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Fifty-something geek; tech; aviation; ngā manu o aotearoa; photography

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2025-04-11 08:35:24

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@nprofile…jc9n @nprofile…e86t @nprofile…qerw ehhh, alt-text like that is kinda like tricking out a wheelchair ramp for skateboarding.

2025-04-03 00:03:42

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@nprofile…83c6 that’s an old photo, from 2017. I *think* it was about the same last time I was there, in 2023.

2024-12-31 00:03:19

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@nprofile…jc9n @nprofile…qerw all I can say is this: it's his playground, so... your only option is to go play somewhere else.

2024-09-06 14:06:53

Yellow-streaked Lory
The Yellow-streaked Lory (Chalcopsitta scintillata) is the bird that made me change one of my regional categories! It is found in southern New Guinea and the Aru Islands. For this reason, I have expanded my Australia category to Australasia. While that region also includes Aotearoa New Zealand, you can safely assume birds categorised as such are not natives here. This example was at a feeding station in the Lory Loft aviary at Mandai Bird Paradise,…
https://justbirds.photo/2024/yellow-streaked-lory/

2024-07-06 03:44:30

It's been a while, so here's a fresh edit of a nine and a half year old photo.
I've just got and set up a new laptop, so I'm taking a bunch of my software for a spin again to get things set up how I like — and not necessarily how I had it on the old one!
So how about a slightly "crunchy” HDR rendition of the Goodyear FG1D Corsair, ZK-COR at Wings Over Wairarapa 2015.
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/112/737/482/674/424/402/original/5b61eac822594dc4.jpeg

2024-05-27 04:22:35

Not too shabby for a late May afternoon.
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/112/511/139/917/004/783/original/2ba3d6b4cc0703a0.jpeg

2024-05-15 19:23:14

@npub15ml…2w4s here’s the car for your daughter. It’s electric.
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2024-02-14 07:28:39

Is NOW a good time for NZ to invest in at least one, large, firefighting fixed wing aircraft?
Dunno about the economics, particularly for winter, but watching the choppers with those piddly buckets always makes me think of what other countries have.

2024-02-07 19:33:37

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@npub1xkk…9gj7 spectacular! Worth the wait.

2024-01-19 01:30:52

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@npub1hvz…mle9 I know the feeling! Our house isn't open at all, but it is wooden and without any internal insulation. Sound travels and it creaks. But the biggest two problems for me are:
1. Every room bar one is either adjacent to or has a good audio path to my study.
2. My hearing seems to be *improving* with age. If people talk clearly, and especially if anyone raises their voice, I can hear most of what they say.

2024-01-15 22:31:16

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@npub1ke3…xcva cool pics.
Unfortunately for me, that air show leaves a sour taste in my mouth. My brother and I tried to attend, but the RNZAF, who had proven many times over they could run such an event themselves, and very well at that, elected to sub-contract traffic management and it was a nightmare.
We were underneath this lot at about this time, still nowhere near the entrance. Not like we were strangers to Ohakea shows, either. We were sent on a wild goose chase.
https://flic.kr/p/cbXut9

2024-01-15 07:24:29

There are also a bunch of albums on Flickr — one for each air show I have photos for, plus a few for locations I don't often get to like Sydney and Auckland airports.

2023-12-19 03:34:08

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@npub1hvz…mle9 we hear you; we who have been in this situation.The feeling is real.
I usually turn into a machine right up until they're wheeled off, or I get home if they're staying in hospital, and then I just emotionally crash.

2023-11-22 04:22:18

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@npub16uk…pv7k @npub1uhp…368e I do think the end of the Gates/Ballmer era heralded a new direction for the company and they started having fundamentally good ideas. Just their execution is so... sloppy.
Just open Word, Outlook, and Teams on a Windows computer and look at the design *above the content*. They're all different. Text editing… Word is excellent. Has been for ages. Why isn't that in OneNote? And ALL of their web properties?
The other phrase I attribute to them: “We aspire to good enough.”

2023-11-22 00:27:56

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@npub16uk…pv7k @npub1uhp…368e it is for this reason that I coined the term “biggest of breed” which is often the more accurate term when people say “best of breed” in relation to software.

2023-11-14 05:32:58

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@npub1hvz…mle9 moving slots affecting speed, sure. Smoking from *anywhere* inside a computer? No!

2023-11-09 00:10:26

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@npub1hvz…mle9 whaaaat? I’ve always thought of chock-a-block in terms of chock full. 🤯

2023-10-30 20:20:10

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@npub17nc…9dam @npub1uhp…368e looks like some weird bug. Never seen or heard of that before. Have you tried restarting the phone?

2023-07-03 00:37:48

I've seen so many conflicting posts on “tips for the fediverse” that I think the golden tip would be this.
* Know and adhere to the rules of your instance.
That's it. If anyone gets in your face about something and it doesn't break the rules, well then they're just getting in your face about something they don't like.
Just like on Twitter.