Had a delightful day playing video games and listening to cds. Jakob, HDU, American Music Club, Cowboy Junkies. Enjoying picking randoms off the shelf and rediscovering the old collection.

Have I missed the chat about how bad the new stings on RNZ morning report are?

A day where I feel I haven’t been able to achieve a single thing. Yay.

Is Nicola Willis intentionally trying to look more like Jacinda Ardern while rolling out Covid style alert levels for fuel crisis? Fuel cost crisis: Govt to unveil 'targeted and temporary' support tomorrow www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Needs more flags.

@ahawkins.bsky.social thanks for the birthday shoutout on the radio, missed the start of the show but been enjoying the second half!

30 minutes on linkedin is my upper limit.

I wish I’d got my shit together to get tickets for Earth Tongue at Pearl Diver tonight. How good is this. youtu.be/PvYPpSjpl9o?...

Attended a superb talk from @carlbergstrom.com today - another this evening if you can make it. Recommended. www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/...

@ahawkins.bsky.social loving that Leo Vincent track - and Anhoni for the double punch?

Liking this, shades of the instrumental bits of Goat methinks (Geologist - Can I get a pack of Camel Lights?) open.qobuz.com/album/igilgz...

Today I listened to the radio, learned about an exhibition at the art gallery, met with a colleague and talked about stuff, got a book recommendation, checked it out of the university library, and got @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social ‘s phone fixed. Now a beer at Woof!. It is a good day.

Spent 20 minutes searching my digital notebooks for notes from a digital health summit earlier this year. Eventually found them in my paper notebook.

The greatest thing so far of this summer holiday is watching the original Twin Peaks seasons on DVD with @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social and the wee girl.

Just spotted a copy of Clannad - Legend priced at $50. I mean it’s a banger but someone’s having a laugh.

Bought a bbq. Walked the dog. Making Persian rice. Later, a pavlova. Salmon in the fridge for tomorrow. Wine on board. Listening to The Cure. Happy new year folks x

A very interesting read this , thanks Chris. Ping @sarahlibrarina.bsky.social

My Christmas gift to myself is turning off my LinkedIn notifications

Celebrating my first day off work by going into work

Been listening to Geese and trying to understand why everyone is raving about them. I don’t get it.

Which lines of poetry live rent free in your head? ‘O pointy birds, o pointy pointy, Anoint my head, annointy-nointy’ And all of Stevie Smith’s short poems.

Doing the kind of soul sucking bureaucratic work that is literally making me seethe with the pointlessness of it. I might have finally found something I’m willing to have AI support.

Will a new special notebook change my life?

Phenomenal keynote from @mariannhardey.com at the Deepfakes and Society hui from Otago's Division of Humanities, holy shit it was so clear and thought provoking.

Once uppn a time i’d regularly share tracks accompany me during the day on Twitter. Here’s one open.qobuz.com/track/324728...

Pretty sure the hold music I'm listening to is AI generated. No human would make something so shit.

Enjoying the show today @ahawkins.bsky.social

On my way to leaving Spotify in favour of Qobuz. Even if I don’t know how to pronounce it correctly.

Oh my FUCK! The Government intends remove Art History from the senior curriculum! Jesus they are fucking moronic philistines. This simply can’t happen. #NZPol sway.cloud.microsoft/aZfEZWannIl3...

Art history in 7th form was the best thing I ever studied. Vandals.

The most fun this weekend, apart from buying a CD player, has been playing Silksong now it’s finally been released. Soo good.

Picked up Tubeway Army on vinyl at the Ōpoho school fair, one from the Martin Phillips collection. Listening to it on some recently acquired gear from Relics music. It’s a good day for music.

I’ve given up on my Duolingo streak and oh my god the relief.

I have Covid. Yay.

Pleasant surprise to hear Dick Move on Iggy Pop’s BBC show.

I like reading @garymarcus.bsky.social on Substack - this makes sense to me and it’s so well written it’s easy to believe. I’m sure Hinton would disagree but that’s part of the joy. Very smart people disagreeing about very important things. open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

Is it bad that all I want to do is lock myself in a room with an XT and play Zork?

Submitted on the regulatory standards bill. Found it useful to read to summary of previous consultation. Only two days left to submit. www.regulation.govt.nz/about-us/our...

Where do I get my “Shut up you dickhead” tshirt?

Anyone else eaten too many hot cross buns?

Don’t listen to audiobooks about the existential threat of AI before bed. Better living everybody!

I may have eaten too much curry tonight.

Man I am WIPED

For gods sake linked in will you stop showing me infographics about AI in health. Just stop.

A great team on this paper, thanks @tbgladman.bsky.social - time we got Qian and Anjinnon here ….

Remember when cloud integration meant WebDAV folders?

Forgot how good Maxinquaye by Tricky is. Worth a re-listen if it's been a while

Just played The Stanley Parable for the first time. Equally intrigued and dismayed. So clever.

Starting to feel like the old times. Seeing interesting things on short form social media and reposting them.

What will come after the cancer stage of capitalism? There are scientists envisioning a brighter future