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2024

I visited New Zealand - Part 5
We spent 4 nights in Wellington, made 3 trips to Wētā, ate at 2 Restaurants, and visited 1 Museum

I visited New Zealand - Part 4
Our quest down the northern island of New Zealand continues, taking us from Rotorua to Wellington, via Middle Earth

I visited New Zealand - Part 3
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
Adding Maps to my Travel Posts
My travel posts lacked visual context, so I added SVG maps to them.

I visited New Zealand - Part 2
Our tour begins, showcasing the magic behind the movies, New Zealand culture, and history.

I visited New Zealand - Part 1
I know you shouldn’t get swept away by the small snippet you see of a county when you go on holiday, but I did. New Zealand stole my heart and I wish I could move there.
My ThinkPad won't wake up
Last week I upgraded my ever-reliable Lenovo x260 ThinkPad to Ubuntu 24.04, and it would no longer wake up from a suspend state.
Project Decomposition
As an architect, I frequently assist software engineers in breaking down project scope into manageable chunks. Here is one of the techniques I use.
One Rule to Build Them All
If you care about it, make it fail the build.
A Simple Script Base
Sometimes you just need a script that takes arguments. This is a simple script which will call different functions based on the first argument from the user.
