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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...
If anyone had asked me to guess what the top of the Premier League table would look like at this stage, it would not have been this! Especially impressive from Sunderland, given they were in League 1 as recently as 2022!
October 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If anyone had asked me to guess what the top of the Premier League table would look like at this stage, it would not have been this! Especially impressive from Sunderland, given they were in League 1 as recently as 2022!
When Nanoleaf discontinued their square smartlights, I put my plans for building a Zen display on hold then I spotted these today. Damned sight cheaper than the Nanoleafs too. Now, where can I get a suitable dome from? :-)
October 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
When Nanoleaf discontinued their square smartlights, I put my plans for building a Zen display on hold then I spotted these today. Damned sight cheaper than the Nanoleafs too. Now, where can I get a suitable dome from? :-)
At the Fork and Brewer for post-Ingress Anomaly event drinks. So far, one person figured out I must do work for his employer from seeing my deployments around his workplace and another realized we'd chatted at the monthly First Tuesday security event. Yep, Wellington is indeed a small place!
October 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
At the Fork and Brewer for post-Ingress Anomaly event drinks. So far, one person figured out I must do work for his employer from seeing my deployments around his workplace and another realized we'd chatted at the monthly First Tuesday security event. Yep, Wellington is indeed a small place!
At Karaka Cafe on the waterfront, meeting with other Enlightened players before attending my first Ingress Anomaly event!
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
At Karaka Cafe on the waterfront, meeting with other Enlightened players before attending my first Ingress Anomaly event!