I’ve collated a number of my presentations from over the years and linked them at The ones from 2008 on social media and the Internet not being private are great to revisit, crazy to think this was almost two decades ago.

Why does the @ChargeNetNZ charger at charge so slow when it’s supposed to be a 180kW charger?

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Watching episode four of Chief of War I love this spot overlooking Anawhata beach. I wonder if the location scout made the connection to ana (cave) whata (food storehouse) given Kaʻahumanu was born in a cave. #ChiefOfWar can’t believe this is 40km from the centre of Auckland

The Māori moa and the Hawaiian/moa (chicken) actually come from the same older Polynesian word for “fowl”, to everyone else it’s a chicken!

RT @holynski_: Another one. Already a powerful painting, but moving around it yourself gives a totally different feeling. Jacques Louis Da….

Who else spent 12 hours + today with GPT-5 🤯.@kpatton and I have been in a time warp testing GPT-5 models across every aspect of our platform. Today 8/8/25 will be remembered as the day everything leveled up.

RT @sama: GPT-5 now rolled out to 20% of paid users and doing >2B TPM on the API! so far so good. excellent work by the eng and infra te….

For Some New Zealand Winemakers, Māori Beliefs Lead the Way via @NYTimes.

After Idaho botched a lethal injection in 2024 (8 failed IV attempts), the state’s reinstated the firing squad as its primary execution method (effective 2026). That chaos may have helped push a plea deal in the Idaho college murders—life without parole, no death penalty.

Two time cancer survivor Berger covers the scars from her operations with a symbolic tattoo on her neck reading “All we have is now,” She certainly saved Germany today from elimination. #UEFAWomen.

Now that was an unexpected finish for England. Sweden looked like they were through for all money.

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My friend Sonja has been working to bring this game to life. Join me in backing the Worshippers of Glong on @Kickstarter

RT @jack: my weekend project to learn about bluetooth mesh networks, relays and store and forward models, message encryption models, and a….

The U.S. pumps ~22 M bbl/day (≈5× Iran’s ~4 M) but holds 48 B bbl reserves (≈¼ of Iran’s ~210 B). If a shipping-route shutdown drives prices above $100, America can:.•Ramp up drilling.•Tap emergency reserves.•Boost exports. That turns supply shocks into energy security and.

< 9% of Kiwis voted for ACT yet their Regulatory Standards Bill could gut our health, safety & environmental protections, leave taxpayers with business compensation claims, & hand sweeping powers to a minister-appointed board. #RSB #BackDoorPolitics.

Hmm from grok… Jackson Hinkle lacks credibility due to his history of spreading misinformation, such as false claims about the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine conflicts, often using doctored images or misrepresented footage. He has been banned from platforms like YouTube and

The X algorithm is picking a side and prompting the shock and awe

Some of the conversations shared publicly on Meta AI are clearly not intended to be shared, really easy to accidentally tap that share icon.

Ah the old vista silverlight glass effect is back!.

As someone who didn’t back a side going into the finals of the 🎾 and the ⚽️ it was an incredible morning of sport. Congratulations to Carlos Alcaraz. & Cristiano Ronaldo and the Portuguese team. So much fight from Jannik Sinner and the Spanish football team right to the end.