Dots, Crickets and Kissy Faces
What do dots, crickets and kissy faces have in common? They are all slang, slang having become as much written as spoken in the digital age. Read on to find out what they mean.
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Politics and Corruption
This week it was revealed John Key got to buy a $2 million dollar section in Gibbston Valley Resort for $400,000 to help with marketing. How long a stretch is it from ex-politicians influencing marketing to influencing political decisions? It may not be very far at all.
Coffee & Cadiz
Life was pleasantly slow and coffee was cheap in Spain. And there were no takeaway coffee cups. Is this a state New Zealand could aspire to?
Weaponising of Woke
How woke is my meal? And how did we get to a point where we are concerned with the ‘wokeness’, or otherwise, of edibles?
Purpose
Why did we walk from the the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Sea on the south coast of Spain? Probably no good reason, but that’s humans for you.
Taylor Swift Everywhere
Taylor Swift is as ubiquitous as AI but no more immune to its effects than the rest of the population.
AI Everywhere
How fast is AI developing? Faster than I, or Geoffrey Hinton – the ‘father of AI’ – would have believed. Here’s a story of AI chatbots replacing friends that shifted from fiction to fact in less than 5 years.
How Far Do We Have to Go?
There are so many ways to measure how far you have to walk, metric is easiest but links, chains and furlongs are entertaining.
Natural Hydrogen – what the H2?
Why the excitement over natural hydrogen that’s bubbled up in New Zealand? Is this the clean green energy of the future? Or a speculator’s dream? And why are Shane Jones and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer debating who might own it?
When in Norway…
As well as seeing fantastic arctic Norwegian scenery, we’ve learned a little about Norwegian culture while ski touring. Here are some highlights…