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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 16/10/2026

So had a funeral in Mataura, then popped in to Gore to do a quick job. Now it's the compulsory Gore Night 'N Day banana thickshake - about the best out there.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 10/10/2026

Took Slinky for a walk in this gorgeous weather.

Slinky the black cat climbing up a cabbage tree in our back yard.

Slinky having a rest in the dead fronds and undergrowth after climbing the cabbage tree. He has a Cat Harness Australia Catventure harness and a blue lead.

Slinky the black cat investigating a honeysuckle bush at the fence beside the house.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 05/10/2026

National have moved right. I always used to rate near them, but this year not so much. I'd just like to see Labour explain how they can fund everything with a laggy tax that's basically discretionary.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 26/09/2026

"Yes dad, we are snuggling. That's what all cats do, so just put down the camera ok?"

Arlo the silver tabby Maine Coon and Slinky the black DSH snuggling on the cat tower. Arlo looks unimpressed at the intrustion of the human on snuggle time. Slinky is sound asleep.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to groceries tomorrow. Two weeks ago it was a slab of Solo No Sugar, now this!

A screenshot of New World's website showing Dr Pepper Zero Sugar 600ml for $4.39 from New World Windsor, Invercargill.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 25/09/2026

This is pretty good too.

Arlo the silver tabby Maine Coon cat holding my hand with one of his massive paws. He's 19 months old but still growing.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 25/09/2026

Friday night, a bit of xbox with a snoozy cat snuggling in to me. The best.

Slinky the little black domestic short haired cat, lying between my legs on a recliner, sound a sleep with his head resting on my calf like it is a wee pillow.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 23/09/2026

So two weeks ago New World was doing sugar free Solo, now this? Soft drink variety is looking up in NZ :)

A screenshot of the New World app showing a 600ml bottle of Dr Pepper Zero at $4.39. This is showing stock and pricing for the Windsor, Invercargill store so availability and pricing will depend on where you are.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 18/09/2026

So, shut down the Xbox, put the controller down with the intention of going to bed...someone has a different idea though....

Slinky the black cat snuggled between my legs on a recliner. He looks big but it's just perspective in the shot - he's actually a slender wee lad.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 27/08/2026

Sometimes you can get too much communication. I get alerts from Microsoft. All the time.... Some times it'd be nice to NOT know about every single little problem!

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 07/08/2026

It would appear Brian's payout system and my Outlander have a different idea of what character set is appropriate for RDS.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 04/08/2026

I don't normally do stickers on anything, especially not my laptop, so Tan gave me this one as a joke thinking I'd never do anything with it... So now visitors to my office see this.

My messy office, showing my desk, a storage cube shelf thingy behind it, and window. The meeting table I also have is not in shot. There's a sticker on one of the monitors.

Close up of the sticker, which says "Warning. May start talking about my Maine Coon cat."

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 01/08/2026

It's that time again, where the "oh I can take care of that for you" answer to clients upgrading catches up on me. DBAN and memtest86 ready for disposal on Trademe. Anyone want second to fourth gen Core PCs for free pickup in Invercargill?

A pile of old PCs on my workbench being erased. There are a couple of clones in Cooler Master and Silvertone cases, a Dell small form factor, two HP Prodesk G1s - small form factor and mini tower - and an HP 6300 Pro.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 31/07/2026

Oh and no packet loss reported (monitoring to 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8), with latency reasonably constant. Voyager's higher latency is an active ticket with them.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 28/07/2026

Just have to put this here... :)

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 18/07/2026

I'm making a pie for dinner. Any guesses as to the type?

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 17/07/2026

The lad seems a bit sleepy.

Arlo the 16 month old silver tabby Maine Coon filling up all of a cat tree platform and then some. They keep growing until at least three years.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 17/07/2026

I only use Outlook Classic, the workflow is simple: File, Automatic Replies, Send Automatic Replies. Enter your time range and message. The Rules button is there, but you have to go out of your way to click it, and it gives you a cut down UI that doesn't have the "apply to current messages" option.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 15/07/2026

Hard to believe it's been a year since we said goodbye to Diva at 18.5 years old. She was a bit aloof and stand-offish with me, but absolutely loved Tan and Sarah - a little unfair seeing I was the one that snuck her little licks of whipped cream when she was a kitten! I miss little DVD.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 06/07/2026

They do. Section 44, Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

Section 44 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015. Text says:

44 Duty of officers
(1) If a PCBU has a duty or an obligation under this Act, an officer of the PCBU must exercise due diligence to ensure that the PCBU complies with that duty or obligation.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an officer of a PCBU must exercise the care, diligence, and skill that a reasonable officer would exercise in the same circumstances, taking into account (without limitation) -
(a) the nature of the business or undertaking; and
(b) the position of the officer and the nature of the responsibilities undertaken by the officer.
(3) Despite subsection (1), a member of the governing body of a territorial authority or regional council elected in accordance with the Local Electoral Act 2001 does not have a duty to exercise due diligence to ensure that any council-controlled organisation (as defined in section 6 of the Local Government Act 2002) complies with its duties or obligations under this Act unless that member is also an officer of that council-controlled organisation.
(4) In this section, due diligence includes taking reasonable steps—
(a) to acquire, and keep up to date, knowledge of work health and safety matters; and
(b) to gain an understanding of the nature of the operations of the business or undertaking of the PCBU and generally of the hazards and risks associated with those operations; and
(c) to ensure that the PCBU has available for use, and uses, appropriate resources and processes to eliminate or minimise risks to health and safety from work carried out as part of the conduct of the business or undertaking; and
(d) to ensure that the PCBU has appropriate processes for receiving and considering information regarding incidents, hazards, and risks and for responding in a timely way to that information; and
(e) to ensure that the PCBU has, and implements, processes for complying with any duty or obligation of the PCBU under this Act; and
(f) to verify the provision …

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 04/07/2026

Corrected to Help for me. Galaxy S24 Ultra.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 27/06/2026

Hope everyone is doing OK. Looking at the news, I'm really appreciating a Southland winter.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 17/06/2026

Someone heard a cat on TV.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 17/06/2026

I have found the perfect way to watch this video.

Slinky the almost-black cat sleeping on my legs while I sit on a recliner and watch Outside Xtra's video where Ellen expresses her frustration about cat slop.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 14/06/2026

I was making gravy at the time. Turns out my S24 Ultra just stops sounding after a surprisingly short time if you ignore it! As for the "always getting alerts" cookers on Facebook, it seems to be used so sparingly the last test is still in my history!

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 10/06/2026

Hear rustling before the bed, look down and see this:

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 07/06/2026

Was very happy with how dinner turned out tonight. Sliced ribeye with chimichurri, rosemary toast potatoes and cherry tomatoes. I'm getting used to using my favourite cast iron grill pan with awesome patina on induction these days :)

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 06/06/2026

Driving past the Kmart complex on the way home from doing some jobs is dangerous.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 01/06/2026

It seems to work for me.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 23/05/2026

I understand. It's similar when Slinky decides I am not allowed to get off the recliner in the evening.

Slinky the young black cat, sitting on me with his wee arm around my leg, forbidding me from getting up.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 22/05/2026

Better late than never? I think? This was a Facebook page claiming to be a craftsman builder in the US using images of farm sheds etc stolen from a client's website. Reported October 2024. Taken down May 2026.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 13/05/2026

These wee lovebirds are celebrating 60 years today! Happy anniversary, mum & dad!

Andrew's mum and dad on their wedding day, 14/5/1966.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 12/05/2026

Today it's been a year since Arlo came home to his forever home. He's grown just a tad...

Arlo the three month old silver tabby Maine Coon kitten, lying on the couch.

Arlo the 15 month old silver tabby Maine Coon kitten (yes they are still classed as kittens at that age) lying across the counch, noticeably bigger than a year ago.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 02/05/2026

The lads are having a little cuddle.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 08/04/2026

Not entirely sure what's happened to bread supply into Invercargill, but pleased we use super thick and there were two loaves left. Now there's one left.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 07/04/2026

This cat-based evening immobilisation is becoming a bit of a habit.

Slinky the black DSH cat with a path of white "pubes" stretched out and totally asleep, lying on my legs while I sit on a recliner.

Slinky's wee face. The brain cell is in hibernate mode.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 05/04/2026

Once again, I'm trapped.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 04/04/2026

The photo shows them parked illegally too close to a vehicle entrance AND on the berm. Maybe they should have chosen somewhere with more space for their boat.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 04/04/2026

OK at this point I suspect H W Richardson Group are conserving diesel for their own trucks!

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 02/04/2026

I got stuck in a recliner earlier.

Slinky the young back cat, asleep on my legs, showing off a wee clump of white fur and his black beans.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 02/04/2026

Just checked here - diesel is 10c less than 95 at Allied, but 1c more at Z.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 28/03/2026

Economically important means things like transport, food supply chain and primary production. Essential is public transport, infrastructure, rural GPs. I think rural GPs probably should rate in B but that'll be why they're consulting.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 27/03/2026

At New World this morning - who on earth would by the American stuff when it's more expensive?

A shot showing American butter at $7.69 and Pam's NZ made at $7.49.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 26/03/2026

Lovely warm day in Invercargill, and the boys are chillaxing in the catio.

Slinky the little black cat and Arlo the silver tip tabby Maine Coon kitten enjoying the catio on a lovely Southland autumn day.

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Andrew Joll @andrew.joll.nz · 23/03/2026

I asked Copilot - I know, not perfect and it's just an LLM but its a handy tool get a quick answer that can later be confirmed.

“Maybe, but painful”

Netgear
ASUS
Linksys
Amazon eero
Google Nest

They could apply — but:

They don’t control silicon
They don’t control fabs
They don’t control ODM firmware practices

Expect:

Long delays
SKU reductions
Possibly “US‑only” product lines that quietly fail to launch

Structurally advantaged

Starlink
Potentially US‑assembled x86 appliances
Very small domestic manufacturers with vertically integrated stacks

Starlink, in particular, suddenly looks accidentally compliant:

US manufacturing
US PCB fabrication
US firmware control
Defense ties
Existing DoD/DHS relationships

That’s not coincidence — it’s alignment with the assumptions behind this policy.

The big, unavoidable irony
This policy is framed as:

“protecting American homes, businesses, critical infrastructure, and emergency services”

But the short‑term effect will almost certainly be:

Fewer router choices
Higher prices
Slower refresh cycles
More legacy, unpatched equipment staying in service
ISPs re‑using old stock because replacement SKUs aren’t approved yet

You’ve been around long enough to know this pattern.
Security policies that ignore manufacturing reality almost always produce worse security outcomes for a few years before markets adapt — if they ever do.

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