Spring

Cat posting: Sickly cat edition

Got my annual covid booster. They're still free and updated for the latest strains.

YouTube video by CNBC Inside The World’s Largest 3D Printed Neighborhood

Interesting to see some companies scaling up 3d printing - in this case building a whole community of 100 homes this way.

They seem energy efficient and also very resilient to climate change - wind and fire would struggle to damage a home like this.

Went to Abby Howells stand up tonight, and then got helpful directions from Ray O'Leary when we got lost in the Q theatre elevator.

Me when Fitbit says I had a good sleep score last night

Smoothie time

Poke it

Mythic Quest | Rotten Tomatoes The team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time is tasked with building worlds, molding heroes and creating legends, but the most hard-fought battles don't occur in the game -- they hap...

This is a brilliant show, right up there with Severence as one of the best. Very funny and love the characters.

Kitty's under bed adventures

YouTube video by Sky News What do the numbers behind Trump's tariffs really mean?

Breakdown of how the US's tariffs figures were calculated.

Some of these numbers are very high, which will suffocate trade with some countries like China and Vietnam. US consumers will face extremely high prices. For NZ the impact won't be too severe.

Kitty visitor

Using my energy meter and smart plug to quantify the energy used by various devices.

I started with a dehumidifier, the results so far are about 1 kwh per day, which costs just over 30 cents. It seems to vary surprisingly from day to day. Going to test the dryer next.

When you're in time out for whacking another cat

Our robot vacuum cleaner trying to get through a glass window to get back to base... AI and computer vision doesn't always make things smarter.

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Ukraine urges evacuations as Russian advances continue

A recent new thing in war is putting up protective netting over roads to keep vehicles safe from drone strikes - used by Ukraine and by Russia recently as drones become so dangerous.

Another little DIY project.

Magnetic doorstop from Mitre 10 MEGA. Paint around the base doesn't match the size, and it's very messy underneath on the door, though not bad overall. Was surprisly difficult to be honest, though I guess you get better.

Cat visitor

Setting an alarm with Google's new Gemini personal assistant: Set an alarm for 11:10
Sure, alarm set for 6:10 pm
...er,thanks...

Same in Qlik, the one I use the most. SQL is good for this but few seem to use it and it's not very accessible.

YouTube video by Chappell Roan Chappell Roan - Red Wine Supernova (Magician's Cut)

Check out Red Wine Supernova, I quite like that one.
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YouTube video by TED Solar Energy Is Even Cheaper Than You Think | Jenny Chase | TED

Interesting talk about Solar around the world

Looking at BNZ's Rapid Save account - interestingly it seems to offer both better interest rates (3.75%) *and* better access to your money (one withdrawal per month)

So I think I might be putting some money into a saving's account with BNZ rather than ASB.

They're the most common kind of tern - the other ones you might see much around here are caspian terns, though those are bigger with a red bill.