Miraz Jordan

Hmmm, currently my M1 MacBook Pro refuses to load Amazon.com despite extensive troubleshooting. 2016 MacBook Pro though has no problem with it. Still investigating… (I had thought I’d sell this old Mac, but now I’m not so sure…)

I’m unhappy when I spot random bits of plastic, rope or other stuff on our beach, but we have nothing like this level of pollution: The Beach Where Lego Keeps Washing Up. Apparently studies have shown Lego in a marine environment could last 1300 years!

💪🏼 ♀ Motherhood on the Battlefield of Death | The Order of the Good Death:

For Mesoamerican people childbirth was considered a form of battle, therefore, women who gave birth were revered as heroes and great warriors.

Predicted tracks for the LongMarch5B CZ-5B rocket body reentry are narrowing down. Our house is right under one of them (blue line). 09 May 2021 03:26 ± 2 hours UTC. So, that’ll be this afternoon for us.

The Aerospace Corporation tweet

Rocket photo

Sunrise at about 7.00 this morning was a very intense red.

Pausing by the river to sit in the sun and fresh air for a bit.

I enjoyed Dying Bad (DI Sarah Quinn Mystery Book 3) by Maureen Carter. I especially like the way the lead character abbreviates and makes more or less oblique references to cliches and idioms. 📚

[unsatisfactory answer] ‘Ok.’ If you want a thing doing. ‘I’ll listen to the tape…’

Each time the chain comes off my bike I’m that bit more adept at putting it back on. Apparently this chain falling off thing is more of a problem on bikes like mine that have a single ummm cog (?) at the front.

My first attempt at cooking crepes was a definite ‘learning experience’ (ie failure). The pan should have been hotter, the crepe thinner. We also didn’t have the right flour and the fruit I thought was a lemon must have been a lime. Next time…

I want to give a huge shoutout to @danielpunkass A recent version of Black Ink let subscribers get the NY Times crossword. It mostly didn’t work for me and seemed a totally erratic problem. Daniel plugged away at it though and quickly solved the weird timezone issue. 👏🏼🏆

Of course … yesterday I had a new spare house key cut. Today I found the one that had gone missing. 🧐

This is a superb 8 minute documentary: The typeface that told the stories of Chinese New Zealanders:

this set of heavy lead typeface has a fascinating story to tell about the history of Chinese New Zealanders.

Indeed!

If Aotearoa is serious about creating a future that young people can see themselves in, it’s time to divest from a very peculiar, and often overlooked fossil fuel: hobbits.

The case to divest the NZ economy of hobbits

Whew! Drama in our house this morning as Deb spilled half a glass of plain water on her MacBook Pro. Draining, drying, airing. That machine has been a trouble magnet. I’m trying to get her to buy a new M1 MacBook Pro. The battery life on mine is phenomenal. She’d love that! 💻

At line dancing class today I was thinking about how learning goes:

new new new new new new new new new 🥵 new 🤯 new 🥵 new new familiar 🤩 new new new familiar 🤩 new new new 🥵 new familiar familiar 🤩 new new new…