At the thrift store, anyone need an atari 2600 decanter and tumbler set

Brewed my first bottomless espresso shot without any sideways spraying today. I drink coffee only once per day, at breakfast, so figuring these things out takes a long, long time. The change from yesterday was a slightly taller mound of coffee before tamping.

#coffee

Quite a 'q'(ualiter)

Staatsbibliothek Bamberg, Msc.Nat.1; Isidore of Seville, De natura rerum; 1st third of the 9th Century; Ostfrankreich; f.40v

Another 2FA login. At least half of these come to the same device that I'm trying to log in on. What does this do to increase security, beyond adding a delay and an extra step in which to make a mistake?

A Wellington law firm is looking to do something about the Manage My Health data breach. Any thoughts on whether it's a good or bad idea to join them?

#managemyhealth

https://dalzel lwollerman.co.nz/mmh-data-breach

Results of an experiment

Feta turns out to be easy to make better than the average supermarket block. I was making paneer anyway. Warmed 3 litres of cheap cow milk to 42 °C and let it ferment into yoghurt for about twelve hours. Warmed it further with a little bit of vinegar to curdle, up to […]

Has the Station browser consolidation app project been completely abandoned? Just tried looking at its website and it seems to be gone.

Have Rambox running for now, and maybe I'll stick with it. I remember trying Rambox, Ferdi and Station years ago but don't remember why I settled on Station […]

My son told his mum that he'd eaten a good healthy breakfast of eggs.

He avoided mentioning that the eggs were in the form of pavlova.

Nick Smith talking bullshit again... I wonder whether he'll fix it by proposing a re-setting of earthquake risk categories, like he did to fix our polluted waterways?

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/08/19/nelson-mayor-wants-to-stop-a-3m-promise-for-new-museum-building/

Spent the morning judging art entries at the local science–technology fair. Lunchtime conversation included substantial grumbling about how several of the works are so much more conceptually and technically substantial, and communicate more clearly, than the gratuitous self-aggrandising bullshit […]

I saw some Lemonade apples at the greengrocer. Just cut one to try it. Tastes of nearly nothing!

Is there a particular use that these are especially good for?

Some speakers of the house need to grow a spine.