Long weekend is the wet, grey, miserable one. @aeshna.bsky.social says that's what you get for still having a Union Jack on your flag...