Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!
Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!
Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.
So, how’s it going?
So the company that rejected my application after I interviewed with them earlier this week, called me yesterday and offered me another role. I had the interview this morning, which went better than I anticipated. Keeping my fingers crossed. Also have another interview lined up this afternoon. It feels nice to finally get some actual interviews for a change, instead of receiving straight-up rejections.
That’s awesome!
Often, the reason you don’t get a role has little to do with yourself, and has more to do with who else also applied. They might have 10 people that can do the role great but only one role, so they can only pick one.
The fact they asked you to interview for this other role is a good sign they really liked you!
Ah that’s fantastic! Fingers crossed for you!
That’s great news!
Woke up this morning to find the site has been down for some time. Sorry about that! No clue what happened, logs didn’t really help, but at least it’s up now.
Had some incredibly aggressive drivers when cycling in today… one even decided to come to a complete stop to block me, forcing me to brake (this was after they aggressively passed me beeping)… I don’t know WTF is wrong with some people when they get behind the wheel
Anyway, if anyone has recommendations for cycling cameras, I’d love to hear them!
An old GoPro would be a good option, I believe they have the ability to record on a loop.
Sorry you had to deal with that. I wish motorists were better aware and kinder towards cyclists. These sort of incidents was basically what stopped me from buying an ebike to commute to work. If we could get dedicated and protected bike lanes, that would solve half the problem.
As for camera options, if you are the DIY type, you could make your own setup using a Raspberry Pi. Several blogs out there that have detailed the whole process, such as:
https://raspi.tv/2018/making-a-fairly-simple-bike-dashcam-with-raspberry-pi-live-project-blog-pt5-road-testing http://pidashcam.blogspot.com/
Could be an interesting project! Figuring out how to mount it would be the key… and I assume they can be powered with a rechargeable battery
Edit: The other problem is making it water proof (to some extent), both battery and board.
I’m using an old GoPro (Hero4) I had lying around, and bought a Kaiser Bass (cheap knock off GoPro) so had front and back covered. Works pretty well, the Kaiser is a bit jankey though.
I’ve previously been recommended these: https://cycliq.com/ but it’s pretty pricey.
Yes, I had a look at cycliq which seems OK (although mixed reviews in some places). Doesn’t seem to be available in any shops right now…
Thanks for the other recommendations… will look into a GoPro.
Something like a GoPro would work I assume?
Yes it could work… the trouble is ideally you would have front and rear, and they’re not cheap!
I’m not a cyclist, but I’ve never noticed someone with both front and back cameras.
Maybe just a helmet cam then?
Rear cameras are usually tucked right under the saddle so they’re pretty hard to spot.
Interesting, I’m going to look out for them now!
That’s, well, thats a bit shit really. Sorry you have to deal with that.
Sorry I don’t have any camera suggestions, maybe someone else will.
I’m on day 17 of my recovery from my vaccination. It’s progressing okay so far, but I’m getting a bit restless. It’s spring, birds are fighting, flowers are blooming, so psychologically you just want to do stuff and get out there!
I get the impression this is par for the course for you. You have to stay inside for weeks after a vaccination?
Yeah, it’s just they take a huge toll on me physically so I need to rest on my bed most of the time and not overdo it, to avoid a relapse of my underlying condition.
The other covid vacs I’ve had all took between 3-4 weeks each, so hopefully I’m more than halfway there, which is cool!
Just COVID ones or all of them? I can imagine it’s pretty difficult having to do nothing for a month after every vaccination.
Not sure about other ones, it’s unclear how bad it will be until you try it - so far, covid has been the only one where I thought the risk was likely the lesser evil.
Back when I was healthy, I was always fully vaccinated for all the usual stuff, so hopefully all that still works somewhat.
The 4 weeks isn’t ideal, but it’s way way better than some people the same as me. I’ve been lucky so far, fingers crossed!
Oh wow, well good luck, hope you’re feeling 100% soon!
Thanks!
Today’s recommend me post: What do you guys put in school lunches? I’m running out of ideas, kids are getting sick of the same old things.
Good luck! It’s difficult to convince our primary aged one to have something different. Literally only one type of sandwich ever (PB&J). She’s gotten pickier as she got older. She won’t eat a lot of the things we used to pack for her now.
Interesting, we aren’t allowed peanut butter at school (or daycare).
TBH I try to get them to pack their own lunches more often these days so they will like what is packed, but I still need to buy stuff they want.
It’s kinda like the Christmas present problem. We ask what they want for Christmas, and they don’t know. The things they know about largely they have, and they don’t know what other options are out there. They don’t really get an opportunity to see ads so they don’t get their ideas from there.
Plus I don’t want to load their lunchboxes up with sugar or plastic wrappings. And I don’t much like the idea of putting in hummus or other things normally kept cold. They often don’t finish their lunch until they get home, and it seems a bad idea to eat stuff that’s been at room temperature all day when it’s supposed to be in the fridge.
Oh trust me we take her shopping and get her to choose what she wants but still lunchbox comes back with food in it. I think it’s normal really. She says it takes too long to eat and she’d rather go play with her friends. I think eating is just not her priority during their breaks. She’s always been a grazer more than a sit down and eat a full meal type.
Our school only stops nuts if someone in their class has an allergy, otherwise we’re free to pack it.
Often I’ve thought that whether a lunchbox comes back full or empty probably doesn’t relate to whether they like the food as much as I expect it should.
Kids are hungry sometimes and not hungry or just busy at other times. Our kids also eat slow (well, it feels it but I’ve seen other kids slower). They also often complain they didn’t have enough time to eat.
I guess that’s their problem. If they were actually hungry it would have been enough time. No point eating when you aren’t hungry.
It’s probably a factor. We’ve actually spoken to her teacher about it, they all get a certain time to eat each break with additional time given for kids who want to eat longer. My guess is as soon as her friends are done she wants to go with them.
I’ve just taken to packing less in her lunchbox as it’s clearly enough for her.
I’m childless unfortunately but how about like, healthy pizza or calzone?
Only one of the kids likes pizza, and that one only likes a very specific one!
Kids, man.
But thanks for the idea. I wonder if I can convince them to eat pizza if I get them to make them and decide what goes on then. Worth a shot, but I better not use the word “pizza” or they’ll just say they don’t like pizza and refuse to try it.
Another idea is if you get a sheet of pastry, let them pile ingredients on it, then roll it up and bake it…
Oh good idea, thanks! Probably a once in a while thing… I can’t imagine it’s too good for you 😆
Definitely don’t fill it with nutella, save that for after they’ve gone to school :)
I know you might think I’m a monster, but I don’t like nutella!
Understandable, is it the flavour or the sugar content? It’s basically cake frosting.
I’ve been buried in a book series lately so have been off my phone, computer, everything. I wish moderation was part of my makeup, I’ll skip meals if it means I can read for an extra three minutes.
Well what series!? Must be good to keep you off everything
That’s the rub: it’s not brilliant but I’m completely sucked in. It’s a vampire series by JR ward and I’m up to book 9 with about 15 to go. The romance is easy to flick past but the world building has totally reeled me in.
I get it, kinda like a popcorn book. Fun to read but technically nothing special about it.
