Geeking
- rsync command builder
- I have set up a wireless controller on my Linux using antimicro to map controller keys to keyboard and mouse actions.
- Played with command line file manager clifm for a couple of weeks.
- Used lossless cut for cutting out the relevant parts from a couple of video files. This worked great.
Reading
- Continuing reading How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems
- Started listening to audio book Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
Cooking
- Idea: Argentinean Rogel Cake
- Made: ChelseaWinter: Crazy Italian chocolate cake (egg free chocolate cake)
Life pro tip
- TheMarket.com/nz has an option to pick up stuff from their pick up centre, for some sellers/goods that’s free pickup. I am planning to use this as opportunity to try coffee from multiple roasters from across NZ.
Watching
- Finished The Grey Man
- Watched Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - now I am ready to unsubscribe from Disney+ for a few months.
- Watched Fire and Fury - Who’s driving a violent, misinformed New Zealand - and why?
- Watched Jungle Cruise (2021) - IMDb
- Watched Ghost in the Shell (2017) - IMDb
Climate crisis
- Climate change: EU moves to label nuclear and gas as sustainable despite internal row - BBC News
- Blowhole wave energy generator exceeds expectations in 12-month test
- Renewable energy: The ‘kite’ that pulls energy out of the sky - BBC News - A company in Norway has developed a “kite” that generates electricity as it flies through the air.
- In pictures: Drought in Europe exposes sunken ships, lost villages and ominous ‘hunger stones’ - BBC News
Life Pro Tip: Cleaning blocked sink
You can use tweezers to clean a blocked sink. Depending on the sink drain hole, it may be very easy to pick up stuck hair and other bits out of the drain without using big plunger or unblocking chemicals. I have been using 25 cm tweezers from AliExpress
Skepticism
- Fire and Fury - Stuff Circuit released a special project that explores who’s driving a violent, misinformed New Zealand - and why.
- Brazil woman and psychic con mum out of $140m in art and cash - police - BBC News