RobiNZ Personal Blog

Socially media influenced by Webworm's David Farrier!

Recently Substacker (Webworm), Podcaster (Flightless Bird), Director (Tickled, Dark Tourist, Mr Organ), former TV3 Journalist, David Farrier posted about dyeing his hair... (Quote from subscriber locked post used with permission) WEBWORM WITH DAVID FARRIER - The Origins of Rage I dyed my hair pink - then the angry comments began. DAVID FARRIER | MAR 30, 2024 | PAID Hi, I dyed my hair pink* this week. If I was being pretentious I’d say it was an art project. I’d used a pink-hair filter on social media earlier this month, which had people evenly split between “Oh my God you dyed... Read more →

2023 Blogging Highlights

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A new home for my blogs, Me Dot Net?

My blog is still on TypePad but now, after nearly twenty years of procrastination, are accessed via www.robincapper.net. The story of how that happened is here... A new home for my blogs, Me Dot Net? - RobiNZ CAD Blog (robincapper.net) Updated 2024-09-01: Something broke and seems TypePad can't fix so now back to https://rcd.typepad.com Read more →

Twitter shit show goes on...

My abandoned Twitter account may soon be deleted: Twitter Support ban announcement earlier today This goes beyond their previous action to ban posting social links in content. My account has been like this since I abandoned it. My Twitter Account with @Mastodon in username But then... Twitter deleted tweets and policy | twitter.com/JuddLegum What a shit show the liar billionaire is creating, by the minute! Whatever, I don't particularly care about the site the billionaire liar has destroyed anymore. Another for the lengthy list of Elon lies. Find me at @[email protected] Read more →

The Fiat Bravo HGT is finally out of lockdown and HubNut'ed!

Way back in March, just before its HubNut YouTube debut (embedded below), I was able to source a decent used air conditioning condenser for my Bravo 155 HGT. Given there are so few in NZ it was an opportunity not to be missed as, uneconomic to repair, cracks in the old one had taken out the system. Dropped it off at the mechanics to get it fitted, quite a task, and get the dodgy throttle response, as experienced by Hubnut, sorted. Then COVID-19 Lockdown one happened... After that I was happy (because not my daily) for it to go into... Read more →

2016 Blogging Highlights

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My Happy Kiva Birthday

I remember making that first Kiva loan and didn’t think that seven years later would have made over 500 loans (many reinvested). What I find amazing, given the tough circumstances of many borrowers, is less than 1% default. Thanks to RobiNZ blog readers and advertisers. Seven years ago today, I joined Kiva to change lives around the world. Kiva gives you the chance to make small loans to borrowers working to start businesses and improve their lives. I'm already lending on Kiva and thought you'd like to join me! http://www.kiva.org/invitedby/robinz Read more →

Why I dislike Facebook, it hides important stuff

Recently I’ve had different Facebook Friends post about; Cyber bullying Their Parent dying Facebook’s algorithms decided these posts were not important to me and hid them in the Newsfeed ‘Top Stories’ mode (which I gather is the default). It seems more ‘popular’ (from the same people) or ‘liked’ sponsor posts from others take precedence. I only discovered them when I saw one briefly appear on my tablet Facebook app live tile then switched to “most recent” in the feed display. I understand the need to filter feed content (or it would be overwhelming) but find the way it does this... Read more →

Micro Loans Fly–Kiva visualised

Amazing visualisation of Kiva Loans Intercontinental Ballistic Microfinance from Kiva on Vimeo. Read more →

All my Tweets, Wordled

I requested my Twitter archive and created this summary with Wordle. A neat way to see what, and who, has got my attention on Twitter since joining in 2009 To make yours: Log in to twitter.com, settings and request your archive. Download the .csv file from the twitter email Copy the Text Column and use find/replace to change RT into a space (otherwise you get an enormous RT in the text) Go to http://www.wordle.net/create and paste the text in. I used the randomize button until got a layout I liked then fine tuned it with the font & colour selectors. Read more →