Joshua Leung

PhD. Graphics / HCI / InfoViz.

* Software Engineer (Python + Rust + Qt / QML + C)
* Blender Dev (Animation + Grease Pencil)
* Creator of TPMS Studio
* Photographer
* Violinist / Composer
* Bird Paparazzo
* Avgeek

Christchurch, NZ

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2024-09-13 04:49:47

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@npub19xu…e8yd
Argh! Best wishes for a speedy recovery from whatever the condition is!

2024-09-13 04:38:04

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@npub19xu…e8yd
Ouch! That sounds horrifying! 😬
It was bad enough that time I had to have eye drops for a week!
Hopefully this doesn't become a permanent fixture on your calendar...

2024-09-04 01:57:41

Bloody hell! Some bastard has gone and CUT the lid off our green bin again, dumping it in the gutter 🤬
It seems they were very pissed that we used a new repair method that didn't involve globs of glue this time (i.e I recommended using a heat gun this time to spot weld the broken side this time... bastard broke both sides in retaliation)
Shall re-repair and seriously look into getting security cams

2024-09-01 21:44:09

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@npub19xu…e8yd
Oh, I saw some in a New World 1-2 weeks ago

2024-08-20 06:04:16

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@npub1zg9…nh26
43" - The size of my main monitor at work 😜

2024-08-19 00:27:01

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Jealous! Didn't see so much as a fleck last night - only that the big band of potential snowmaking stuff got stalled over Lake Ellesmere by the Port Hills. 😠
Today, a mix of sun and clouds.

2024-08-18 07:22:13

Hang on, am I reading this correctly?
"Snow to near sea level"? 👀
It definitely feels *frigid* cold right now, and the lawn is looking awfully light coloured (even though the pathways are all too soggy for snow)
There is hope I think for some interesting activity soonish 🤞
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2024-08-12 07:39:50

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@npub1p80…vay3
Have tried twice in past half hour here. No dice... just mostly light pollution it seems (unless the pink/magenta glow on the fine of particularly strong patch of sodium lights is aurora glow)

2024-08-12 00:26:54

Just watched rain band blowing through. Very impressive watching waves / sheets of rain blasting past, skies darkened to the west, and the flags on next door golf course fluttering like they're about to take off.

2024-08-07 22:37:18

Hmm... dunno if something has changed recently, of if it's just me missing this till now, but it seems that once you move messages into a folder, the thread grouping breaks / stops working / isn't available. Am I missing something?
(The other annoying bit is that toggling a thread to close takes 3 clicks (!)... why it cannot just bloody close the first time beats me 🙄)

2024-08-05 22:08:56

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@npub147m…7rue
Oof... and that's in a so-calles dark sky reserve too 😬

2024-07-31 05:19:42

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@npub1trd…ussx
Dangerous slippery slope there. The CCP basically did that to anyone they didn't like... we all know how badly that has gone.

2024-07-05 09:52:23

Am reminded the NZ Garden Bird survey is on at the moment.
Sadly, whoever set this up decided to make it happen during the 2-3 weeks where our garden usually gets *no birds* (or close to none)... but if you just go back about a month 🤭
Sigh... methinks this survey is a grossly inaccurate sample 😜

2024-06-11 20:17:27

Brrrr... it's even colder than forecast 🥶
-5.2 outside
0.3 inside glasshouse
11 in the living room
16 inside my room
Oh, and at least a few windows are frozen solid, when itried to open to peep outside
🥶
#Christchurch #ColdMorning #Frost

2024-06-07 00:00:41

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@npub17nc…9dam
Poor buggers...
(*) both the hedgehog AND the ratepayer/taxpayer double-taxed folk who will now have to pay for this pothole repair - after paying for whatever damage the pothole does

2024-05-26 22:36:14

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@npub1trd…ussx
That's interesting. Didn't realise that was a "part" charge only. (And until a few years ago, thought that folks didn't actually have to pay for ambulances at all either)

2024-05-26 07:24:29

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@npub17nc…9dam
Only time I've seen one was at Willowbank. Didn't realise we apparently had a "native" species here... thought they were an Australian / Australia only species

2024-05-25 07:06:50

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@npub147m…7rue
TBH, I don't recognize most of the "celebrities" fielded by various "reality" shows here either 😜

2024-05-24 08:57:43

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@npub147m…7rue
What?! Such a thing exists now?! 🤯

2024-05-20 07:21:04

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@npub17nc…9dam Woah!

2024-05-20 01:57:01

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Try grabbing some cuttings before then? Haven't tried rooting any, but might work?

