In January we drove north to visit friends in Whangārei. We rounded a corner on the road north of Auckland and there was a pair of huge sculptures on the horizon!
Tom Scott has made a 2+ minute video about the Gibbs Farm Sculpture Park. It's worth a watch.
Such an interesting episode of Death in the Afternoon: Maggots Holding High Carnival:
The American Civil War left roughly 700,000 dead … With millions of pounds of rotting human flesh on the battlefields, burying the dead was a daunting, sometimes insurmountable task.
There are plenty of -isms in the world, but the only one that affects all of us, especially if we’re lucky enough to survive, is ageism. Ashton Applewhite explains it superbly well in this TED Talk. Her book is excellent too and helped form my ideas.
I really enjoyed the Indian movie Bucket List.
40 year old Madhura looks after her family, but the heart of a 20-year old killed in an accident transforms her life as she sets out to fulfil the donor’s bucket list.
Now that Ares is a lonesome kitty I’m trying to spend more time with him. This is very tricky with our dogs. Here’s Ares on the bed this morning. 🐈
Well, thanks to the superb Take Control Of Your Browser book I’ve installed 2 handy browser extensions, checked / changed a few settings and downloaded 2 new browsers to experiment with. And I understand a bit more about a few things. I recommend the book.
Well, by Page 25 of Take Control Of Your Browser I’ve already learned 2 useful new tips, and I’m no stranger to the Mac and its ways. Take Control books are always worth reading.
Take Control Of Your Browser
Hooray! : Take Control of Your Browser, by veteran tech writer Robyn Weisman, helps you discover your browser’s hidden talents, increase browsing speed, solve many common problems, and configure settings and extensions for maximum efficiency. If you’re troubled by ads, frustrated by ineffective searches, or confused by inscrutable error messages, this book will help you overcome your problems. Beginners will find lots of practical how-to advice, and even power users will learn tips and tricks for better browsing.
The Take Control series are superb books. I’ve relied on them for years and years. This title is very exciting!
Someone’s been reading the wrong book about how to craft front page headlines…
I enjoyed the 2019 Indian film Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga this morning. The title translates as “How I felt when I saw that girl”.
the story of Sweety Chaudhary, a closeted lesbian, and her attempts to come out to her religious and traditional Punjabi family.
I was just thinking yesterday we hadn’t had a decent earthquake in a while. So at 4.30 this morning there was a 4.8, shallow, less than 100 km from here but a good rattle. Annoying: I’d just got back to sleep after a bathroom visit and it woke me for the day.
Oshi and Sasha enjoyed their visit to the beach this morning. I spent a while taking photos of Fishing vessel 63018 Clam Legend working very near the shore. 🐶
Our local paper has the most thrilling headlines. Tomorrow is Anzac Day, hence the emphasis on soldiers.
I’ve been watching Homecoming: a film by Beyoncé. It’s an amazing show. She has more energy in her little finger than I have for a whole year!
Thanks to one of my favourite apps Hazel and its ‘sweep’ function, when I deleted the troublesome app trial, all its tentacles went too.
I hope they don’t really mean this! Zero privacy from spam? Mind you, they’ve already made me restart my Mac for the trial, create a login for an account I don’t want and failed 4 times to send me a login confirmation I require in order to buy. Time to give up!
Oshi, of course, is waiting for his dinner still (ie biscuits in a bowl on the floor).
It wasn’t meant to be a canine Easter egg hunt, but what else can you do when you spill a whole scoop of biscuits on the floor? 🐶
I really enjoyed listening to @macgenie and Brianna Wu discuss Voyager’s Equinox double episode on 3 You Can’t Underestimate Seven.
In fact, I’m enjoying the thoughtful commentary in all the episodes. And who knew homework could be fun too!