We drove 45 minutes to Linton where there’s a military camp and (who knew?) the Manawatū Prison. And one entrance to the new He Ara Kotahi walkway. We didn’t get far — the dogs can only do short walks, but enjoyed it. Sasha didn’t like the bouncy Kahuterawa Bridge.
And in today’s episode of ‘a bad worker always blames their tools’ I will say that Markdown has never been my thing. I vastly prefer HTML which is straightforward, easy, unambiguous. The only thing I think that’s easy in MD is a link.
Potentially remarkable; just poor writing:
The range of one male [cat] was found to cover 3,000 hectares, from elevations of 300 to 2,500 metres … It may have been living on Corsica for 6,500 years, since the time of the second human colonisation of the island.
Handy Applescript for MarsEdit — Get title and link in Markdown:
tell application “MarsEdit”
set newLink to ""
set newLink to (permalink of selected post) as text
set newTitle to (title of selected post) as text
set the clipboard to “[" & newTitle & “]" & "(" & newLink & ")"
end tell
I’m starting to wish we had a view of the sea from here. Dashed down to the beach with 3 minutes to spare to watch the sunset. Ngā maunga, the mountains, Taranaki and Ngauruhoe were easy to see in the late light, but aren’t in these iPhone photos.
Such a stunning day. Disappointed I have to go out and do errands.
It’s winter so Mike the farmer feeds out hay to the steers in the paddock next door. They always come running when they see the tractor.
Couldn’t for the life of me figure out where “Page 2 of 12” was coming from in my blog pagination. I was looking behind the scenes at theme files for the wrong blog. Sigh.
Here are Oshi and Sasha in February 2007 when they were 3 months old. That black and tan scoundrel turned into the white and tan Oshi scoundrel. Such colour change is normal apparently. Jet black Sasha is now greying. Her black has faded. 🐶
Sasha has always been much longer than Oshi. When they were 3 months old she was like a puppy, whereas he resembled in almost all ways a guinea pig. When they eat, Oshi stands and inhales food. Sasha, with her longer body, sits and crunches the biscuits. 🐶
Thanks so much @macgenie for interviewing me again on Micro Monday and talking about customising Micro.Blog. Episode 64: Customise Your Microblog. And thanks for editing out my total memory lapse on a name I should have known. 😀 I have big trouble with names.
There were also the giant tortoises, hundreds of years old, a Komodo Dragon missing a foot, and pink flamingos. I’m so glad my photography skills have improved in the last 10 years. I’d love to take these photos again now.
A fond memory: way back in December 2008 I visited Honolulu Zoo — an amazing place. I saw this Secretary Bird and Crowned Cranes. What astonishing birds. I’m usually ambivalent about zoos, but that one was very special.
WOW!!! Re Apollo moon landing: On the seamstresses who wove the computer memory by hand
Apollo computers had a total 73 KB memory. … hired seamstresses. … Every wire had to be right. …They hired women…8 weeks manufacturing … sitting at … looms weaving wires, 1 wire at a time.
Excellent: The Postcards Guide to Braille!. Go take a look.
Bonus fun fact: Braille is originally based on Night writing (or sonography), a tactile reading/writing system created for soldiers to communicate silently at night.
Waiting for my Skype meeting participant… Drums fingers… Meanwhile they messaged me: Where are you? We switched to Zoom. Today Skype just utterly failed. Last used 6 months ago. Delighted to trash the junk today. And, thanks to Hazel, all the files that belong to it.
For heaven’s sake! I can’t board a flight with an almost microscopic pocket knife, but A person, who potentially exposed hundreds of domestic passengers last week to measles, had ignored warnings to stay isolated. There should be a legal penalty. Bioterrorism.
I’m extremely excited to announce my new project How to customise Micro.Blog, including such oft-requested tutorials as:
- Add a favicon
- Change the date format
- Hide things with CSS
- How to style an image in a post
So far, 37 posts, with more being added each week. @custom
This little 2.5 minute video is interesting: Ōtaki River Bridge
This new bridge across the Ōtaki River is part of the Expressway build. 300 tonnes, special adaptations to move with earthquakes.
Last year I studied entry level Te Reo Māori (Māori language) at Te Wananga o Aotearoa. Today I received my certificate. Reckon I could get into Starfleet HQ with that badge?
