MonkeyKing

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2026-06-03 02:21:44 GMT

Brekkie burger here looks great apart from being too tall to eat as a burger...
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/683/776/467/745/247/original/8ae120b4cfe9a02f.jpg
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2026-06-02 03:07:56 GMT

First quokka sightings. We have instructions to keep our distance from them. They do not appear to have similar instructions to keep their distance from humans.
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/678/303/275/405/936/original/ad059d6db165f757.jpg
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2026-05-23 20:19:57 GMT

Up for virtual London Sci Fi Pub Meet!
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/625/733/407/796/404/original/69a4c42b19aa53f6.png

2026-04-29 22:36:58 GMT

"South Africa has decided to withdraw its draft national AI policy after it was found that some of the rules were AI-generated, citing fictional sources."
""The most plausible explanation is that AI-generated citations were included without proper verification. This should not have happened," Mr Malatsi said."
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-policy-south-africa-withdraw-b2966866.html

2026-04-03 22:55:46 GMT

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@nprofile…wj33 Once had an interview with the UK office of a US-based consultancy. The person who met me in the waiting room introduced himself with "Hi, I'm Randy." I hope I didn't look too shocked...

2026-04-03 22:18:15 GMT

Is it just me or does Randy George sound like the sort of nickname you acquire shortly before an urgent appointment with HR?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8d63v058zo

2026-03-02 06:19:41 GMT

Great work by the Facebook algorithms!
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2026-02-26 10:18:38 GMT

Spotted this sticker (sadly, no fridge magnets) in a Wellie Collective store this evening. Wonder if Ea-nāṣir had any idea people would still be talking about him some 3,776 years later.
Reminds me of that games industry quote: "Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever."
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2026-01-27 18:12:38 GMT

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@nprofile…wj33 Does seem to be increasingly the Reformed Meat Party...

2026-01-27 07:00:33 GMT

I must admit I was genuinely shocked by the news of Braverman's defection to Reform. I assumed she'd done it ages ago!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1evq263e49o

2026-01-23 22:08:33 GMT

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@nprofile…wj33 The makers claim the name is a portmanteau of the founders' names, JOhand and DeBBIE, but a lot of us are unconvinced,

2026-01-23 22:01:24 GMT

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@nprofile…wj33 I know. That's the only reason I'd bring peanut butter back from Malaysia to New Zealand! :-)

2026-01-23 21:59:36 GMT

About to have some Jobbie for breakfast.
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/946/651/720/388/347/original/cdefc4edaa67af57.jpg

2026-01-14 23:58:53 GMT

TIL NZ Post rules prohibit sending keys internationally. They showed me the section in the rule book but they couldn't tell me why. Any ideas?

2025-12-31 03:41:11 GMT

Discovered the place we're staying at has a greenscreen "digital creation" studio, alongside gym, meditation area and co-working spaces on the floor above us. Might be a great place to join @nprofile…xahu's New Year Zoom from!
ETA: I want one!
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2025-12-24 04:23:01 GMT

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@nprofile…etrn we'd noticed our neighbor's cat had been things our place a lot more lately. Turned out it was because they had a new 10-week old kitten and he wasn't happy about that and only going on to eat and hiss at the kitten while doing so!

2025-12-18 03:13:27 GMT

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@nprofile…fwwf well, we did go to that other Titan of Malaysian dining, KFC, last night! Compared with NZ, Hot and Spicy is a) available all the time and b) actually is. It's also a lot less greasy and soggy than NZ KFC :-)

2025-12-17 09:22:15 GMT

Having another Malaysian delicacy, an A&W Root Beer Float, to de-stress. I see the menu now includes a Rendang Burger. May have to try that at some point.

2025-12-12 23:34:29 GMT

Heard on a Times Radio video talking about possible US invasion of Venezuela - "We do not do well against people that fight in flip-flops"!

2025-11-21 06:37:19 GMT

#JukeboxFridayNight
#Medicine ⚕️
Bon Jovi - Bad Medicine
Your love is like bad medicine
Bad medicine is what I need
Oh, oh, oh, shake it up, just like bad medicine
There ain't no doctor that can cure my disease
I ain't got a fever, I got a permanent disease
It'll take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy
I got lots of money, but it isn't what I need
Gonna take more than a shot to get this poison out of me
And I got all the symptoms, count 'em one, two, three
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOUtsybozjg

2025-11-16 03:03:30 GMT

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@nprofile…fwwf Heh. Yep, confirmed as an Xbox 360-USB controller adapter cable.

2025-11-16 00:42:45 GMT

In the midst of another purge. Anyone know what this cable might be for? Other end is USB A.
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/556/596/478/565/704/original/84414cf0cb714d94.jpg

2025-11-08 00:57:52 GMT

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@nprofile…p7rx This one didn't. Obviously just a sample of one but, if Thailand is anything like Malaysia, suspect that may be a thing of the past.

