Nick Baker
@nickbaker.digital
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Nick Baker
@nickbaker.digital
· Aug 19
In an attempt to lift the mood of NZ BSky, here are the 64 nominations for my "NZ's Most Underwhelming Tourist Attraction" poll back in 2021. They will all be on one thread but may take me a while to complete.
For each of the 64, their number is their eventual placing in the poll (top 32 only)
For each of the 64, their number is their eventual placing in the poll (top 32 only)
Paint me like one of your French girls
January 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Paint me like one of your French girls
2 x New Year's Resolutions for me.
1. Post more often on BlueSky.
2. Become less boring so I have more to post on BlueSky.
1. Post more often on BlueSky.
2. Become less boring so I have more to post on BlueSky.
December 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
2 x New Year's Resolutions for me.
1. Post more often on BlueSky.
2. Become less boring so I have more to post on BlueSky.
1. Post more often on BlueSky.
2. Become less boring so I have more to post on BlueSky.
Remember the Day After New Year's Day Day is known as
New Year-Nah Day
As decided by BlueSky folk this time last year
New Year-Nah Day
As decided by BlueSky folk this time last year
And the results are
New Year-Nah Day 41.9%
Detoxing Day (rhymes with Boxing Day) 25.6%
Kohitātea Rua 20.9%
Blank Holiday 11.6%
Thanks to everyone who took part - and please remember this outcome in 361 days time.
New Year-Nah Day 41.9%
Detoxing Day (rhymes with Boxing Day) 25.6%
Kohitātea Rua 20.9%
Blank Holiday 11.6%
Thanks to everyone who took part - and please remember this outcome in 361 days time.
December 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Remember the Day After New Year's Day Day is known as
New Year-Nah Day
As decided by BlueSky folk this time last year
New Year-Nah Day
As decided by BlueSky folk this time last year
Already over 100 people have tried this quiz today.
Top score is 17/20 for "Anne", "Paul" and "Sandra" but I don't know their BSky accounts to tag them in.
Average score is 11.67/20.
Most difficult question is number 3 (30.4%) and easiest question is number 14 (89%)
Top score is 17/20 for "Anne", "Paul" and "Sandra" but I don't know their BSky accounts to tag them in.
Average score is 11.67/20.
Most difficult question is number 3 (30.4%) and easiest question is number 14 (89%)
It's Christmas Quiz time. 20 festive questions which are probably too hard - sorry. Please share so others can suffer
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Christmas Quiz 2025
forms.gle
December 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Already over 100 people have tried this quiz today.
Top score is 17/20 for "Anne", "Paul" and "Sandra" but I don't know their BSky accounts to tag them in.
Average score is 11.67/20.
Most difficult question is number 3 (30.4%) and easiest question is number 14 (89%)
Top score is 17/20 for "Anne", "Paul" and "Sandra" but I don't know their BSky accounts to tag them in.
Average score is 11.67/20.
Most difficult question is number 3 (30.4%) and easiest question is number 14 (89%)
It's Christmas Quiz time. 20 festive questions which are probably too hard - sorry. Please share so others can suffer
forms.gle/MK5tb1SkK2LS...
forms.gle/MK5tb1SkK2LS...
Christmas Quiz 2025
forms.gle
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's Christmas Quiz time. 20 festive questions which are probably too hard - sorry. Please share so others can suffer
forms.gle/MK5tb1SkK2LS...
forms.gle/MK5tb1SkK2LS...
Wrapping paper for any of those naughty Christmas presents
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Wrapping paper for any of those naughty Christmas presents
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Tauranga longest day sunset
December 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Tauranga longest day sunset
Highlights from a day at the cricket at Bay Oval.
* Catching up with @kiwikali.bsky.social
* An excellent pork pie
* Being shat on by a seagull
* Working out the Wordle for the couple sitting behind purely based on their discussion (it was myrrh)
#nzcricket #blackcaps
* Catching up with @kiwikali.bsky.social
* An excellent pork pie
* Being shat on by a seagull
* Working out the Wordle for the couple sitting behind purely based on their discussion (it was myrrh)
#nzcricket #blackcaps
December 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Highlights from a day at the cricket at Bay Oval.
