I really enjoyed this Lingthusiasm podcast episode. Question formats are surprisingly interesting in English and other languages. Who questions the questions?:
In this episode, your hosts Lauren Gawne and Gretchen McCulloch get enthusiastic about questions!
A few months ago we had Bird of the Year, now it’s New Zealand Bug of the Year 2023:
Aotearoa is home to over 20,000 species of insects and spiders
Hmmm, what to vote for…
Hmmm, that quake came in two parts — I just knew it was going to get bigger. About a minute long. All good — just a shake — another day in the life of Aotearoa New Zealand. 〰️
Fri Dec 2 2022 6:07 PM
20 km south-east of Tokoroa
Shaking: Light
Magnitude: 5.4
Depth: 159 km
Huh, I thought (cooking) salt was salt, but it turns out there are different types with different characteristics. Which salt is best for cooking?:
Why are there so many different kinds of salt, and does it really matter which one you use?
Thanks to @gregmoore and @mtt I now have the Recoleta font on my Kindle. 📚
How to Install Custom Fonts on Your Kindle
As I use my Mac and iPhone and websites and apps and whatnot I realise that the more ‘security’ I have to pass through the less I pay attention — yeah, yeah, just give me what I want. I’m a human, not the holder of the secret nuclear launch codes, after all.
I had simply never registered that Z
keyboard command in Photos.app and have spent a lot of time over the months trying to use the slider control to zoom to 100%. If only they’d added the bit of text I’d been wanting to see under a menu: 100%
. User error but Apple didn’t help.
Morning dog. Sasha, only a few days away from her 16th birthday. 🐶
A couple of weeks ago I paid Amazon ~$20 on top of purchase price to ship me a pair of new earbuds. They were defective. Turns out I can’t ship them back because international parcels can’t contain more than 2 batteries. The postal worker also mentioned a cost over $100! 🤬
I have supervisors. A couple of little Warou, Welcome swallow spend the day sitting on the rail by the lounge. Such cuties! 🐦
And for today’s yoga session we have a simple little neck twist with head tuck. 🐦
Weird thing, but Aotearoa New Zealand Law says that beaches are roads. Land Transport Act 1998: In Part 1, the Interpretation, it says: “road includes— (c) a beach.” Weirder: the Law doesn’t actually define ‘beach’. 😆
I’m outta here! 🐦
My old girl Sasha, eating her dinner last night. 🐶
Listening to what I think is a Korimako | Bellbird this morning. 😍
This makes me happy. I’ve now sent out 10 issues of a local monthly community newsletter I write (Buttondown is great for this). My subscriber count is gradually growing. This issue went out to 52 subscribers.
A new skill I’ve learned today: How To Compare Two Images. Makes a web page with a slider to compare two images. See Compare 2016 and 2019 images of the North track area and Compare 2016 and 2019 images of the Miratana track area.
We had 300 grams of mushrooms that were getting a bit old, so I experimented with making Mushroom soup. That was easy and delicious. I only wish I’d been able to buy some yummy bread to go with it…
