I'm annoyed with Siri and the approach to Timers
I use Timers all the time, especially in the kitchen. I mostly trigger a timer with Siri on my watch. Yesterday I set a timer so the meal I was making could cook for 40 minutes before I added more ingredients.
Forgetting that, and after doing some cleanup, I then made a cup of tea and set a timer for 3 minutes for the tea to steep.
That second timer simply obliterated the first, with no warning. Annoying!
The behaviour I'd expect would be some feedback pointing out I already have a timer with x-minutes to run, should this new timer replace that?
Best of all, of course, would be to be able to run multiple timers on the same device concurrently.
If I ever thought about a gong it’d be to picture someone hitting a huge metal disc very hard. The Otherworldly Sounds of a Giant Gong shows a very different reality. Watch the 3 short videos and hear the amazing sounds a gong produces.
Fabulous to see local company Omeo Technology has received funding for development. If I needed a wheelchair (and had the eye-watering $$$) I’d use one of them for sure. Why oh why did Radio NZ use an old-fashioned hospital wheelchair picture on their story?
Finally did my part for the annual Garden Bird Survey. I saw or heard a dozen starlings, 2 fantails, 1 pheasant, 5 magpies, 8 ducks, 2 sparrows, 1 hawk, 1 plover, 1 grey warbler (as always, the grey warbler was heard, not seen). Plus miscellaneous birds that whizzed past.
Gorge cafe in Ōtaki had a good menu, including some locally produced meats. We had the hotcakes and they were delicious. The coffee and hot chocolate were also excellent. After this first visit we’ll be sure to eat there again.
Buttermilk hotcakes with roasted rhubarb and pear, cream, chopped walnuts and an exquisite maple syrup, plus a slice of dried apple.
Gorge on Riverbank Road in Ōtaki is a Wellington style cafe. Unfortunately it’s also large and not insulated. Needs a fire. Blimmin cold on this 8C winter morning.
Hooo. “New Zealand has been confirmed as the primary location for the $1.5 billion-production of The Lord of the Rings TV series.” Good news for our industry, I guess. Can we handle all the extra tourists? Bad: “an incredible opportunity for NZ to become Middle Earth forever”.
Here’s my job for a few hours this afternoon. I made the mistake of buying firewood earlier this year from a random guy on Facebook. Surprisingly enough he lied about the wood being dry. 😒 Today’s 4 cubic metres from a trusted source is dry.
Tip for Apple users. Next time @help announces Micro.Blog down time, you can use Siri to work out when that will be. “Hey Siri: what’s the time now in Austin, Texas.” Turns out this one will be around 2 pm in New Zealand.
Watched The DUFF. It wasn’t bad. I’m far from the target audience, but it was largely inoffensive and had a good message for teens.
Bianca discovers she’s the DUFF — the person who is less popular and more accessible. People exploit the DUFF to get to the popular people.
In a 1 KM stretch of Strathnaver Drive there are 3 speed bumps. As they’re designed to do they slow down cars and trucks. Quad bikes, motorbikes, horses and pedestrians go around the side. They’re awful for cyclists. Going round the side means gravel, potholes, loose sand et al.
My latest Micro.Blog tutorial: Add number of available pages to the pagination.
Page numbering with links to older and newer posts.
At 12 and a half Sasha and Oshi don’t play so much these days. Today they had a bit of fun though. 🐶
Dashed out on the deck with the iPhone on noticing the dramatic sunrise today. View north to the sunrise itself and southwest behind the house.
A new tutorial. I was sidetracked in the middle, then lost track a bit, but I wanted to finish it today. Let me know if you see any problems with it. Link to more blog pages with pagination Helpful with the Marfa theme in particular.
And now, the amazing Kereru. Also probably in Wellington and with a Canon EOS 300D. Some live only 4KM away at Manakau (as the kereru flies), but not here, sadly. Also known as a ‘wood pigeon’, they’re large, fly slowly and are very beautiful.
I also managed this photo I like of a magpie. Also probably in Wellington and with a Canon EOS 300D.
Rediscovered (and imported to Photos) 1400 images from 2005. Found these two of a gull, probably in Wellington. Taken with a Canon EOS 300D.
I really enjoyed the movie Gifted. I even shed a tear. 7-year old Mary is a maths prodigy who lives with her uncle. Her best friends are an adult woman neighbour and a one-eyed cat called Fred. The struggle is to give her a normal kid’s life.
I have a new goal to go down to the beach and watch the sunset at some point each week. Tonight I took my eclipse glasses with me and tried them out on the iPhone. The result was fun. Pretty sure I saw that green flash at the last moment too.
