Fascinating read The sense-defying magic of the Pitcairn Islands:
Pitcairn is so high and solitary that there is nothing out there but the Pacific. From where I’m standing the curvature of the Earth is discernible, and from that curved horizon to the island there is nothing but dazzling blue.
Soooo clever: chose the theme Anatole for the new site. Downloaded the theme Arabica so I could easily search the files for stuff I wanted to change. No wonder I can’t find stuff… 🤦🏽
I’ve been active on Micro.Blog for 5 years, modified my theme a few times. Feedback on a new blog: setting up a new Micro.Blog account is hard, frustrating and confusing. Even choosing a theme from Plugins is hard: not enough info, info in the Github page that doesn’t apply…
9 inches of rain in 24 hours! Auckland flooding:
Auckland is under a state of emergency after being battered by torrential rain, with more than 230 millimetres falling yesterday.
Back on 05 December 2021 I thought I’d try Publii for my Waikawa Beach blog. It works adequately, but I really truly miss being able to work with Posts via MarsEdit. Plus there are blog features Micro.Blog is just so much better at. I’m planning a move…
Woohoo. We’ve just ordered a Kitchenaid Artisan Stand Mixer - KSM160. That should help a bit with our cooking explorations. Bread products here we come.
This is Sasha, out on a walk with me specifically for the purpose of her having a pee… I guess I'll be carrying her back inside again. 9.3 Kg… 🐶
You know what Plugin I’d like Micro.Blog to have? Something that puts a small banner at the top of the Timeline and says: Since midnight you have posted [n] times. Help me easily catch days I haven’t posted yet.
Whew, writing this 1700 word article for my Waikawa News site has actually taken weeks, including research. It should help inform local discussions to take place soon about vehicles on beaches though. Balanced beaches: birds, babies, bikes, boats
Whew. First I did research that took at least a week. Then I spent at least another week trying to write a big article for my Waikawa Beach blog. Finally I have a draft. Read-through tomorrow when I’m fresh, then I’ll publish. It’s not usually this hard.
In written Māori macrons over vowels indicate a lengthened sound. I’m pleased to say that these days I aim to use macrons correctly. In earlier, more naive, times I ignored them. Learning to say placenames correctly is an ongoing challenge though. The Side Eye: The Stink A.
Apparently Seneca had thoughts on personal blogging 😆:
They asked him what was the object of all this study applied to an art that would reach but very few. He replied: “I am content with few, content with one, content with none at all.”
— Seneca’s Letters from a Stoic (7).
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.
