NFTs

 Look up fungible and it means tradeable or replaceable and some how from that, nonfungible means unique. So nonfungible tokens are digital files representing real world items that can be bought and sold.  Years ago NFT's were a fad taken up by certain generations of  20 somethings who seemed to have time and money to burn.  The thousands of dollars spent on NFTs have dropped away to worthless. I guess those 20 somethings are now 40 somethings and have moved on.  Some countries joined the rush with Digital versions of some of their stamps.  Australia Post has come late to the party with a DigiStamp. I have bought one just to try it for $15. You get your postage stamp but you also get a code to scan, which gives me my online unique digital picture.  I will just stick to real stamps from now on.

digital snake oil

Garden Fail

We have taken the eye off the ball or actually the eye off the zuchini. There had not been much growth action so who was going to look underneath those big fat leaves anyway. I mean there were some flowers earlier and those shrivelled up. Maybe it was becuase one took hold and kept growing, secretly low down where it could hide. We found it and had trouble picking it up. I checked the tomatoes, still rock hard green cricket balls. I checked the strawberries and still mostly green tiny specks.  We do have one lemon starting to yellow but that is all . Debbie has turned attention to the lady plant sculpture which has gradually declined over two years. It seems there will be a restructuring of her in some way.

Unkown Soldier

 I can't believe I picked a book set in the Arabian desert where CIA spies have been tracking camels and sending drones out on missions to blow stuff up when the same thing is happening in the real world.  This one is a bit dated, being over 20 yar old and these days no one is to fussed about caring for the drones, as you just crash the whole thing and go get another one.  At the turn of the century drones were new, expensive and cutting edge so they always wanted them back. We  have had to scramble to change our direction of flight to detour around the Emirates when we fly mid year and I think plenty of others are doing the same, as we got the last few seats on other airlines. Phew!  We have lost $$ with some of this and in the fine print travel insurers do not cover war related claims.

 

Collendina Report No 888

Yes it was a warm day and we took our beach friend Jill to see our old  Collendina haunt as well as the beach beyond.  But true to form being a long time local, she also had some history there remembering back to when there were horse races held on that beach last century. The tide was up so we ventured into the dunes where we had a good view. One of neighbours on the next dune setup his parachute and off he went yet we could hardly feel the breeze.  We finished off with a tour of the caravan park which was completely deserted.  The waves were strong and drove in to the base of the dunes but I still got in for a short swim. Two others I know got their ankles wet.

Afternoon Amble

We tried the Williamstown beach front FiFi cafe for lunch. Grandies like sand and food and playgrounds and it was all there. The homemade sausage rolls are good but I am not sure if they do them everyday. We strolled on the beach and Estelle had a splash in amongst a few fish that had washed up.  Then we went across to Asher aand Kaia where it was full on  getting ready for a long weekend at the Gold Coast. However there was no stopping for Asher's weekly swimming lesson even if it is in a backyard pool.  Spending around 2 hrs on the floor is still a tricky business.

some deja vu here as we think James had some lessons here last century

Tyro Goes to Mars

 I have not been to science works for some yar and I don't think it has changed that much.  There was the possibility of a lovely lovely tour of the sewerage pumping station which was just across the way, all about pushing s**t uphill however there did not seem to be too much interest. We toured the sports area, running and jumping and pedalling before it was time for the Planetarium. Now they are all very excited in there at the moment, as there was an eclipse of the Moon last night, not to forget this years circumnavigation of the Moon and next years Moon landing.  After all that we watched Tyro fly his cubby house to Mars.  Dogs in Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace!

Ready Set

the Moon is Soon

nap time

The Bypass Ride

 That was a wet one yesterday but the rain was handy. I should go and check our tank. It all cleared away so we got the bikes out for a spin. Debbie is stepping up her exercise regime so we are working up to longer distances.  This was still a modest 16km but it did include the bypass track around town. I hadn't been along there for maybe a year. Too bad we can't have smooth flowing bike tracks beside all of our roads. For this ride it would be 8km on track and 8km on road.  Now we have to get consistent with the rides.