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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-02-02 at 05:56

I realise some people might think this odd, but I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s trip to Jaycar. https://www.jaycar.co.nz

This trip is to update my Repair Cafe tool kit, but I bet I find something else when I’m there.

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-02-02 at 00:34

America has completely lost its mind:

https://thedesk.net/2025/02/ntsb-moves-plane-crash-press-updates-x-twitter/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-02-02 at 00:17

The social web is the web: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2025/02/02/the-social-web-is-the.html

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-02-01 at 22:53

Two weeks ago I needed a courier label. Turned the wireless inkjet printer on and got a label first try. Today I’ve have spent almost two hours and still the MacBook can’t “find” a printer that is physically 1.5 metres away.

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-31 at 16:18

On balance I’m optimistic about DeepSeek

https://billbennett.co.nz/deepseek-ai/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-30 at 23:42

DeepSeek shock could spur AI space race: https://billbennett.co.nz/deepseek-ai/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-30 at 21:58

This story from my site is 13 years old and it is still a mystery:

https://billbennett.co.nz/why-arent-new-zealanders-angry-about-adobe-overcharging/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-30 at 18:09

Are New Zealand's submarine links safe?: https://billbennett.co.nz/are-new-zealands-submarine-cables-safe/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-30 at 04:45

NZ supermarkets sell bags of fresh chopped slaw and salad, which saves faffing about and means you aren’t left with three-quarters of a cabbage or whatever, but they come with packets of toxic-looking chemicals (allegedly dressing) that we throw away. Does anyone sell salad bags without the gunge?

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-29 at 07:18

The irony of a US-owned intellectual property stealing technology accusing Chinese-owned intellectual property stealing technology of stealing American IP. You could not make this stuff up.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/white-house-evaluates-china-ai-app-deepseeks-affect-national-security-official-2025-01-28/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-26 at 04:37

Have finally moved everything off the old WordPress blog. WordPress was great in its day and there were good times, but that's now all in the past. The new site is better and much easier to manage.

https://billbennettnz.wordpress.com/#

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-26 at 04:20

Get straight to the point: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2025/01/26/get-straight-to-the-point.html

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-25 at 00:32

Healthy lunch

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-23 at 23:01

Seven steps to a crisp blog post: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2025/01/24/seven-steps-to-a-crisp.html

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-22 at 07:24

Crikey:

"This is poor, slipshod work obviously assisted by AI."

https://futurism.com/trump-admin-accused-ai-executive-orders

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-22 at 00:09

A thesaurus with short words: https://billbennett.micro.blog/2025/01/22/a-thesaurus-with-short-words.html

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-21 at 23:06

New Zealand broadband buyers may be interested in seeing what the early fibre plans looked like back in 2013:

https://billbennett.co.nz/basic-ufb-plans-compared/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-21 at 06:19

This is not a huge deal, but it illustrates what is going on right now in the US.

I noticed that a number of White House press releases are no longer online. This one was there 24 hours earlier, but not today.

https://web.archive.org/web/20250112140218/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/04/28/fact-sheet-united-states-and-60-global-partners-launch-declaration-for-the-future-of-the-internet/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-19 at 23:31

This post from 12 years ago is every bit as relevant today. If you want an online presence, own your own website, don't rely on Facebook or other corporate giants.

https://billbennett.co.nz/chasing-facebook/

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Written by Bill Bennett on 2025-01-18 at 23:20

I swear the TradeMe sales experience is worse now than when I last sold things five or six years ago.

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