Harry Chapman
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Harry Chapman
@howdystranger.bsky.social
From Wellington, NZ. Interested in tech, public policy, climate change, etc

See chapman.nz
I did Zorin recently and I've been pretty happy
October 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Agree - every time I go back to Linux a whole lot of stuff just doesn't work out of the box and I need to spend some time troubleshooting/googling. People like my parents would give up in frustration
October 15, 2025 at 5:20 AM
'am I the problem?'

'no, it must be because gender equality has gone too far'
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
'gender equality has gone too far'

'why won't anyone date me'
September 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I reckon it might be effective to raise awareness of candidates names. Probably no one is going to vote for you if they haven't heard of you... (with the exception of party aligned candidates). And local government is much lower profile than national politics so the bump in awareness probably imp
September 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
It really doesn't help that Microsoft is forcing tonnes of people to throw away their laptops in the shift to Windows 11. I'll be installing Linux on mine to keep it going but imagine most people will buy a new one
September 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Thanks Mike!!
August 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
From memory there is a copyright issue - I don't think NZ copyright law enables you to take a photo of a copyrighted poster/artwork/etc. But I may be wrong 🙂 cc @adzebill.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Thanks for all your hard work Eloise. I'll miss your work on RNZ
August 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
On checkpoint, again too much banter and light presentation of issues + too much human interest. Would prefer more news in bulletins and tight live news interviews or pre-recorded items
August 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few trends I dislike recently:
- conservational style/banter between hosts
- sports human interest stories or stories about overseas sports. (As someone who doesn't care about any sports!!)
- the above two combine when Nathan Rarere's presents sports news
August 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It doesn't feel like it when they're both young though (my kids are both under 5)
August 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Awesome decorations
August 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Nice cover @toddatticus.bsky.social 💯
June 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This seems to be missing a link?
May 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM