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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6h

The #Atari 800XL is back! atari.com/pages/800xl (unless your shipping address is in New Zealand 🤦‍♂️) "A recreation of the classic Atari 8-bit computer, featuring 25 built-in games, a full-size mechanical keyboard, working cartridge slot, HDMI output, and... Atari BASIC is built in." […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Let's start cooking 👨‍🍳 Japanese Ramen Simulator has been released! #gaming #SimGame #noodles #ramen #Japan

Japanese Ramen Simulator promo screen: game title on the left, bowls of ramen noodles on the right.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Tasty Thursday 🍻 Last one so I def need to get my hands on a few more 😁 Time for another overseas trip. Thick and rich with coffee, almond and cherry flavours... Almost like a Christmas cake. Tasty AF. Populus 6921 StoutMoedig by Homeland (Imperial Stout) […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

A fresh batch has reached our shores 😋 "Kruidnoten" (spiced biscuits) for the win! #kruidnoten #Bolletje #cookies #Dutch

Bowl of Dutch spiced biscuits ("kruidnoten")

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Ending the week Craftwork style 🍻 Yesterday a fresh Good Lord #tripel at the #brewery, today a Pomace O’ambic #Lambic (Traditional) at home. Have a great weekend. #NewZealand #CraftBeer #BelgianStyle

Good Lord Tripel in Craftwork glass with brewery tap room in background.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Well if your goal was #security you would allow the use of authenticator apps or hardware keys 💡 Right now, you're just trying to enrich your data set, #Woolworths. "We’re introducing an extra layer of protection... It’s a new feature called 2-Step Verification, designed to take extra care of […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Well there is a big chance you've heard the same message from Kiwis as well. "... the Trade Minister is firing back, saying its "not for overseas countries, organisations or lobby groups to tell New Zealand how to meet its obligations"." […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Day off today (regional anniversary day) so perfect moment to check out a local vineyard: River-T Estate in Kurow. Tasty and relaxed start of the week 🥂 #NewZealand #NieuwZeeland #Neuseeland #vineyard #VineyardVibes #wine

Wine tasting flight, cheese board and ollives on a wooden table on the edge of the vineyard. Sunny day, blue sky, hills in background.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Bye Now 👋 Hate it when a big organisation buys a smaller competitor because it's a "good addition to their portfolio" and then decides to kill it. "Mercury Energy has made the decision to close the Now #NewZealand business... This follows a strategic review […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Screenshot of Now office (outside) and text in bold below: "Now is no longer accepting new customers. Now will be closing at the end of this year"

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Larry on #AI 😁 Great to see the "age verification" questions of #LeisureSuitLarry again. #RetroGaming

Leisure Suit Larry' age verification questions... Artificial Intelligence is:
A) Computers pretending to be human
B) Humane pretending to be computers
C) An oxy-moron
D) A blow-up doll

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Why would I do that, ticket sales company? 🤷‍♂️ I'm already anxious about sharing details with you. #privacy #DataSharing #NewZealand

Screenshot... Data Sharing: I'm happy for my details to be shared with venue [blurred]. Options: ALL / NONE

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Jan Penfrat @ilumium.eupolicy.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

What an amazing campaign video about #Meta #SpyGlasses from @bitsoffreedom ❣️ Filmed in front of the Meta offices in #Amsterdam featuring real Meta employees. :)

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Yup 👉 "Politici die blijven roepen om een leeftijdsgrens voor sociale media doen aan symptoombestrijding" ... "Het gehele digitale rechtenveld spreekt zich al maanden uit tegen een leeftijdsgrens, misschien is het wijs om eens naar ze te luisteren" […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

A liquid chocolate bar with a nice chilli kick. One of the few brews where chillies really add flavour... They're def not hidden. That's the way we like it. #porter #chilli #chocolate #CraftBeer

Mexicoco by Emerson's - Chocolate Chili Porter. Black can with colourful Mexican inspired label. Glass in the background.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