2025-11-07 12:54:48 GMT

Yep, Thai Hot & Spicy KFC is, unlike NZ!

2025-10-30 06:21:22 GMT

So, AWS outage followed by Azure. So, GCP next week and Alibaba Cloud the week after?

2025-10-19 08:26:22 GMT

Slightly disturbing to see PB Tech selling 128GB flash drives for NZ$10.75, not least because my first PC had a then cavernous 90MB hard disk (which cost a lot more than that)!

2025-10-11 00:38:06 GMT

Not sure which surprises me more, that Trump wasn't awarded the Nobel Peace Prize or how well he and his supporters are taking it.

2025-08-09 04:49:32 GMT

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@nprofile…6t6n We suspect the reason we hadn't seen her or Mr Spot for a while is they usually showed up as soon as we started doing anything in the front garden to see what we might disturb/expose and we hadn't done any of that lately...

2025-08-08 22:29:57 GMT

I feel rather happy to know @nprofile…hvqy saw Spot the Blackbird (so-called and recognisable because of a white feather on her wing) on the driveway this morning after not having seen her for a while.

2025-08-08 07:01:13 GMT

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@nprofile…zeef At least twice, that I can see!

2025-08-08 05:53:12 GMT

#JukeboxFridayNight
#BoomBangOrCrash
Can be only one choice for my first entry. Full House!
Roxette - Crash! Boom! Bang!
'Cause every time I seem to fall in love
Crash! Boom! Bang!
I find the heart but then I hit the wall
Crash! Boom! Bang!
That's the call, that's the game and the pain stays the same
https://youtu.be/aoXrd3_3fYI?si=EFoxfuYdOKIeLmQW

2025-08-01 21:23:30 GMT

#JukeboxFridayNight
#MadeMeSmile
Can't believe I forgot this. Such a joyous song that it does indeed make
The Eurythmics - When Tomorrow Comes
Underneath your dream lit eyes
Shades of sleep have driven you away
The moon is pale outside
And you are far from here
Breathing shifts your careless head
Untroubled by the chaos of our lives
Another day, another night
Has taken you again my dear
And you know that I'm gonna be the one
Who'll be there when you need, someone to depend upon
When tomorrow comes
https://youtu.be/4cu-H8koWU4?si=JzFLGGJvoL-Xq36L

2025-07-27 04:48:28 GMT

Just as I was thinking I might sit out the latest round of foldable mobile upgrades one more time (2.5 years is something of a record for me), the WiFi on the Fold 4 stopped working (Bluetooth and mobile data still OK though). So far, shop thinks it might be down to corrosion at the USB port, also near where the WiFi antenna is but will find out more tomorrow. Guess I might need to upgrade after all - hopefully, not till KL visit so I can check out alternatives to the Fold 7 in person!

2025-07-25 07:03:37 GMT

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@nprofile…zeef One one of the many Iron Maiden live videos I've seen, Bruce Dickinson introduced this with "Right, this is what not to do if a bird shits on yer..."

2025-06-22 08:29:14 GMT

Question for anyone on Chorus-based fibre broadband: how often do you have to reset your ONT? Ours seems to crash on average once every 5 days - just seems more frequent than I would expect.

2025-06-20 07:14:29 GMT

Our CTO did a client talk yesterday on AI security issues and had a couple of points that especially entertained me:
- Likening available training data as like fossil fuel - there is only a finite amount of it; and
- As AI output thus gets incorporated into training, we have a bad case of digital Mad Cow Disease.

2025-05-23 12:07:53 GMT

#JukeboxFridayNight
#Money
William Shatner - Common People
Sing along with the common people
Sing along and it might just get you through
Laugh along with the common people
Laugh along, even though they're laughing at you
And the stupid things that you do
'Cause you think that "poor" is cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDMz5RL-wvM

2025-05-04 07:26:43 GMT

Appropriate that @nprofile…hvqy framed this on Star Wars Day. I was actually given the poster (sans frame) by a dealer at Helsinki Worldcon for successfully recognising all the franchises referenced on it - didn't realise he was serious about giving it to me till I was moving on!
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/114/448/361/840/082/591/original/600c079a980d6614.jpg

2025-02-28 08:34:51 GMT

#JukeboxFridayNight
#ScienceAndDiscovery
Jonathan Coulton - Still Alive
Aperture Science:
We do what we must
Because we can
For the good of all of us
Except the ones who are dead
But there's no sense crying
Over every mistake
You just keep on trying
Till you run out of cake
And the science gets done
And you make a neat gun
For the people who are
Still alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ljFaKRTrI