This may finally explain why I had to eventually give up trying to post faulty earbuds to Amazon — vapes confiscated from checked-in flight baggage:
Aviation Security said the charger case for … wireless earbuds was a form of power bank, which was among the restricted items.
Today’s walk was 6.6 Km at Mangaone Walkway:
follows an old bush tramway in low hill country east of Waikanae.
A very enjoyable easy walk through bush, mostly screened from sun. My second swingbridge this month. A few muddy patches, but the track was fairly level.
We heard a really loud sneeze just outside the door. When I looked though, there was no-one there. Sometimes the cows in the paddock next door cough, but nope, no cows.
But wait! What’s that? A grey bull hiding in the lupins.
And sure enough, he coughed again.
The first stick insect of the season has set itself up inside the open window but on the outside of the insect screen.
We’re on the move — about 4 cm so far this year thanks to a slow-slip earthquake. Not all earthquakes are short sharp shocks. GeoNet:
~3–4 centimetres of motion has occurred on the subduction plate boundary … ~30–40 km beneath the Manawatu region.
98 second video shows a bit of what our recently resigned Prime Minister endured: Glimpse into the kind of daily abuse Jacinda Ardern had to weather. Shocking viewing and definitely NSFW.
Maybe this is why Apple Pay never works on my M1 MacBook Pro:
With an M1 Mac, the most likely reason is you enabled its Reduced Security mode to install a kernel extension required by some software that taps into low-level drivers, like some of Rogue Amoeba’s audio software.
Apple Pay not working on a Touch ID Mac? Here are the security settings to check | Macworld
Today we visited the Ōtaki Pottery Show, which had a lot of craft goods for sale and a great many visitors. My photo shows only a small part of the show. I really liked these blue dishes from Jailhouse Pottery and bought one of the small ones.
I use a Global Macro Palette in Keyboard Maestro to give me quick click access to some of my macros. The palette is usually collapsed but expands on mouseover. I wanted to customise it to be light green.
Convert HEX to HSL helped with values.
Today in Keyboard Maestro actions I discovered “Switch” instead of nested “If…Then” actions. There are 3 Facebook pages I occasionally need to view. I call up a window where I can select which I want. Then Case lets me open the correct page.
I was thinking we need a plainer and more powerful word than the clinical and remote misogyny
. It’s all academic and posh with its Greek roots.
I think we’re past the feeble woman hating
of yore too.
How about something like woman crushing
or woman destroying
?
Re the resignation of PM Jacinda Ardern:
it is becoming more challenging for women to be taken seriously…
"Particularly if they are younger and particularly if they don't cleave to a masculine style, which Ardern does not."
…misogynistic sentiment is also on the rise globally.
Nice: neighbours over the mountains.
South Wairarapa and Carterton’s night skies will know be known under the collective name, ‘Wairarapa Dark Sky Reserve’, covering an area of 3,665 square kilometers.
In her term as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:
encountered a major biosecurity incursion, a domestic terror event, a major natural disaster, a global pandemic and an economic crisis.
Oh, and she had a baby. Jacinda Ardern’s resignation
Hand mixed because we don’t have a kitchen mixer (yet), but I’m trying to make Crusty French Bread Rolls. Not optimistic at the moment while the dough rises.
Sasha’s long overdue a haircut. 🐶
I’m not sure what happened on the mountains this evening — I suspect it was a gap between clouds that threw sun onto one level of the hills between dark layers. I’ve also discovered my editing skills aren’t up to making the most of these two images.
A particularly interesting segment of Quirks & Quarks podcast talks about how eyes work — fascinating stuff! Dec 31: Our annual holiday question show:
Are human eyes interchangeable, or are they distinctly left or right like hands and feet?
A photo achievement I’m pleased with: getting a clear shot of this dragonfly on the wing. This one was in focus; the other 20 or so weren’t… 😆
This Matuku moana | White-faced heron saw me watching and kindly fished up something out of the lake for me. 🐦