All of a sudden, lyrics and music pop into your head while shopping 🤘 "I left alone, my mind was blank I needed time to think To get the memories from my mind What did I see? Can I believe? That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy?" 🎶 #IronMaiden #666 #ISeeNumbers #music

Price label at Woolworths supermarket: mandarins $5.99 per package aka $6.66 per kg 🤘

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

When the morning is "In Motion" it will be a great Saturday. Gathering memories through #music 😁 Two live recordings - Dynamo Open Air and Katowice - on a double album 🤘 #vinyl #OnTheTurntable

Cover of The Gathering's In Motion vinyl album. Black cover with band name in big letters at the top and a photo of singer Anneke van Giersbergen underneath. Album collection in white cupboard in the back.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

If you want to "protect the children", start listening to them! "The current proposal "was just giving the companies leeway out of their responsibilities to manage their algorithms properly", he told Checkpoint." .... "Companies needed to ensure they were not showing predatory content, "whether […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

There's a new #PlantBased bacon in town 😋 It's tasty and will get you in shape as you'll need to visit at least 5 Woolworths stores to find one that has this product in stock 😆 #bacon #vegetarian #vegan #NewZealand

Pink package of Harmless Bacon with New Brighton pier in the background.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Saturday's mood: relaxed & entertained 😊 Tasty smoked bock by Grutte Pier #brewery and a great #RetroGaming book. Perfection. 🍻 Smokey sweetness with herbs & spices #CraftBeer #BockBier #bookstodon

Close up of bottle of Grutte Pier beer and a retro gaming book in the background: The Games That Weren't

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Good times @ Urbanaut Brewing in #Auckland. Geek x craft beer fan meet-up. Double Red IPA for starters (on the right) and Triple IPA to finish it off (on the left). #CraftBeer #Brewery #TapRoom

Double red IPA @ Urbanaut (bigger glass)

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Every once in a while you need to check whether your personal #travel rules are still valid and/or necessary 😁 No early morning flights yet here we are: 7am 😱😆 #AirNewZealand #airplane #sunrise

Air New Zealand Q300 tail early in the morning. Sun is rising. Purple / red sky.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

Actually you mean you don't like passwords over 15 characters 🤦‍♂️ Should have said so 😁 Fix the error messages, give peeps a better online experience (and no, not even ranting about short passwords) #security #usability #website

Screenshot of password reset screen with error message that password does not match the requirements.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Blog post about the @volla phone Quintus has been updated ✅ 5G works perfectly in #NewZealand as long as you're on One NZ and not on Skinny 😁 Easy fix. 👇 @blog digi.geek.nz/various/my-experience-… #deGoogled #deGoogledSmartphone #BlogUpdate

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

A nice & relaxed way to end a busy Saturday. Enjoying Riverstone 10 Saison @ Craftwork Brewery. 'Riverstone 10 is a golden ale, with a complex grain bill of four grains : Barley, Wheat, Oats and Maize. Noble hops, two yeast strains. Owing to the wild house […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Always "fun" to read this in a #privacy policy: "Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser." Well you could at least […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

Every time you crack open one of these beauties, you start to think 🤔 so which one is the best one in the series? Which do I need to restock? Well they are all tasty AF but right now my money is on the 2018 😆 @kererubrewing "Night Spirit Imperial Stout has […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Close up of label of Night Spirit 2018 BA Imperial Stout by Kereru Brewing.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

Okay #BNZ how about specifying what "please try again later" means. Yeah newly registered devices don't get to do 2FA authorisations, I get that... But what does later mean in your dictionary... It's not 5 min or 10 min and not even 60 min 🤦‍♂️ So to quote The Smiths... How soon is now? […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

Looks like it's time to pack my @pixelfed bags and travel to another instance. The instance I'm on will be closing soon. Personal reasons plus "There are also technical and organizational factors: the hosting setup is frequently hitting resource limits, and Pixelfed updates often cause issues […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

