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Chris Downing
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Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back https://theonion.com/health-experts-recommend-standing-up-at-desk-leaving-o-1819577456/
Health Experts Recommend Standing Up At Desk, Leaving Office, Never Coming Back
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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One of my main take-aways from 10 years of employment: whenever I have to spend any non-trivial amount of time using MS Office software, I can wave goodbye to ~30% of my productive hours.
April 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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March 2025: Trump and Vance head out to collect tariffs
March 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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I think "Amazon Basics" whisky might just turn out to be the least wise purchase I have ever made...
February 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Day 20 - heading home
A sign in Christchurch airport departure lounge.
February 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Day 19 - Christchurch Botanic Gardens
An array of colourful chilli plants.
February 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Day 18 - Moana
Sailing boats on the shore of a lake, with mountains in the background.
February 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Day 17 - Franz Josef Glacier
View over a glacial valley, with hillsides covered in trees and the edge of the glacier visible in the background.
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Day 16 - Mt Aspiring National Park
A waterfall surrounded by woodland, with a stony river in the foreground.
February 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Day 15 - Paradise, near Glenorchy
View over fields and woodland, with a mountain range in the background.
February 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Day 14 - Queenstown
A stone statue of a Kiwi bird on the edge of a pier.
February 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Day 13 - Milford Sound
View from the bow of a boat travelling down a sound, with large cliffs on either side and clouds covering the cliffs on the right.
February 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Day 12 - Te Anau
View across a lake, with mountains in the background.
January 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Day 11 - Larnach Castle gardens, Dunedin
A spike of vivid blue flowers in the foreground, with the view over a hillside and natural harbour.
January 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Day 10 - Mount Cook National Park
View over a wide valley, with bushes in the foreground.
January 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Day 9 - Mt Sunday (Edoras)
A small mountain, with much larger mountains looming in the background.
January 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Day 8 - Akaroa
View from a hilltop into a natural harbour, with grass in the foreground and the hillsides around the water covered with a mix of grass and trees.
January 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Day 7 - Home sweet home? I wish...
A sign at the entrance of the village of Rotherham on the south island of New Zealand.
January 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Day 6 - Approaching Picton by ferry
The wake of a ferry as it approaches port.
January 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Day 5 - Haast's eagle, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
An eagle descending from the roof of a museum onto the observer.
January 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Day 4 - Huka Falls, Lake Taupō
A series of white water rapids in a gorge, surrounded by trees.
January 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Day 3 - Waiotapu, Rotorua
A bright green thermal spring surrounded by short cliffs covered in thorny plants.
January 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Day 2 - Hobbiton (Matamata)
A lake in front of several Hobbit holes and the "party tree" in the Hobbiton movie set, Matamata.
January 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Day 1 - Auckland
Auckland central business district - street with foreground plants.
January 20, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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It's exactly 1 year since I arrived in New Zealand for a 3 week holiday - so to give myself an excuse to reminisce as well as engaging with social media in the only known healthy way (broadcast-only, shouting into the void...) - here are some photos!
January 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM