Aotearoa / New Zealand @lemmy.nz Dave @lemmy.nz 1 yr. ago

Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 9/9/2023

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?

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Got myself a handheld emulator earlier this week (the Miyoo Mini Plus). Loaded it up with a bunch of retro games like Dangerous @Dave, Prince of Persia, Aladdin, Crash Bandicoot, Contra, Chrono Trigger etc, so that's my weekend sorted.
- Flashback to my childhood there
- Oh that's nice! AliExpress? I've looked at these a few times...
  
  Actually got it from Trade Me, they had a couple of these in stock luckily, so it was delivered within two days of purchase. But otherwise I would've bought it from Amazon or eBay due to the buyer protection they offer (+ more reliable tracking), instead of AliExpress.
- Oh wow, this brings back memories! I love how years later you find out this game from your childhood was actually a tech demo.
  
  And those shareware games. Crystal Caves and Commander Keen come to mind. You got this full length fun game for free, and then they charged you for the sequels. I never played any sequels though 😆
  
  I really miss the shareware era, such a great way to try out games and apps (legally) without needing to pay for them.
  
  And yeah, Apogee had so many bangers back then like the Keen series. I'm also playing Bio Menace right now, which is based on the Keen engine, and it's still so much fun.
You know, it's hard to beat that feeling you get when you nail a reverse park first time.
- @Axisential @Dave I have a natural talent for parallel parking and revel in it. I feel like a hero when traffic is backed up and I need to parallel park. No worries fam, I think to myself, I've got this one.
  
  Oh man, parallel parking with a line behind you! Gotta love when you pull forward indicating you're gonna do a parallel park, and the car behind you follows you up close behind you. Then they can't go back because they have a car behind them, you can't get into the park, everything is stuck.
  
  Extra fun when they are honking at you for blocking traffic when it's their fault.
  
  Ok it only happened once, but I'm still bitter about it.
- Reversing cameras have made it too easy. Nailing it without a reversing camera makes you feel extra awesome 😆
  
  We've got a 360 camera on the car we bought a few months ago. It's still an achievement for me to reverse into a park even with that!
Was treated to a sugary breakfast this morning, now trying to get into the mood to do some stabbing (cross stitch) but feeling too lazy to focus properly.
Amazing weather! A shame we have to spend a lot of today cleaning
- Who's making you? Chores are always best left for later
  
  Going away soon so need to tidy up a bit for the house sitter... plus a few jobs that were overdue
First half down and jeez it’s close. That early try was a good way to get the blood pumping this morning.
- Turns out I jinxed it by saying it was close. My bad.
  
  Aha! I wondered whose fault it was 😂

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