I want user-centred guides to trails: you want a 1 hour easy walk? Try Walk X. A steep walk needing superfit? Try Walk Q. Don’t have a mountain bike? Here are the bike trails for you…
Probably anyone old enough to remember computer manuals will recall the earliest versions: File menu - New, makes a new doc; Save, saves the doc; Open, opens the doc etc etc. Useless as a manual. My attempts to find bike rides and walks are meeting the same block: About Walk A…
Thanks to all for the affirmations on my Micro.Blog third anniversary. 😊 This is truly a wonderful community and my decision to move my blogging here was indeed the right one. Thanks for reading.
Apparently this is my 3 year anniversary of posting on Micro.Blog. What a good choice that was! Thanks On This Day for the clue. // @cleverdevil
A while back the Council erected (needless and incorrect) speed signs nearby then removed the signs but left the posts. Now some wag has added a smiley face to one and an intriguing clock face to the other. The clock face shows a map of the world and the words “Tick Tock”.
Whew. That 20 minute drive home from the supermarket took me around 4.25 hours thanks to the road being closed. I spent a chunk of the time in the Library after turning back to Levin. After the road opened it took me about 1.25 hours because traffic was all backed up.
After listening to the whole of the latest Core Intuition without getting noticeably closer to home I turned back and am ensconced in the library. The road may be closed for hours yet apparently.
Second time in just a few weeks that my trip home from the supermarket takes hours. 😒 SH1 ŌHAU, MANAWATŪ-WHANGANUI - CRASH - UPDATE... - Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency Central North Island | Facebook:
SCU are now on site to investigate this crash. This investigation will take several hours.
Please continue to delay your travel through the area or expect MAJOR DELAYS, as there is no detour available.
John Gruber’s turn of phrase here really made me laugh — Why Parler Is Likely to Fold:
Always seemed pretty obvious that the minds behind Parler weren’t exactly sharp knives, but it’s looking more and more like they’re on the plastic cutlery end of the spectrum.
Intriguing to find sand sculpting like this on dry sand up the beach rather than by the water.
At first I thought this was an old banana peel discarded on the beach. Then I noticed the teeth! I don’t know what the fish used to be.
hey @jean I enjoyed Voyager Revisited | Organics Are So Revolting (Episode 21) with Shelly Brisbin. I’d never noticed the first name form of address for Torres… It’s kind of you to link to my website in the show notes, but I imagine you intended to link to Shelly. 🧐
This photo should show how my MacBook Pro screen has horizontal lines where the same stuff on my iPad doesn’t. First time I’ve used Sidecar. The lines could probably be fixed but the cost worries me and this Mac is almost 5 years old. The battery needs service too.
Usually I’d be very excited about ordering a new MacBook Pro. But, I’d hoped to wait until the 15" model M1 was available, presumably ~November 2021 and this is only 13”. This has been triggered by my screen showing fine horizontal lines. It’s like looking through a flyscreen!
These two were about to get dinner and not being very co-operative. However, they’re due for a groom in a few days and I wanted a ‘before' shot. Sasha and Oshi. 🐶 They had just had ears and tails brushed.
We enjoyed the final episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 3. Great visuals and action, satisfying story wrap-up. It’s been such a good season of this show. So pleased to see a Season 4 is planned. 🖖🏼
Interesting SciShow video — Tapputi-Belatekallim: The First Chemical Engineer:
A perfumer from Ancient Babylon named Tapputi-Belatekallim is possibly history's first recorded chemist, and some of the techniques she used are still in practice today.
Last night we went with neighbours for dinner at Longbeach Cafe in Waikanae. Then we took a short sunset stroll on the beach. The sea was so calm. Looking towards Kāpiti Island which is just offshore.
Such an interesting and practical podcast episode: Dump Your Inner Drill Sergeant:
why being a nasty drill sergeant to ourselves is less effective than being a kind coach; and … why developing self-compassion is vital to helping us achieve our new year goals.
