I think the platform becoming more mainstream is a good thing, to an extent at least. At the moment we're kinda known for militant communists, tankies, and Linux evangelists, among other stereotypes.

This will definitely come with problems, of course, but it will also take some of the echo out of the chamber.

I'm glad this place exists, and I hope it continues to grow over time. Having a platform like this that isn't beholden to advertisers or the bottom line is incredibly fortunate, and I hope we can take a bite out the market share the more mainstream platforms have.

I am so thoroughly over this cold, I'm glad we're now getting warmer weather at long last.

That's the more extreme end of the spectrum, we were paddling in much calmer conditions. Mostly just noseying around the rocks. And yes, we were surfing in sea kayaks, it's a slightly different game to board surfing as we're catching waves much further out than the other surfers, and ideally peeling off before they actually curl over and break. We had a competition, which I actually came third in.

I think that's the inside of my pocket, I didn't notice that photo was in there.

I did a trip up to Waihi beach over the "long weekend", leaving Wed. My car blew a head gasket just north of Taihape, and we ended up getting a rental and towing my trailer the rest of the way, which meant we arrived early the next day. I did two trips up the coast, and the third day was spent playing in the surf.

Now I need to work out the most cost effective way to get my car back home, and sell it.

Here's the GPS tracks and a few photos from the trip.

Thursday, coastal paddle and rock gardening. https://www.relive.cc/view/vZqN1DG9zG6

Friday, coastal paddle, rock gardening and a walk up a stream. https://www.relive.cc/view/v26MjYPpVEq

Saturday morning, surf practice. https://www.relive.cc/view/v26MjYxAoEq

Sunday afternoon, surf practice and comp. comp https://www.relive.cc/view/vYvE2mAWBGO

It's been a great weekend, and I plan to be back next time.

I've considered going the other way with our bathroom, and just having one switch for everything, as we almost always use the fan and lights all at once. Have you considered just having two switches, one for heat lamps and one for fan and light?

A smart switch just sounds like something to go wrong to me.

It's a fun job actually.

Follow up story

I originally started training to be an electrician, before being offered an apprenticeship as an alarm technician. It's a unit standard based qualification, so a lot of it crosses over.

I like it, this solves the problem of nobody making the thread on the weekends, and also less clutter in the instance feed.

I haven't checked my tree for a while actually.

You're replying to a month old comment, the argument is well and truly over.

You seriously need to get a life.

I've done next to nothing all day, it's been great.

Both of these were tide dependent trips, the flow up and down the coastline is pretty intense, especially closer to the strait.

This was my weekend on the water, Makara to Titahi Bay Sunday, and a Kapiti circumnavigation Monday.

Both were great trips, and we were very lucky with the weather.

You really should get a whetstone and sharpen your knives.

It sounds like a great show, I wish I was able to get there actually.

They mostly fit into the "insufferable Internet communist" category, so nothing to be too worried about.

I had a great weekend on the water, myself and a small group camped at Mangaweka, and did a trip down the Rangitikei finishing at the campsite, then on Sunday we did the blue pools section of the Tongariro. A great weekend, no swims, and one successful unplanned roll.

Saturday

Sunday

I'm not sure if you're on a wind up or not.