@nitrokey do you still ship to New Zealand? Nitrokey 3A and some merch (love the stickers and tote bag) to be precise. When I select NZ the message that items can't be shipped to that destination pops up. However, last week it showed me the shipping costs and I could complete the order (silly […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

Psst #NZpol swap spreadsheets for reading material like this. "...a report by consultancy firm Deloitte containing a cost-benefit analysis: what would a national programme for healthy school lunches cost, and what would be its societal benefits? ... Every euro invested yields a return of five […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

When you're a popular cuddle stop in the world of #cats. Surrounded by the neighbour's cats: one at the front door and one at the back door. At the same time! They must have planned this 😁😆 #CatsOfMastodon #WhiskersWednesday

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026

If you have to put this in your shipment notification are you sure you have selected the right freight company? 🤔 🫣 "If you don"t receive your shipment or it arrives damaged please click below to email us." #eCommerce #shipping #freight

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026

🇳🇱 Niet "de trend is voorbij" maar het is verdomd lastig om bepaalde oude ideeën en gevoelens te veranderen. En als #vegan, #vegetarisch of #PlantBased er dik bovenop ligt dan haakt de klassieke vleeseter meteen af 🤦‍♂️ "Er wordt gezegd dat de vleeslobby er iets mee te maken heeft gehad, maar […]

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026

Last one of this tasty #stout 🍻 Licorice, bitter, herbaceous and a dash of salt. "Once again, Beer Geeks Beat ALS is back with a ‘Mega Collab beer’... a record number of 89 participating breweries.... a 12% Imperial Stout with rosemary and sea salt. This was […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Close-up of can of craft beer: Beyond the Horizon in the series Beer Geeks Beat ALS. Can is colourful and artsy.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Relaxed Sunday morning: Rise Against 🤘 Coffee ☕ And a list of blog tweaks to do and posts to finish. #WeekendVibes #NowPlaying #vinyl #RiseAgainst

Album cover: Wolves by Rise Against.
Rack with vinyl collection in the background.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

That Epic feeling when a new shipment of #PlantBased cheese arrives. A combo of regular blocks and some surprise offcuts. The #mozzarella (not shown in the photo line-up) scored a lot of points as the regular #cheese eater in the Digi Geek household loved it.

Series of Epic plant-based cheese blocks side by side. From left to right: Smoked Cheddar, Orange & Pink Peppercorn Feta, Garlic & Chives Cheddar.

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Marty | 123NZ & TravelGeek @digigeek.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

A while ago I was at a bottle shop - chain of franchise stores - with a super helpful owner. Interested in what I was looking for... And dropping info that he could order lots of things that weren't on the shelves. We also talked about aging certain types of […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Close-up of Wilderness Barrel-Aged stout. Canning date: 14/07/2024. Best before: 14/07/2025

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SpaceTraveller by Spaceships @spacetraveller.mastodon.spacetraveller.com.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Any #Christchurch based photographers available for a paid project? Feel free to reach out on social or via our contact form spaceshipsrentals.co.nz/about/conta… It's not a regular road trip but a #SpaceshipsRoadTrip 🖖 Our images […] [Original post on mastodon.spacetraveller.com]

Spaceships campervan parked in a forest - autumn colours so brown, yellow and orange leaves. Space Traveller is getting items from the boot and is preparing for a hike on this sunny autumn day.

Spaceships campervan is parked at a campsite - green forest/hilly area. One Space Traveller is getting something from the boot while the other one is looking at a map. It is a sunny day.

Spaceships campervan is parked facing forward. Space Traveller is jumping through the open side window as they don't want to miss out on an amazing road trip. They are ready to go. Beachy area with ocean in the background on a sunny day.

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Dave Lane :flag_tino: 🇳🇿 @lightweight.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

RE: mastox.eu/@ZackPolanski/11707971810… Yup. This. And equally true in Aotearoa NZ.

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