A very interesting 16 minute video: how 2 kinds of echolocation — passive and active — can help build a picture of the world around us. How Blind People See With Sound
Molly’s brain has adapted to listen to sounds in…in ways that most of us sighted people can’t even imagine.
Woohoo, NetNewsWire for Mac is now in beta release. If you read RSS feeds and have a Mac give it a try. It’s a ~massive~ 5MB download. 😀 If you don’t read RSS feeds then absolutely give it a try. RSS is the best! and NNW is the best of the best.
Every day I like to do a free puzzle from Jigsaw Puzzles Epic. Some days I don’t finish and save it for later. While I play I listen to some of the 10 stories in Te Reo Māori from my course. It’s a great way to multitask. Pics: a puzzle and Māui me te Rā — Māui slows the Sun.
I’m watching Newton’s Law on Netflix and am enjoying it. It’s a lightweight series about a lawyer. And it actually fits with @macgenie challenge topic relief, because in a world dominated by US TV shows I’m so relieved to see one from neighbour Australia. Only 8 episodes. 😒
This Southern Bell frog didn’t actually need the support I was about to offer when I found her on the grasses in the garden. Recently I’ve found quite a few dead frogs. @macgenie One-handed iPhone photos are tricky…
I enjoyed Season 1 of Another Life, in spite of some very hokey moments and some icky ‘horror' bits. I’ll watch Season 2, if there is one. There were interesting turns in the plot, and all characters got time in the spotlight. Photo: Katee Sackhoff as Niko, works at a console.
So, Determination, @macgenie. In 2004 and 2019 I visited Tāne Mahuta, a Kauri tree 2,000 years old and part of the Māori creation story. Two millennia of life! Now threatened by Kauri dieback disease, but NZ is determined to keep it alive. 😒 There’s a whole forest in the crown.
How did I get ahead of myself? Cabbage trees like to grow in groups. Family, @macgenie Can you see the young ones?
Oh dear. Watched Io, a post-apocalyptic SciFi movie on Netflix. I did watch to the end but it was hard going. ‘Meaningful’, with many unsatisfactory elements.
Sam Walden is one of few humans remaining on Earth. She lives alone at high altitude, where the air is still breathable
In other places people admire fresh snow. I admire fresh sand.
Wow, imagine a parrot that stands as tall as your hips! World’s largest parrot found in Central Otago:
Named Heracles inexpectatus to reflect its myth-like size and strength, the parrot is estimated to stand up to 1 metre tall and weighs about 7 kilograms.
BTW: it’s a fossil.
Well, @macgenie , I think it’s relaxing to look at horses. I finally got up close to the neighbour’s white girl and her companion. I suspect the brown horse may be a Kaimanawa horse, judging by her stature and rough coat. The white one has had a brand at some point.
I make too many assumptions in a day. One is that the text I have oh-so-carefully typed will remain unchanged. But no, autocorrect, so often so helpful, really interferes with my studies in the Māori language. I carefully type the word ‘waiata’, and poof! it becomes ‘wait’. Bzzt!
I’m always happy to glance out of the window and spot the neighbour’s white horse next door. 🐎
OK. Siri gave me a great laugh. Verbal exchange: Set timer for 20 minutes. Siri: “Done.“ But look what she also wrote: “I see you shiver with antici … pation. “
Many folks here pick up rubbish from the beach. My haul today was mainly all kinds of plastic, plus a glass jar & rusted lid, chair foam, a bag of dog poop, a drink can, paper ice cream cup, shotgun cartridges, rope & string. Photo shows part of today’s haul.
It was stormy overnight but today is splendid. Photo: cabbage tree (Ti Kouka) and, ummm, oak?
Glad to find Season 4 of Veronica Mars. Really enjoying having the show back, especially now all those main characters are adults. I’d happily watch a whole lot more. Only 8 episodes, unfortunately, and we’ve already watched 2… Poster: By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use.
On Sundays we get the dog grooming table out so Deb can iron her work clothes for the week. We also brush ears and tails on the dogs. Here’s Oshi with silky ears. 🐶
So pleased Season 2 of Derry Girls has arrived on Netflix. Disappointed there are only 6 episodes and we’ve already laughed our way through three of them.