Vroom vroom. 🚀 Today’s the day!
Before the postie came:
VDSL modem: DOWNLOAD Kbps 10799, UPLOAD Kbps 693.
After the postie:
4G modem: DOWNLOAD Kbps 100575, UPLOAD Kbps 27696.
10x download speed and 50x upload speed.
🎉🥳👯♀️
As probably everyone expected, Aotearoa New Zealand as a whole stays in Level 4 shutdown till midnight Tuesday. There are now 3 community cases in Wellington. Makes sense to stay shut down.
On 10 February 1982 I spent the afternoon in a second story cafe in Bodø, Norway, watching rain showers pass across the harbour. I was thrilled to be in the Arctic Circle. I nearly fell on the icy footpaths though.
// @odd
I’m not always happy with what our Labour government is doing or has done, but as I watch our Prime Minister speaking at a Covid press conference I’m still in awe at her excellence. She’s clear, straightforward, friendly, caring and responds to questions with calm facts and info.
Nice quote about space opera:
Or is it mostly just that space opera is so gosh-darn cool? The ships…the technology…the planets…the ray guns and laser swords. In many ways, it’s the ultimate escapist genre, transporting us to places and situations that dwarf our everyday troubles in every possible way. And yet, at its heart, space opera is all about us, about what it means to be human and how we can triumph over our limitations.
Via StoryBundle.
In The Catlins, Nugget Point, Tokata has a lighthouse, a spectacular view and rocks that resemble gold nuggets. It was really windy up there, with sheer cliffs beside the track… One false step and that’d be the end of you. Fabulous views on a sunny day though.
Currently rationing the bird food for the Waxeyes. I was intending to buy more today but with the Covid shutdown the shop is closed and I shouldn’t be going out anyway. The birds will just have to go a bit short for a few days.
Heh, healthy Kiwis. 😀 People are panic buying because of the lockdown, but:
According to Foodstuffs, bananas and broccoli are top of the list of what people are buying. Toilet paper is at number 5.
After another thunderstorm around 5.30 am the power has come back on. Immediately made a cup of tea. Thanks to the lines workers out in this awful weather and under a level 4 shutdown keeping us powered up!
Woken at 0330 by loud torrential rain (now stopped). I’d like a cup of tea but the power’s still out. 😢
Thunderstorm took our power out. 😒 Good thing we’ve got the fire going.
Aotearoa New Zealand today has a case of Covid in the community that can’t be linked to the border. Precautionary assumption is that it’s the Delta variant. The whole country is going into Level 4 shutdown from midnight tonight for at least 3 days. 12 months since last Level 4.
Feature request or suggestion @help : put some of the info from or even just the link to Exporting from Micro.blog - Getting started - Micro.blog Help Center on the page where one can actually export via the web interface. I spent ages trying to find what a .bar format is.
OK, today Vodafone rang me about our Internet upgrade. — Maybe our days of VDSL slow Internet are over — A new 4G modem is on its way. By the end of the month we should be speeding across the Interwebs. 😀 Also a cheaper plan, no contract and still unlimited data. 👍
At Roaring Bay rare Yellow-eyed Penguins come and go at dawn and dusk. We spotted two. 🐦 A much more distant view than on the Milford Wanderer when a couple floated by looking like driftwood, till they put their heads up! Zoomed and cropped. Bonus Sealion.
The Seascape Accommodation in Kaka Point, The Catlins was a superb place to stay. Gorgeous units with a super view, directly across a not very busy road from the beach. The hosts were extremely welcoming too, with extras like a packet of chips, some chocolate and a friendly note.
My two Japanese quail are clearly independent thinkers, having produced these first eggs of the season. Thing is, we have 10.5 hours of daylight today and they “shouldn’t” start laying till we have 12 hours daylight per day — ie late September. 🐦 🥚 Clever girls!
Hmmm, I see there’s an OS update to 11.5.2. Updating…
BTW: not looking for troubleshooting tips or anything on my Mac randomly rebooting. It’s more just a record.