Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power

Exciting article that details new findings on the archeology of textiles in the Viking era, and the implications for the wealth and power of women in that culture and period.

Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power - Scientific American

Alexa, Amazon and loss leading

So it seems that Alexa is making huge losses for Amazon.

It is not that making losses is unusual for Amazon; their entire business model is based on ā€˜loss leadingā€™. The problem with Alexa appears to be that the ā€˜lossā€™ wasnā€™t ā€˜leadingā€™ to anythingā€¦

Amazon Alexa is a colossal failure - on pace to lose 10 billion this year

Way up high

Various views of Pōneke

I had the opportunity yesterday to provide the sector I work in with a comprehensive update of the work we’ve been doing and set out our focus for the next year. I always find these kinds of opportunities very helpful as they help refine and clarify your story. #mbnov

Watching sheep quietlyĀ graze the green pastoral landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand is remarkably soothing. This one is a Pitt Island sheep - a rare breed from an island in the Rekohu / Chathams group.

Today is Bill and I's 25th anniversary. It's the anniversary of our first date, on 22 November 1997. We went to see LA Confidential - still such a great movie.

Bill with a negroniLA Confidential movie poster

The fatigue resulting from my second round of Covid has unfortunately meant I have had to put quite a few plans on ice. But things are looking up! Slowly getting my energy back :)

Iā€™ve been playing a bunch of Canadian songs on repeat today. I made a playlist for Bill which he seems to like.

Apple Music Playlist

Spotify Playlist

This is so wonderfulā€¦

literature-clock.jenevoldsen.com

@Miraz - I think I might need to learn how to embed things!!

Real time chronicle of the Space Karen debacle:

Twitter is Going Great!

Space Karen - a photoshopped image of Elon Musk

First summer irises at Hōkio beach.

Irises with mauve inner petals, bright yellow stamen, and white outer petals.

The promise of Feijoas!

bright red multi-stamen flowers in a dark green bush

Iā€™m usually reading more than one novel at a time. Ill-disciplined? Or just greedy? #mbnov

Plants and rocks at Pukeahu National War Memorial Park. Pōneke.

lush trees and bushes TÄ« Kouka flowercarved rockcarving on rock

I never tire of reading books. I could do it all the time :)

#mbnov #books #reading

The ancient art of barrel making, the work of a ā€˜Cooperā€™, has always fascinated me. One of many crafts we once relied on, but is now a rare and marginal skill. #mbnov #crafts

Ivy. Hannahā€™s Courtyard.

ivy creepying up over a building's windows

Laneways of Wellington

Iā€™ve never really understood the appeal of a franchise. I want to do things that Iā€™m passionate about; not follow a predetermined set of models. #mbnov