Late night call with UK client. Just like three years ago, call was crashed by the same cat!

The Stars are coming right... https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/579204/two-ikea-pop-ups-give-fans-a-glimpse-of-the-goods-before-first-nz-store-opens

Slight detour. @smitty has made the observation that we do forget there are places like this a mere 15 minutes drive from home. We can see South Island from here!

In the midst of another purge. Anyone know what this cable might be for? Other end is USB A.

You'd never guess we were in an Asian supermarket, would you? ;-)

Unfortunate typo. Or is it?

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Bryan Adams - Run To You She says her love for me could never die But that'd change if she ever found out about you and I Oh, but her love is cold Wouldn't hurt her if she didn't know, 'cause When it gets too much I need to feel your touch I'm gonna run to […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Del Amitri - Be My Downfall Well, the bus is pulling out And I guess I'd better go Before I make a grave mistake And let my feelings show And 20 miles away she waits alone for me But when I try to picture her you're the one I see And in another situation I […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies I could probably also spend all night just posting Del Amitri songs! Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know So you're in love with someone else Someone who burns within your soul And it looks like I am the last to know I hear you've never felt so alive So much […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Starting to think I should just post the whole of Tunnel of Love and be done with it! Bruce Springsteen - Two Faces Sometimes, mister, I feel sunny and wild Lord, I love to see my baby smile Then dark clouds come rolling by Two faces have I One that laughs […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies T'Pau - Heaven Only for a moment You were gone away And I had to love somebody I never could wait Oh, I'm sorry now Won't you Take me in your arms again For I have thrown heaven away All for a foolish mistake Oh, I have thrown heaven away Won't you take me […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Huey Lewis & The News - Some Of My Lies Are True I know you think that I've Been stringing you along And that I've told you a few but Sooner or later when you say I love you You're gonna realize that Some of my lies are true […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Bruce Springsteen - Be True You say, I'll be like those other guys Who filled your head with pretty lies And dreams that can never come true Well baby, you be true to me And I'll be true to you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZ_6M8YcQs

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Tracy Byrd - The Truth About Men We don't like to go out shopping We don't care what's on sale We just wanna sit with a bag full of chips Watchin' the NFL When you come over at half time And say, "Does this dress fit too tight?" We just look you in the eye with […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Meat Loaf - I'd Lie for You and that's the Truth I'd never tell you one lie, I'd never let you down I'd never leave, I'd be the one who'd always be around Baby give me a chance I'd pull the sun down from the sky to light your darkest night I wouldn't let one […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Chely Wright - Before You Lie I think I know what you're about to say I can see it in your eyes and on your face We swore we never would So while the words are still unspoken Don't you think you should Take a breath Take a moment Take your time Before you lie […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Billy Ray Cyrus - Truth Is I Lied Truth is I lied when I said I'd always be your whippin' pet I lied when I said, "I shouldn't mind the hurt I guess" When I pleaded and stated I needed you just to survive (I lied) Truth is last night when you tore my heart […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Bruce Springsteen - Brilliant Disguise Now you play the loving woman I'll play the faithful man But just don't look too close Into the palm of my hand Oh, we stood at the altar The gypsy swore that our future was right But come the wee, wee hours Well maybe […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #truthorlies Frank Turner - The Outdoor Type Too scared to let you know that you knew what you were looking for, I lied until I fit the bill; God bless the great indoors. I lied about being the outdoor type. I never owned a sleeping bag, let alone a mountain bike. No, I […]

Huh. Just had an AliExpress ad on FB for a Josef Goebbels 1/6 action figure! An absolute bargain at only NZ$904.28...

Down and safe at Wellington Airport. Remarkably swift through passport control, biosecurity and baggage reclaim, even by Wellington standards! Oh yeah, love the free in-flight Wi-Fi on the QANTAS Sydney-Wellington flights!

At Suvarnabhumi Airport. Been a great trip, both professionally and personally. With hindsight, should have booked an extra day or two's leave for my first non-transit to Bangkok over 30 years though.

This whole Thai-English translating of messages for messaging with Grab drivers is pretty neat!

#JukeboxFridayNight Checked out. Now to find something to do for the next two or so hours that won't involve getting too sweaty...