2024-05-16 09:19:19

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@npub147m…7rue
Lucky southerners! 😜
We have cloud here tonight to the south tonight, rising up quite high.

2024-05-09 06:28:45

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@npub1zg9…nh26
One of the few times a fire breathing dragon would come in handy 😜

2024-04-17 22:30:14

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Wow... what a dramatic morning! Glad to hear you've got the final consent needed though

2024-04-15 23:20:30

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Oh no! So sorry to hear this, that really sucks.

2024-04-11 02:35:13

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Hang on... I thought retirement homes were the ones where they locked up the old folks and didn't let them leave that easily... or did I confuse those for something else elsewhere? 😜

2024-04-10 20:47:31

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@npub1zg9…nh26
That sucks! Has it been out for a while, or just today?

2024-04-09 01:24:40

Ugh... that apparent mosquito bite just above + behind right knee seems to have gotten worse. Now feeling a lot more swollen. Tried anthisan when I noticed it this morning, but will probably try antihistamine tablet after lunch...
Hope it wasn't from that spider on the ceiling this morning, or something worse 😬

2024-04-02 01:48:48

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Had to do a double take and check the date on that news when I saw it yesterday evening 😂

2024-04-01 05:33:14

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@npub17nc…9dam
Ooh... judging by the pods, it might be close to flowering then. Might have to pop by again later in the week to keep an eye on it then.

2024-03-30 22:08:36

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@npub19xu…e8yd
Another episode in the series: "The Smoky Menace" or "The Hazy Menace"

2024-03-22 08:26:46

Seen on FB via "Happy Gardens":
"Putting googly eyes on birds of paradise needs to become a trend"
Totally agree! 😂
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/112/138/379/556/816/077/original/179f2d8b72d28f33.jpg

2024-03-17 07:58:29

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@npub19xu…e8yd
Typical for these kinds of things.
Another one: Web Outlook + Ms Authenticator 2FA don't work via mobile data if you're in a moving vehicle

2024-03-15 04:47:38

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Ooh... might add it to the pile of stuff on there I always think I'll get to watching - "sometime" 😂

2024-03-11 01:08:26

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Back in 2020, a colleague came back from Masters Games with a bout of something.
I can't remember now though whether it was from him or the other guy who went and got Lasik that ended up making three of us in the row of desks facing those two got sick (2 of us were completely out the next day, and stayed out till the middle of next week).

2024-03-10 04:10:23

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@npub147m…7rue
Woah! Thanks for sharing. That sounds pretty terrifying!
I've definitely experienced earwax / eustachian tube blockage related hearing loss a few times over the past few years (most recently when last seriously sick), and the kind of inward pulling pressure coupled with hearing loss on one side is quite uncomfortable. But yeah, this sounds way worse!
Hopefully there is some improvement for you at some point! 🤞

2024-02-28 19:39:29

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Didn't they give her a "cone of shame" to prevent that? Or is she trying to bunny kick if off *with claws*?

2024-02-17 23:07:15

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Eek! That stuff's nasty indeed!
Hope you manage to get them culled soon by whoever manages them (neighbour / council)
And to think we lived for years with two massive ones down the neighbour's driveway! *shudders* (December 2017 asthma around/after Christmas... 😖)

2024-02-16 07:40:42

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@npub1zg9…nh26
I see... it just feels like yesterday was after 8:45, but today it's already 8:35 ish. And over the weekend, it was still around 9...

2024-02-16 07:35:39

Is it just me, or has sunset started happening a good 30-40 minutes earlier this week (and maybe 5-10 minutes earlier everyday - especially over the last 3 days)?

2024-02-15 23:52:49

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@npub1zg9…nh26
That's relatively good news then 😊
Would also explain a bit why no food was eaten overnight...

2024-02-15 03:53:41

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Guess you've now got a cat hotel bill to pay for tonight at least now 😬

2024-02-14 07:10:08

Just got home from a good long drive to find good vantage points to get a look at this thing.
Geez... not looking good. Quite a large area covered in lots of smouldering fronts emitting lots of billowing smoke.
Hope no one loses their homes over this!
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/111/928/598/445/744/054/original/61f2ce81ec9f5573.jpeg

2024-02-12 21:59:24

Heard a bellbird singing an appregiated descending b-minor triad this morning when getting out of my car 😂
fis''4 d''4 b'4

2024-02-10 12:10:13

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@npub17nc…9dam
As for Riccarton Bush in general: I love heading in there.
(As the closest patch of native bush, with actually "easy" walking trails - unlike those misleadingly named monstrosities in Mt Cook 😜, it's probably my "go to")
The swarm of little mosquitoes that bit my fingers when I foolishly stood still while holding my phone screen up in a dark area to try to record the ambient forest sounds though... 😅... 😵😬🤬 (The scars from that encounter still flare up when I get stressed!)

