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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-28 at 22:41

Dammit, I will go on the Wilderness West Coast Railway (that I have just found by accident) and stuff the rest of the day

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-27 at 09:01

The Wombat lives across the seas

Among the far antipodes

He may make his meal of nuts and berries

Or maybe even missionaries

His distant habitat precludes

A detailed knowledge of his moods

But I would not engage a wombat

Unarmed, in mortal combat

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-24 at 03:01

Do it for the grapes

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-23 at 23:26

Just found one of these

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-23 at 22:30

What could possibly go wrong?

OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that can operate your computer - Ars Technica

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/openai-launches-operator-an-ai-agent-that-can-operate-your-computer/

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-23 at 07:03

“We are not going to apologise because this country desperately needs growth” —Prime Minister Luxon. How does this square with productive New Zealanders flooding overseas? https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/539741/record-numbers-still-leaving-new-zealand-stats-nz

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-21 at 23:53

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all -

— Emily Dickinson

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-21 at 09:36

I just stepped outside. The starfield is amazing, I could see everything with the naked eye. Except that comet. I’ve still never seen one of those. Kahoutek, anyone?

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-19 at 04:54

@georgepenney the typo in the last toot should definitely be given a pint of the Golden Bear’s best

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-19 at 04:51

Down at Māpua wharf on a sunny Sunday afternoon and wondering of @georgepenney is here and what would be written about the man and woman (60s?) intent on the band

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-17 at 07:37

Can’t go past this one for #JukeboxFridayNight theme of #Trouble:

Steely Dan’s first hit from Can’t Buy A Thrill, called Do It Again. The whole lyric is amazing, but here’s a sample:

Then you love a little wild one

And she brings you only sorrow

All the time you know she's smiling

You'll be on your knees tomorrow, yeah

You go back, Jack

Do it again

Wheel turnin' round and round

You go back, Jack

Do it again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmdiKePVUy8

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-17 at 07:32

And one more for #JukeboxFridayNight theme of #Trouble:

Psycho killer? Qu-est que c’est? F-f-f-fire, f-f-fire, fire, fire

Better run, run, run, run, run away!

Talking Heads with Psycho Killer. ( I saw them perform this when it came out.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JPqTOyPOcs

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-17 at 06:42

[#]JukeboxFridayNight

[#]trouble

Lemmy and the boys (aka Motörhead) with Just ‘Cos You Got The Power Doesn’t Mean You Got The Right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va1TaSq_yIc

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-14 at 06:42

I need TVs to have an “I know the filmmaker wants this to be dark but I want to be able to see it” button.

Why, yes, I am watching Silo S02E01, why do you ask?

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-12 at 09:49

Am I the only person who finds the second photo in this RNZ story terrifying? (Yes, I know it’s a stock photo. But still)

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/538773/walking-just-5-minutes-a-day-makes-a-difference

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-10 at 18:53

Wellington friends: which gallery hosts this picture?

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-10 at 04:23

For #JukeboxFridayNight #plants :

The Rose, written by Amanda McBroom and made famous by Bette Midler

Just remember in the winter

Far beneath the bitter snows

Lies the seed that with the sun's love

In the spring becomes the rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxvPjuREDpE

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2025-01-02 at 18:56

I’ve woken to the news that one of my university friends has died.

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2024-12-28 at 01:43

The permanent (free!) exhibition at Auckland Art Gallery entitled Paths to Modernity is really, really stunning. It’s the private collection of a US couple called the Robertsons, who gifted it it to Toi O Tamaki on condition that it is permanently on display for free. It is an amazing collection of European masters, easily the best I have seen in NZ. The impact is like going to Musée d’Orsay or the Tate Gallery. If you get the chance and have any appreciation of art, I suggest you see it.

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Written by Colin Jackson on 2024-12-26 at 00:31

In hindsight, picking up a slimy and mostly full bottle of olive oil when my hands were already full wasn’t a good idea

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