#JukeboxFridayNight #drivingmusic OK, one last one... Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road Well now, I'm no hero, that's understood All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood With a chance to make it good somehow Hey, what else can we do now? Except roll down the window And […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #drivingmusic Iron Maiden - Running Free Just sixteen, a pickup truck, out of money, out of luck I've got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas, and here I go I'm running free yeah, I'm running free I'm running free yeah, oh I'm running free […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #drivingmusic Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run The highways jammed with broken heroes On a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight But there's no place left to hide Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #drivingmusic Foreigner - I Want To Know What Love Is One of my greatest video gaming memories: I'd just started playing GTA: Vice City and driving a convertible with the top down down coastal highway as the sun is going down and this comes on the car radio. Serious […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #drivingmusic Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell I'm gonna hit the highway like a battering ram On a silver black phantom bike When the metal is hot and the engine is hungry And we're all about to see the light Nothing ever grows in this rotting old hole Everything is stunted and […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #drivingmusic Jo Dee Messina - Heads Carolina, Tails California We can load what we own in the back of a U-Haul van Couple of modern day Moses searchin' for the Promised Land We can go 400 miles before we stop for gas We could drive for a day and then we'll take a look at […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #drivingmusic Bruce Springsteen - Cadillac Ranch Eldorado fins, whitewalls, and skirts Rides just like a little bit of heaven here on earth Well buddy, when I die, throw my body in the back And drive me to the junkyard in my Cadillac Cadillac, Cadillac Long and dark, shiny […]

#JukeboxFridayNight #drivingmusic My last night in Bangkok but had to drop by! Chely Wright - Shut Up And Drive Shut up and drive You don't know what you're talking about He's not the one You ought to know that by now You've got one of those hearts That keeps changing your mind Your heart has […]

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

At the Jim Thompson House Museum. For most of my life, the sum total of my knowledge about Jim Thompson was that he was an American exporting silk from Thailand who disappeared on a walk in Cameron Highlands!

Next stop: Wat Pho.

At Wat Arun.

Well, the APAC PCI Community Meeting done. Lot of interesting stuff I need to write up but not too Monday. Today is sightseeing day. Was great to see several UK people again. I was initially impressed they'd come all this way for an APAC event, then I checked […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Suspect it's a sign I spent too long in an English boarding school that I feel a certain unease when colleagues use Love/Heart reactions to acknowledge Teams messages rather than a thumbs up...

In Grab car in heavy traffic a mere 1.1km from hotel. I have questions.

Urgh. Looking at a 3am wakeup for a 6am flight tomorrow...

Brother, get the flamer...

At Reading Cinema Porirua to see Springsteen: Deliver Us From Nowhere.

#spellstricksandmagic #JukeboxFridayNight Blackmore's Night - Magical World Walls built between us, miles separate us Yet in our hearts, we share the same dream Feelings so strong, we just must carry on On to our Magical World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV8k3wPFvw4

Your Latest Trick by Dire Straits on Apple Music https://song.link/nz/i/1440654240 #spellstricksandmagic #JukeboxFridayNight

#spellstricksandmagic #JukeboxFridayNight Troy Cassar Daley & Jo Dee Messina - Under Your Spell Again You've got me under your spell again Sayin' those things again Makin' me believe that you're just mine You've got me dreamin' those dreams again Thinkin' those things again I've gotta take you […]

#spellstricksandmagic #JukeboxFridayNight Iron Maiden - The Clairvoyant Just by looking through your eyes He could see the future penetrating right In through your mind See the truth and see your lies But for all his power couldn't foresee his own demise […]

#spellstricksandmagic #JukeboxFridayNight Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of a Seventh Son Then they watch the progress he makes The Good and the Evil, which path will he take? Both of them trying to manipulate The use of his powers before it's too late Oh Seventh son of a seventh son Seventh son […]

#spellstricksandmagic #JukeboxFridayNight Late to the party - was out seeing Dave Dobbyn tonight! Belinda Carlisle - I Feel The Magic It's more than just a face You make me want to give my heart away I feel the magic Like I never felt before I imagine that it's always been there I feel the […]

At the Opera House with @smitty to see Sir Dave Dobbyn.

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