2024-02-10 12:05:48

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@npub17nc…9dam
Interesting. Didn't know about the practice of mowing everything! That would've been quite a job (or maybe not so bad back then when they kept doing it, and old stuff hadn't started falling everywhere... dunno)

2024-02-07 23:52:37

Not a good day... 😬
* Woke up late, as dark rainclouds this morning made me think it was an hour earlier than it really was
* Am now realizing that this list model I put off working on yesterday is actually twice as complex to implement as I'd thought... Turns out all the other "listOfInterest" models this one behaves like store keys/indices under the hood and not the string values directly. 🤦‍♂️
Now I need to regrok this whole system I made 4 years ago to figure out how to do this one 😬

2024-02-06 08:11:58

Sunset tonight was so-so...
Pros:
* Better than it was looking even up till 5 minutes earlier
* Much better once I got to the higher up spot I had in mind. Due to low cloud ceilings, really needed to be higher up to see most of the action
Cons:
* Too far to walk in a hurry after dinner in this heat
* Stairwell only lead to the mezzanie, and not to rooftop. Using car would fix 1 + 2 at once
* Missed some nice stuff to the east while trying to cross road and get up stairs. Car won't fix that

2024-02-06 00:05:10

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@npub17nc…9dam
For the next promising sunset, I need to try going to the nearest higher vantage spot. May take a good 5-10 minutes to get there (and I hope I don't run into anyone while doing so).

2024-02-03 04:28:35

And so it begins...
When I first heard about that supermarket chain rebrand last year, the first thought that came to mind was:
"Oh great, now they're doing this to cut costs further by just shipping everything wholesale over from Oz now, without needing to repackage or manage two sets of packaging" 😜
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/shopper-discovers-countdown-bread-was-shipped-from-woolworths-australia/6B3US2ZRVFB3NMQX5KBKXYPVS4/

2024-02-03 04:05:55

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Yuck! Sounds awful! Hope you feel better soon

2024-01-21 05:36:51

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@npub17nc…9dam
It was indeed! So dark and swirling

2024-01-19 08:31:36

Whee! Sunset tonight was pretty awesome too!
Golden, multi-layered to the west - with some bright-sunshine layers.
And then, to the south/east, there were some big golden-fringed lumpy fingers (mamatus-like) against the deep blue sky.
Oh, and rainbows when I stepped outside!
This time, it seemed that it's the EVF that's more out of whack than the LCD on the back. But, at least on camera, it seemed to cope better with the dynamic range of these than old camera.
#sunset #rainbow #clouds
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2024-01-19 07:13:29

Wow... the clouds outside are looking pretty epic tonight / now.
Turbulent + brooding + majestic. Also pretty rain-laden (for the overnight showers)
#Clouds #StormClouds
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2024-01-17 00:21:29

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@npub1zg9…nh26
:birb_full:

2024-01-07 08:28:52

Woah! 😳
Grain silo on Moorhouse Ave suddenly collapsed
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/moorhouse-ave-champion-flour-mills-grain-silo-collapses-onto-car-yard/IJPFOANNEJGTBMHXMKBJ2QOJ6M/

2024-01-05 06:10:30

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@npub1zg9…nh26
😬
At my place, I have a leaking shower currently ("spare" one). A few weeks ago, it was only slowly dripping (<= 1Hz) from one of the "bolts" connecting it to the wall
Also found another (square bolt / piece) at the base of the vertical shaft, has to be kept rotated like 20-30 degrees askew to stop it leaking, at expense of speeding up the wall bolt dripping
Drpping has noticeably sped up past few days (now ~ 2 - 3 Hz, with droplets now larger and falling closer to wall)

2024-01-04 22:12:27

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Great to hear they're all being downcycled 😂
Biggest thing I noticed after getting a new 32 inch monitor for my new workstation setup is just how much sharper it is) and conversely, how blurry / soft a bunch of old photos were in places 🤦‍♂️

2024-01-03 22:16:42

I remember doing this with my parents in our first car years ago 😂
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350120090/stay-car-lessons-nzs-first-and-last-drive-through-lion-enclosure

2024-01-03 21:35:04

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Yuck!