* Catching up with @kiwikali.bsky.social
* An excellent pork pie
* Being shat on by a seagull
* Working out the Wordle for the couple sitting behind purely based on their discussion (it was myrrh)
#nzcricket #blackcaps
* Catching up with @kiwikali.bsky.social
* An excellent pork pie
* Being shat on by a seagull
* Working out the Wordle for the couple sitting behind purely based on their discussion (it was myrrh)
#nzcricket #blackcaps
Sam Ruthe, the 16 year old running sensation (from Tauranga), would have broken these world records in these years (with his current personal bests)
800m - 1938
1,500m - 1956
Mile - 1953
3,000m - 1954
800m - 1938
1,500m - 1956
Mile - 1953
3,000m - 1954
December 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Sam Ruthe, the 16 year old running sensation (from Tauranga), would have broken these world records in these years (with his current personal bests)
800m - 1938
1,500m - 1956
Mile - 1953
3,000m - 1954
800m - 1938
1,500m - 1956
Mile - 1953
3,000m - 1954
Just seen a post on LinkedIn that starts with
"Here is the short, impressive, and lead-focused post, infused with relevant icons and emojis:"
Sigh
"Here is the short, impressive, and lead-focused post, infused with relevant icons and emojis:"
Sigh
December 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Just seen a post on LinkedIn that starts with
"Here is the short, impressive, and lead-focused post, infused with relevant icons and emojis:"
Sigh
"Here is the short, impressive, and lead-focused post, infused with relevant icons and emojis:"
Sigh
Quiz time for the evening crowd
New quiz is online - guess the year. This one is fairly easy I reckon, I expect many scores of 10/10
forms.gle/Ns2pTMDUxSNr...
forms.gle/Ns2pTMDUxSNr...
Which Year?
All the answers are a year
forms.gle
December 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Quiz time for the evening crowd
New quiz is online - guess the year. This one is fairly easy I reckon, I expect many scores of 10/10
forms.gle/Ns2pTMDUxSNr...
forms.gle/Ns2pTMDUxSNr...
Which Year?
All the answers are a year
forms.gle
December 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
New quiz is online - guess the year. This one is fairly easy I reckon, I expect many scores of 10/10
forms.gle/Ns2pTMDUxSNr...
forms.gle/Ns2pTMDUxSNr...
In this top of the table clash in the Bolivian Premier League, you would have expected the strongest to come out on top. But not when their opposition is always ready.
December 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In this top of the table clash in the Bolivian Premier League, you would have expected the strongest to come out on top. But not when their opposition is always ready.
From the cricket archive.
Programme from Worcestershire v Oswestry in May 1975. Signatures collected by me. The ages of the big stars are interesting
D'Oliveira 43
Turner 27
Gifford 35
Graveney 47(!) and I don't remember him playing.
#Worcestershire #Oswestry #Cricket
Programme from Worcestershire v Oswestry in May 1975. Signatures collected by me. The ages of the big stars are interesting
D'Oliveira 43
Turner 27
Gifford 35
Graveney 47(!) and I don't remember him playing.
#Worcestershire #Oswestry #Cricket
December 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
From the cricket archive.
Programme from Worcestershire v Oswestry in May 1975. Signatures collected by me. The ages of the big stars are interesting
D'Oliveira 43
Turner 27
Gifford 35
Graveney 47(!) and I don't remember him playing.
#Worcestershire #Oswestry #Cricket
Programme from Worcestershire v Oswestry in May 1975. Signatures collected by me. The ages of the big stars are interesting
D'Oliveira 43
Turner 27
Gifford 35
Graveney 47(!) and I don't remember him playing.
#Worcestershire #Oswestry #Cricket
Wrapping this one up with some scores.
Average score was 4.36 out of 10.
3 scores of 10/10 were recorded from @suzirose.bsky.social @spil030.bsky.social and someone anonymous.
