Axisential @ Axisential @lemmy.nz

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Yes, that matches what I've seen as well. My take on it is that the "higher value tourism" idea is pretty notional - it's a great idea but there's not a lot of strategy behind it...yet?

Sitting on a fairly interesting tcon with Tourism New Zealand - looking at how visitor numbers are recovering (well up on last year, still a long way to go) and what's afoot in coming years (updated messaging, lots of face to face training with agents). Always good to get a bit of a longer term view

Hahah, yep. And somehow with all this energy and enthusiasm that's completely absent during the week!

Kids were on go-slow this morning - just about missed the bus. It's like herding kittens some days...

The *arr suite all have web front ends - so you open the page from your phone or laptop etc, add the show you want and off they go with the download, rename, cataloging etc. It it is generally quite elegant in the way it works.

You know, it's hard to beat that feeling you get when you nail a reverse park first time.

Aha! I wondered whose fault it was 😂

Oh that's nice! AliExpress? I've looked at these a few times...

Outstanding! What a great setup

Out of interest, is this instance running on your own hardware or virtualised? If the former, what's the bandwidth used? Just curious!

I was having a similar discussion with my Father last night - tech is advancing at an incredible rate still, but scalability for most seems to largely hinge on the availability of large quantities of cheap energy. Fusion is really the only answer to that equation, and we are a long way off that yet. I worry about the world my kids will inherit

Lol, sounds like you'd fit right in

Ah, employees and employment, the joys of running a small business... Anyone want to come and be a Cave Guide on the West Coast?

We had one who used to stash bananas under his bed "for later" 😂

We have a couple that hang out on the power lines near home - watched one calmly fall off the other day, plummet to the ground and perform a very sketchy crash landing in the nick of time. Gorgeous idiots lol

And you're into it early this morning too! My kids have mostly gotten out of the 'school artwork' phase now thank goodness. Make sure you keep a bit from each year though, as you'll look back on it with nostalgia very shortly.

Another spectacular day here on the Coast - rain due in tomorrow though so a few things to get done this afternoon after work.

Pearl Jam. For me, Ten was the perfect album - riffs, hooks, emotive lyrics, powerful music, no filler. I stuck with them grudgingly until about the fourth album (Yield?) but haven't listened to a thing they've put out since. It seemed they just got more and more generic with every album, and had less and less of that spark that made Ten so special. I've often wondered why - was it a conscious decision to move from that heavily riff-based music, or did they just run out of original ideas?

A year today since a mate and all around good bloke took his life. Rest in peace bud, we miss you here.

Great album. The Warmth remains one of my top 10 songs of all time - just love the shifting harmonies and unusual phrasing of the bass.

I'd argue that guitars haven't been the priority in a very long time. Profits, shareholder value and leveraging the brand, though any means possible. Last few strats I've picked up have been pretty poorly finished for the price - and definitely not what I'd expect from a company that does "see the guitar as their priority"