2024-01-03 21:27:54

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Eek... it's global, built into the OS?!
I have enough trouble with Gmail show those when trying to type an email

2024-01-01 22:03:49

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@npub1zg9…nh26 @npub16lz…22j2
Argh! Hope you manage to find a plumber!
We used to have the same problem until 2022, when a leak on the neighbour's side of the fence caused our whole backyard to become an impassible lake... for months!
Took several months to get them onside to agree to get a leak detector in to investigate... then a few more weeks after to negotiate getting plumbers + council in to put in separate supply pipes with separate valves + meters.

2024-01-01 03:54:31

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@npub147m…7rue
TBH, I think it isn't really just foreigners miffed with this. A massive missed opportunity / programming misfire is a more apt way to describe it.
I mean, come on! TVNZ had the Auckland fireworks live feed on their site, and they continue to run ad breaks anyway - so, if they do nothing more than show a special ad-break at midnight with a 10 second countdown + at least first minute of live Auckland fireworks footage, no one can begrudge them really IMO

2023-12-31 04:19:06

The clouds this afternoon are doing some interesting things.
Going from almost no clouds the past 2 days, to suddenly a whole bunch of different types, coupled with norwest breezes, things have been looking quite interesting out there!
The ones included in this post are from the last ~30 minutes
#clouds
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2023-12-27 06:29:08

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Haha... so, it sounds like the curse of me sighting the live broadcast of a "home" team applies also to cricket LOL 😜

2023-12-27 06:19:20

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Don't really watch cricket myself (but did once spend a summer in an office near some cricket-heads, glued to the broadcast)
TBH, I've never really been able to make sense of the scoring system / flow of proceedings - or that of tennis for that matter 😅
That said, I did catch the national anthems tonight.
1) Yay! Is always great hearing our national anthem 😊
2) Wow... didn't know that Bangladesh's national anthem sounded like *that*. Fascinating.

2023-12-25 06:03:34

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@npub147m…7rue
Parasite

2023-12-21 21:53:09

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Bunch of similarities with that time too here 😬
Only differences this time:
Am no longer on fixed-term (project-based) work + have NOT planned a once-in-2-decades short trip down to Queenstown.
There is still hope 🤞

2023-12-18 03:47:33

Oh shit! Looks like we've got a rodent problem in the garage again.
Anyone got a good "mouser" moggy they were gonna have to send to a cattery over Christmas anyway? 😹
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/111/599/359/728/435/811/original/fcdb230f0a03607b.jpg

2023-12-15 09:02:17

A few more from tonight's sunset. Love how the purple hints coming through look 😍
#sunset
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2023-12-12 21:17:01

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Looks a bit like one of the dahlianovas I got earlier.
The one in question originally had 4 flowers, then after they finished up, the whole thing looked like it wasn't coping, so I moved it to the backyard + trimmed off all the yellowing stuff, and now in the past week or two has erupted into loads of flowers.
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/111/569/521/499/633/558/original/98869bda017223d2.jpg

2023-12-09 02:21:13

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Good luck!
Still remember the Christmas right after my PhD graduation: Fell sick a few days later with bad asthma until the new year. The pollen around this time of the year can be no joke...

2023-12-07 07:55:30

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@npub147m…7rue
Was the sun out at the time?

2023-12-06 01:47:49

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@npub16uk…pv7k
Hmm... heard house creak, then felt some light shunting. Might be a digger nearby then 😬

2023-12-06 01:46:15

Light shaky shakey in chc? #eqnz

2023-12-05 06:15:48

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@npub17nc…9dam
Here are some photos of the old cherry tree...
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2023-12-05 02:05:24

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@npub17nc…9dam
I miss the cherry tree the neighbours used to have. It used to have lots of large red fruit around this time up till Christmas (if they lasted that long) that all the birds loved 😥
They were really shiny, and really popped from the foliage in the evening sun

2023-11-27 06:56:46

Just woke up from after-work nap to sight of birds furiously bounding around the flowering bush.
Very energetic today.
Stayed for a long time, hopping from branch to branch.
Light not good for taking photos, so just let them be.
#SilvereyeSeason23

2023-11-21 20:43:31

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Happy Birthday!

