I’m reluctant to comment on the recent much shared YouTube showing how to wash your groceries, but happy to share this from someone is qualified to comment: From Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/bugcounter/status/1243319180851580929 By Don Schaffner @bugcounter https://foodsci.rutgers.edu/schaffner/ Dr. Donald W. Schaffner
Family
The, now, normal COVID-19 local park walk (below) was aborted yesterday. On the Parrs Park through road, near the school classrooms, Alfie just flat out refused to go any further. All four paws locked up, legs scrabbling into reverse, 180 degree turn, tail down, ears back ‘out of here’ mode.
Ian 'Hubnut' takes the Bravo for a spin
If you are IT supporting locked in family, friends, & colleagues with Windows newer than the August 2, 2016 Anniversary Update (build 14393) Windows Quick Assist will allow you to see and/or control their PC over the web. It makes it much easier to train or troubleshoot problems. You
Not many times in my lifetime that you sense history being made. Tonight, now, New Zealand history is being made for our own good. In short, until the Level 4 status is changed, Stay At Home! Uniting against COVID-19 - https://covid19.govt.nz/ A word from Dr Siouxsie Wiles
Food and Drink
I was inspired to try this after seeing Kyle's tweet: Hot Cross buns with Vegemite. Yes/ No? pic.twitter.com/uFwlizP4Pc — Kyle MacDonald (@kylemacd) March 18, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js My taste buds said 'NO!' but my brain thought 'But what would
Cool Software
Shaan shared this resource from Disney & Kahn Academy for children of all ages: One-of-a-Kind Learning Experience from Disney Imagineers | By Shaan Hurley on Between the Lines
If working connected to the office machine using Remote Desktop set your home machine to a different Windows theme to the work one. Helps remember which is which when working full screen! If you can adjust BIOS Settings (or your IT Help desk might have to do) some machines have
it was a shock, last night, to learn of Bill Adams death. Although we both come from the Southern Hemisphere the AUGI booth at Autodesk University was where we met in person. I will miss that smile and the man under the crazy hats (below at AU2011). Vale Bill, my
COVID-19
I didn't know it at the time, but this could the last live event I see in 2020. It was early in the Auckland Arts Festival, itself was closed mid-way due to COVID-19 restrictions. It's the second time I have seen Pat Metheny, his second visit
I often walk Alfie around Waikumete Cemetery and aircraft flying over (on approach to Auckland Airport) are not uncommon. Today was different as it was an Air New Zealand 787-9 but much lower than normal and headed West which is rare. May not have noticed before had Aeropex, as was
Fiat Abarth
Probably didn't need to do a blog post about this but thought of the title and seemed a shame not to... AHBART had slight vibration at certain speeds (at least two multiples of 45 km/h) from the rear, felt like, L/H side. After getting the tyres/