Tom Eastman
@tom.eastman.nz
It might seem obvious that if you value something, you'll make an effort to get better at it.
What's less intuitive is that if you make an effort to get better at something you're not good at, you'll learn its value.
What's less intuitive is that if you make an effort to get better at something you're not good at, you'll learn its value.
Given the news about the upper echelons of NZ Police over the last week I'll bet you it is not.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Given the news about the upper echelons of NZ Police over the last week I'll bet you it is not.
The reason the text was "oops" is almost as gory.
October 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The reason the text was "oops" is almost as gory.
That's not how temperature works.
When the temperature hits zero* it does not mean you've used up all your temperature.
*celcius
When the temperature hits zero* it does not mean you've used up all your temperature.
*celcius
October 23, 2025 at 2:08 AM
That's not how temperature works.
When the temperature hits zero* it does not mean you've used up all your temperature.
*celcius
When the temperature hits zero* it does not mean you've used up all your temperature.
*celcius
Stuff NZ really needs to stop publishing this complete baffoon. Not even because of the mysoginy, but because of the plagiarism. His entire argument is 2014-era-gamergate-mysoginist. There is absolutely no original or novel thinking here. And there never will be.
October 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Stuff NZ really needs to stop publishing this complete baffoon. Not even because of the mysoginy, but because of the plagiarism. His entire argument is 2014-era-gamergate-mysoginist. There is absolutely no original or novel thinking here. And there never will be.
Fuckin' sea lions, man.
October 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Fuckin' sea lions, man.
Here's a perfect example.
September 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Here's a perfect example.
My brothers family had to say goodbye to their good boy, Kobe.
He's been a slow old boy for a while now, but he was the fastest dog I'd ever seen back when I took these photos.
He's been a slow old boy for a while now, but he was the fastest dog I'd ever seen back when I took these photos.
August 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
My brothers family had to say goodbye to their good boy, Kobe.
He's been a slow old boy for a while now, but he was the fastest dog I'd ever seen back when I took these photos.
He's been a slow old boy for a while now, but he was the fastest dog I'd ever seen back when I took these photos.
It's nice to feel winter drawing to a close.
August 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It's nice to feel winter drawing to a close.
Last hop home! it's a long damn way from London to Wellington
July 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Last hop home! it's a long damn way from London to Wellington
Absolutely LMAO that Battersea Power Station is now an ultra upmarket gentrified shopping mall.
July 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Absolutely LMAO that Battersea Power Station is now an ultra upmarket gentrified shopping mall.
I found Valhalla! (Iykyk)
July 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I found Valhalla! (Iykyk)
Boop
WLG MEL ✈️ DXB MAD VLC
WLG MEL ✈️ DXB MAD VLC
July 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Boop
WLG MEL ✈️ DXB MAD VLC
WLG MEL ✈️ DXB MAD VLC
They can't even make original jokes.
May 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
They can't even make original jokes.
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
IYKYK
IYKYK
May 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
IYKYK
IYKYK
I wonder if we have any good recent examples of what happens when tradies can certify their own work?
April 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I wonder if we have any good recent examples of what happens when tradies can certify their own work?
100% reminds me of this moment from @theabigailthorn.bsky.social
April 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
100% reminds me of this moment from @theabigailthorn.bsky.social
I saw this posted earlier today and it's 100% relevant here.
April 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I saw this posted earlier today and it's 100% relevant here.
Why has this sentence vanished from the page its linking to?
March 31, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Why has this sentence vanished from the page its linking to?
The NZ media, literally the next day:
March 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The NZ media, literally the next day:
This is the most popular story on Stuff right now, and to save you a click, the answer in the article is "because it might expire".
Passports have expiry dates. That's the top story in the country?
Passports have expiry dates. That's the top story in the country?
March 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This is the most popular story on Stuff right now, and to save you a click, the answer in the article is "because it might expire".
Passports have expiry dates. That's the top story in the country?
Passports have expiry dates. That's the top story in the country?
Is this the passive voice? or is it something even weirder as it implies that this thing just happened magically rather than imply a driver destroyed a child's life with a car?
March 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Is this the passive voice? or is it something even weirder as it implies that this thing just happened magically rather than imply a driver destroyed a child's life with a car?
Vodafone ("One NZ") competence never ceases to not amaze me.
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Vodafone ("One NZ") competence never ceases to not amaze me.