Another stunning day in New Zealand but I'm heading to the airport. Gonna be using at least one of these driver's licenses by the end of the week! Haven't done one of these trips for a while. Getting excited. I wonder what I'll be driving & reviewing? 🤔

This story seems to be turning into a PR disaster for the company involved. I suppose one silver lining is that it's a timely reminder to be look after your hardest-working employees, especially those in public-facing roles. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

"Yeah but if we all switched to electric cars overnight, what would we do with all the combustion engines???" Well, here's one solution. 😁

Seems that way.

I'm not a qualified towologist, but something definitely seems off here. 😅

I'm gonna save so much money by switching to Ferity.

How could anyone possibly measure up to this guy?

Oh, somehow I doubt that.

Uh...

I thought it was gonna be a drama but setting up the Libby app took like four seconds. Got thousands of audiobooks there, plus it's free. Like, actually free. I was a fool for paying for Spotify as long as I did. A total idiot.

Bed, bath and beyond.

Didn't have a whisk but had a battery powered drill and a fork. Baking a feijoa cake.

I'm so lazy I devised a way to turn on the shower from my bed. 😁

A Cybertruck doorstop. Has science gone too far? 🧐

The Dongfeng 007 is an affordable performance car, which is an odd thing in itself. Feels like James Bond but on a kiwi budget. 😅 Video review coming soon.

That's neat. The Dongfeng 007 has a built-in dash camera and it records braking, accelerating, indicators and even headlights. Doesn't include the side or rear cameras though - at least not yet.

Ditching Spotify after more price hikes makes me yearn for a pre-enshittified internet so I'm going back to buying off owner-driven sites instead of the MetaMuskMazon empire. E.g. I just ordered a book direct from this dude so that he gets the reward himself. 😊 robertsmodernbookshop.bigcartel.com

Good news! The PSC of the new Dongfeng 007 has been confirmed at 65!

Petrol and diesel cars fought for their lives in Norway but, as you can see, that smelly old Victorian technology ultimately lost the battle to EVs forever. I'm all for it and I love that's happening here too now. I also love how this is frightening some pretty evil businesses. Good.

We just spotted Hulk in the wild, off to Auckland to pick up another EV?

Time to don a suit & a bad Sean Connery impression as I've just picked up a Dongfeng 007 to review. 🍸 These new EVs from China start at $55k NZD ($32k USD) for 520 km range (323 miles). This Performance one costs $5k more but does 0-100 in 3.9 seconds. Any questions for the review? Let me know!

See ya, Spotify. I'm going back to a pre-enshittified time.

Get knotted, Spotify.

Woke up to Spotify demanding more money yet again without any improvement in service again. Corporate enshittification has reached breaking point and today marks a line in the sand. I'm cancelling it and encourage you to do the same if you still have principles in 2026. We hold ALL the power.

Don't worry, we all misread it.

Wow. Police in Shenzhen, China, are showing off their latest police robot walking alongside human police officers. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Facebook sent me a new pet.

The answer is no.

Important to have chilled zesty drink when sightseeing. 😁 The car and the ice in the chilly bin are solar powered of course.

Man, the sun visor in the original Leaf is stubby. Hoping it has a great personality at least.

Something tells me it's closed. 😂

It's astounding it's taken me this long to pay respect to the creator of the utterly mad Rocky Horror Picture s Show in Hamilton.

Finally! Toasters have touchscreens, weather apps & connectivity. They've found a way to make a device which should last 30+ years now last only as long as the manufacturer supports the operating system then it's a brick. Yay! Progress!

This is the new Xpeng G6 and I just rapid charged it in less time than... actually, I won't spoil it. Enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0YD... Give me a sympathy click or even a share if you can. Costs you nothing but keeps a roof over my pasty head.

Oh, this is me. Checkouts, cars, machines, be warned: do NOT talk to me in my holy tongue without permission. You are a cold, dead machine while I am a vastly superior being known as a human. Know your place and be quiet, clanker.

Bought this for $28! Who remembers these things? Best of all, it actually still works!

Watching a farming program and realised Livestock can be sung to the tune of the B-52s' Love Shack and promptly ruined both.

Sucks seeing kiwis struggling with food bills online and not having enough spare money to help. I wonder if billionaires ever have that feeling? Surely some must?

This is a very different kind of camera rig installed into a Deepal 007 electric car. Dude's made a 𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚒𝚍-𝚍𝚎𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚢𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚊 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚛; a sentence I didn't plan on writing when I woke up this morning. 😄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT2p...

I've known of Brent's Honda City EV conversion for ages. In this fresh video he looks at the battery health after fourteen years of driving his home-built electric car. The short answer? These old batteries are still operating in remarkably good condition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wv1...

Seems anti-EV commenters on Reddit always have their comment history hidden to make it harder to discover they're likely bot accounts operated by PR firms funded by bad actors & oil companies. It's common now. Need a Firefox plug-in that blocks all Reddit accounts which have their history hidden.

I'm not a professional oilologist, but shouldn't the oil be 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 the rattlebox? 🤨

This Aussie trucking firm switched their fleet to electric last year, eliminating the cost of 30 dirty diseasels. They've since built 2 charging sites powered by 4.4 megawatts of solar + battery storage, plus 15 rapid chargers. Electric tech ain't slowing down, so come join the winning team. 🔋

Warning: this webpage will, A: infuriate your petrolhead mate on Facebook, B: cause EV drivers to say, "well, duh". notoil.interwebz.nz

This drink flavoring works out to be $132 per litre even though it only has four ingredients. Someone's getting ripped off.

I followed the instructions.

Holiday's over. Back to the grind. Changes are coming.

Bought this for $28 in an op shop today. Perfect piece of retro tech for the guest room in my 1960s house. Do young peeps even know what it is?

Forget iPhones & spyphones, this was peak tech.

Anyone else my age grateful? We were lucky as hell.