2023-11-15 07:48:58

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@npub147m…7rue
What?! Noddy was also created by Enid Blyton?! 😱
IIRC, as a kid, I couldn't stand her other works. Especially all those with a group of kids on summer vacations visiting some remote outpost or something. So utterly boring / insipid... blegh... 🤮

2023-11-15 02:08:45

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Plus, it's just more fun that way!
These days, I honestly do not give a damn anymore how some long dead dude from several centuries might have intended something to be heard or played.
The purist / "authentic" revival clubs can continue to find some quiet corner to go do their thing if they wish 😜

2023-11-15 02:03:18

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@npub1zg9…nh26
IMO, these days, I'd argue that part of being a well rounded musician involves being able to create your own material.
Whether that be to create something wholly new, or to rearrange something else to suit both you, your instrument, and your abilities - to put your own spin on things, or to just breathe new life into a work.
IMO, this is especially important in this age of readily being able to stream pitch perfect recordings from "the best" - in the world, from anytime

2023-11-15 01:38:20

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Wow! You've got yourself a good teacher 👍

2023-11-15 00:46:03

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@npub19xu…e8yd
Haha... that applies to so much of NZ doesn't it 🤣
I've found that things have been getting better regarding January (e.g. used to be end of January for everything. Now, most folk get back in 2nd week)
But certainly, December many folk are in semi holiday mode so not much important happens

2023-11-05 05:27:15

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@npub17nc…9dam
Have some insight into both sides (am in "tree-hugger" camp as you may guess ;)
Why they chop:
* Tree Roots Get Big - The buggers end up lifting/cracking concrete slabs, bursting pipes, and generally breaking stuff right under houses. Gets *very* expensive + disruptive at bad times
* Cost of Tree Pruning Is Expensive (+ gets worse each year) - They need pruning when strong winds snap branches or send them thumping the roof (yours or the neighbours)

2023-11-02 03:02:59

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@npub17nc…9dam
Wow... so many different types!
Hate to say it, but if they all showed up near my place, I'd have to wipe them all out. Have had way too much carpet destroyed by their offspring. At the first sign of moths in the house - smack, smoosh, vacuum! 🙁

2023-10-30 08:40:09

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@npub17nc…9dam
Poor little angel 😢

2023-10-27 02:58:50

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Wonder if they go out there with a rake/pitchfork and yell at anyone trying to park outside their place "for parking too close to the hydrant" like the guy we ran into in New Brighton a few years ago

2023-10-26 23:22:44

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@npub1zg9…nh26
IIRC not usually...
Norwesters / really windy days outside are a problem though.

2023-10-23 01:19:59

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Oh no!
Just checked our forecast too, and it looks like we'll have a few zero-degree nights around then too. Just when I started moving a bunch of stuff out of the glasshouse this morning (including repotting one that won't fit in there anymore) 😬

2023-10-18 22:30:34

Ugh! Have sore back this morning after the drive to work. 🤒
Backrest on driver's seat got adjusted by the service centre staff yesterday, but couldn't figure out how to adjust the thing. It was somewhat leaning forward (I.e. butt back, neck forward style), like some kind of pooping midget on a crouch toilet.
Only when getting off and having a second good look did I find that I'd been grabbing the wrong lever 🤦‍♂️

2023-10-12 05:31:00

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Ahh... yeah, those will do that.
So glad the two big ones we had next door got felled a few years ago. Has helped quite a bit

2023-10-11 00:04:53

Whee! Pair of Texans just flew over in formation 😊
Heard them coming and figured they sounded like either Texans or the Sounds Air Pilatus. Just as I was about to check radar, I spotted them and got a quick snap on my phone.

2023-10-10 22:13:26

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@npub17nc…9dam
Yep sounds like it
https://youtu.be/D-33K0AJAu0

2023-10-10 21:52:19

Silvereyes are "laughing". I repeat, silvereyes are laughing right now in the tree. 😂
(Wish I had managed to record a video of that time one sat right in front of me and did this. It would've been thr best proof that they make this noise)

2023-10-09 19:15:50

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@npub1zg9…nh26
Aye... that is the problem. You touch one area, then the rest also needs a spruce up 🤣

2023-10-04 01:42:22

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@npub1zg9…nh26
1) They flower? 😱
2) Can release allergens 😳

2023-09-30 05:07:44

Aaaaarrgh! I **HATE** APHIDS (+ ANTS)!!!
Just went to deadhead some of my polyanthers, which have been looking a bit tired the past few days.
As I found more and more to snip, I also started running into lots of the dreaded green sesame bugs + their white wiggly larvae. Managed to squish many, but also saw a few trying to make a rapid getaway! 🤬
Have now carpet bombed the flowerbeds with the concentrated bugspray, and will repeat in a few days if I spot any more!

2023-09-29 05:37:00

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@npub1zg9…nh26
When it works, it works! Especially when it comes to coughing 😊

2023-09-23 23:07:47

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@npub17nc…9dam
What?! That is quite surprising then! Doesn't bid well for trying to see one... have heard a few in recent weeks, though perhaps it's true they really are not that common now