2 scores of 1/10, one anonymous and also @delphijunkie.bsky.social
New quiz available soon
Average score was 4.36 out of 10.
3 scores of 10/10 were recorded from @suzirose.bsky.social @spil030.bsky.social and someone anonymous.
2 scores of 1/10, one anonymous and also @delphijunkie.bsky.social
New quiz available soon
Quiz time. 10 questions, every answer is a number from 1 to 10 and each number is used only once.
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How Many Quiz December 2025
The answers to the questions are 1 to 10 with each answer used only once. There is no checking that you have used each answer only once - that part is up to you.
docs.google.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Wrapping this one up with some scores.
Average score was 4.36 out of 10.
3 scores of 10/10 were recorded from @suzirose.bsky.social @spil030.bsky.social and someone anonymous.
2 scores of 1/10, one anonymous and also @delphijunkie.bsky.social
New quiz available soon
Average score was 4.36 out of 10.
3 scores of 10/10 were recorded from @suzirose.bsky.social @spil030.bsky.social and someone anonymous.
2 scores of 1/10, one anonymous and also @delphijunkie.bsky.social
New quiz available soon
Reposted by Nick Baker
Quiz time. 10 questions, every answer is a number from 1 to 10 and each number is used only once.
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How Many Quiz December 2025
The answers to the questions are 1 to 10 with each answer used only once. There is no checking that you have used each answer only once - that part is up to you.
docs.google.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Quiz time. 10 questions, every answer is a number from 1 to 10 and each number is used only once.
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I often get philosophy questions correct on the Stuff or Herald quizzes with my only knowledge of the topic coming from the Monty Python Bruces' Philosophers Song
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I often get philosophy questions correct on the Stuff or Herald quizzes with my only knowledge of the topic coming from the Monty Python Bruces' Philosophers Song
Quiz time. 10 questions, every answer is a number from 1 to 10 and each number is used only once.
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How Many Quiz December 2025
The answers to the questions are 1 to 10 with each answer used only once. There is no checking that you have used each answer only once - that part is up to you.
docs.google.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Quiz time. 10 questions, every answer is a number from 1 to 10 and each number is used only once.
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Enjoy and skite about your score (but only if you get 10/10)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Nick Baker
🎄 It's the start of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Ludlow Castle surrounded by hoar frost glistening in the winter sunshine. It was a beautiful morning up on Whitcliffe Common, but the cold was fierce and the only way to stay warm was to keep moving in between taking pictures. ☃️
December 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🎄 It's the start of our #Shropshire advent calendar, and here is Ludlow Castle surrounded by hoar frost glistening in the winter sunshine. It was a beautiful morning up on Whitcliffe Common, but the cold was fierce and the only way to stay warm was to keep moving in between taking pictures. ☃️
Annoyingly, my NZ cricket feed seems to have given up working entirely - just when the real cricket is starting.
I would investigate but not entirely sure how to ... 🇳🇿🏏
I would investigate but not entirely sure how to ... 🇳🇿🏏
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Annoyingly, my NZ cricket feed seems to have given up working entirely - just when the real cricket is starting.
I would investigate but not entirely sure how to ... 🇳🇿🏏
I would investigate but not entirely sure how to ... 🇳🇿🏏
In football they call this a humpty-dumpty
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 AM
In football they call this a humpty-dumpty
post your warning label
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
post your warning label
AI content generation and Google Search - an example.
The issue I had was that a client changed the favicon on their website a couple of years ago but Google Search still displays their old favicon in search results. I was looking for a way to force it to use the new version ..... 1/n
The issue I had was that a client changed the favicon on their website a couple of years ago but Google Search still displays their old favicon in search results. I was looking for a way to force it to use the new version ..... 1/n
November 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
AI content generation and Google Search - an example.
The issue I had was that a client changed the favicon on their website a couple of years ago but Google Search still displays their old favicon in search results. I was looking for a way to force it to use the new version ..... 1/n
The issue I had was that a client changed the favicon on their website a couple of years ago but Google Search still displays their old favicon in search results. I was looking for a way to force it to use the new version ..... 1/n