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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I swear the TVNZ On Demand app on our Samsung TV is using a random number generator for selecting Pick Up Where You Left Off episodes.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic Piano's pretty prominent in this one. Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ

MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic Chas N' Dave - That Old Piano That old piano, with old and worn-out keys Just an old piano, with faded ivories But it was a treasure It give so much pleasure That old piano When them old hammers, bounced off off them old strings You just couldn't help yourself […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic For the piano part mid-song. Derek & the Dominos - Layla www.youtube.com/watch?v=TngViNw2pOo

MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic Discovered this when I first started exploring Australian country music! Adam Brand - Grandpa's Piano Grandpa had a piano, it was built in 1904 He brought it down from Sydney town before the First World War He'd sit down and crack his knuckles and put his […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic Still on the subject of Roy Bittan, I recently discovered he played piano on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell in 1977! Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic The piano part really completes what is already a stunning song. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road The screen door slams, Mary's dress sways Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays Roy Orbison's singing for the lonely Hey, that's me and I […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic Can't honestly say I actually like this song much but it did strike me as fitting the theme! Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we? […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PianoMusic Frank Turner - Broken Piano Around the back, away from the road Behind the bins, beneath your window I found the hulk, the rusting bulk Of a shattered old piano Someone had torn out some of the keys With cruel care, not thoughtlessly In such a way that one could […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@Phil_Tanner I've long had a thing about hex grids. Suspect it stems from too much time frittered away on board wargames!

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Office ceiling seems to be progressing well: Ceiling tiles and Hues fitted.

Wood hexagon tiles on ceiling, with round white ceiling lights separated by white beam.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Been getting stuck into training for ISACA Advanced In AI Audit certification. I presume, if I pass, I will be eligible to become a member of the Butlerian Jihad?

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Home office refit underway. Trying to decide whether to use the ceiling hexagon tiles for wargames or Traveller subsector maps.

White room ceiling partially covered in panels of wooden hexagon tiles.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Worst Duke of Wellington statue ever.

Pōhutukawa tree with an orange traffic cone in cleft.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

I think KMart has formed an opinion on the prospects of Manchester City's appeal succeeding.

Close-up of badge and price tag on a Manchester City sweatshirt. Price tag show price reduced from $45 to $25.

MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

We now possess the Dishwasher of Omega (sadly, Rassilon model not available). Soon, we will be Master of Time and Space (Saving)!

Big brown cardboard box with Omega name and label and white dishwasher label, on flatbed trolley in car park.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Choctoberfest plan already requires rework due to things being out of stock but my first entry is the Caribbean White Bliss Scone from the Get Fixed Bicycle Café.

Scone with couple of squares on melting white chocolate in cardboard tray.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Done my planning for this year's Porirua Choctoberfest. Got 3 weekends for the desserts. Mapping the outlets and grouping by ones that don't do takeaways vs those that do, looks like I can cover them all in 4 trips across the 6 days, comprising 1 (one with 2) eat-in and 3-4 takeaways for later […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #AWiderWorld Discovered this on the Rough Guide to the Music of China CD and had been something of an anthem of rebellion around the Tiananmen Square protests. 崔健 - 一無所有 / Cui Jian - Nothing to My Name www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7uk0-vlpP0

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #AWiderWorld There's a bar/restaurant in Helsinki called Zetor, named after the Czech tractors. One of my favourite places when working there, they played a lot of Finnish music which, of course, I understood none of (bar the Finnish Country & Western covers) but I still […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

And thus do we mark the passing of the seasons.

Booklet for Porirua Choctoberfest 2026.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

From a few days ago - when we got home, @smitty spotted a thrush enthusiastically whacking a snail against the pavement.

Thrush with snail in its beak.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Anyone have any recommendations (positive or negative) for 45cm wide (i.e., slimline) dishwashers?

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

x.com/DublinAirport/status/21035098…

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

From Twitter: Dublin Airport - "Good news for Man City fans in Ireland: we offer direct flights to Luton, Birmingham, Bristol, Bradford and Cardiff"

Screengrab of Dublin Airport Twitter post saying "Good news for Man City fans in Ireland: we offer direct flights to Luton, Birmingham, Bristol, Bradford and Cardiff" with photo of gate 115.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Because I just don't have enough pain and despair in my life...

Wellington Phoenix season pass and lanyard on top of 20th season/member 2026/27 scarf.

MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty Bruce Springsteen - This Hard Land Hey there, mister Can you tell me what happened to the seeds I've sown? Can you gimme a reason, sir As to why they've never grown? They've just blown around from town to town 'Til they're back out on to these fields Yeah, where they […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty Bruce Springsteen - Devils and Dust I got my finger on the trigger But I don't know who to trust When I look into your eyes There's just devils and dust We're a long, long way from home, Bobbie Home's a long, long way from us I feel a dirty wind blowing Devils and […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty Gaz Brookfield - Sand and Sea www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI8ITOKELTk

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty Belinda Carlisle - Circle In The Sand Circle in the sand, round and round Never ending love is what we've found And you complete the heart of me Our love is all we need Circle in the sand (circle in the sand) Circle in the sand (circle in the sand) […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty Belinda Carlisle - Heaven Is A Place On Earth Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth They say in Heaven, love comes first We'll make Heaven a place on Earth Ooh, Heaven is a place on Earth www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2F4INQFjEI

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty Bonnie Tyler - Loving You's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It) I can't explain it away, it doesn't make any sense To know what it's like, I guess you gotta go through it I guess you gotta go through it, I guess you gotta go through it It doesn't matter, baby […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #Dirty Saw these guys just the once, supporting Bryan Adams at Wembley Stadium, I think... Thunder – Dirty Love I don't need your dirty love I don't want you touching me I don't want your dirty love It's enough, trying to live with the memory […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Got to the stage of Half-Life: Alyx where you now have access to grenades and they are surprisingly plentiful, unlike other ammo but you have very limited inventory space (2 slots+2 hands, to be shared with healing kits and weapons). Have now discovered I can carry the grenades and other stuff […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

The result against Brighton being an example of this!

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

OK, looking for suitably geeky name suggestions for a dedicated VR headset wireless network - something more imaginative than Matrix or Holodeck or Oasis.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Been a bit of a low key Birthday this year, failed to organize anything major due to work business but, found the obligatory Birthday geocache and finally set up that PrismVR Puppis S1 VR router so Half-Life: Alyx is looking very good indeed. Now at Kai Tahi for dinner from the new branch of […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@va2lam I am intrigued that immigration and visas (INZ) falls under MBIE but citizenship and passports falls under DIA rather than all being under a single agency, like most countries!

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

@va2lam I must admit, there's not many pieces of hold music which have been subject to Freedom of Information Act requests! fyi.org.nz/request/18052-immigratio…

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist Wouldn't exactly say it's a favourite but I suspect I spent enough time listening to this while in the phone queue it warrants an entry! Warning - still not great despite (because of?) being autotuned to within an inch of its life! Immigration New Zealand […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist Frank Turner - Get Better So try and get better and don't ever accept less. Take a plain black marker and write this on your chest: Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness, Come on now let's fix this mess. We can get better, because we're not dead […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist For a guy who's 14 years younger than me, Frank Turner doesn't half write a lot of songs that seem to speak to my stage in life! Frank Turner - Polaroid Picture But in the stillness of the moment it takes for a polaroid picture To capture our faces […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Following on from my earlier comments about China Beach, Babylon 5's much-maligned 5th season did a great job of conveying the sense of the characters having lives that went beyond the events of the programme.

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist I have often described Babylon 5 as my One True Love, fandom-wise and this particular early music video is one I always closely associate with those heady days of early online 90s fandom. Have to admit, I'd be hard pushed to name another song by this band! […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist Back to that question of 'What song would you like when you walk onto a stage?' - this would have to be another candidate, just for the opening guitar rifss! Iron Maiden -- Phantom of the Opera www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5jaRipA5_M

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist China Beach was the first TV series to really bring home to me the passage of time and the inevitability of change, especially its fourth and final season where episodes cut back and forth between the characters' time in Vietnam and back in the US in the […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist This is one that gets me through stressful, high workload times. Rush - Marathon From first to last The peak is never passed Something always fires the light That gets in your eyes One moment's high And glory rolls on by Like a streak of lightning That […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist The London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony was probably the last I felt really optimistic about the future of the UK as it depicted a country proud of its past and achievements but also realistic about them and its place in the world and that was also the […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist I prefer Dolly Parton's version but this was the version playing on the radio just after someone very dear to me let me down gently but unambiguously. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You I hope life treats you kind And I hope you have all you've […]

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MonkeyKing @monkeyking.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist Still on the subject of the Arsenal's role in my life, this song wasn't adopted as an anthem till after we left London but does it ever get straight to the heart (well, the chorus anyway). Still trying not to take it too personally that their great […]

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